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Olympics Flyball Hurdling

| Print | By | January 20, 2000 2:07 PM

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Flyball vs. Hurdling

Agility vs. Equestrian Flyball vs Hurdling Disc Dog vs Discus Dock Diving vs Long Jump Freestyle vs Gymnastics

Dog Sport: Flyball A team of dogs race over hurdles to a box, which releases a tennis ball. The dogs must retrieve the tennis ball and race back over the hurdles. The first team to have all dogs cross the finish line wins. Flyball has been a sport since the late 1960's.

Olympic Sport: Athletics - Hurdling Runners sprint over ten hurdles, the runner who crosses the finish line first wins. Hurdling has been an Olympic sport since 1896

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