Hurdles Game

In this online hurdles racing game, select your athlete from one of eight countries to run in hurdles races over twelve levels. It's an easy game to play, just make sure you jump at the right moment. Get it right and you can go on to win the race, get your timing wrong and you could end up coming last. The graphics are quite good but they are also quite slow but hopefully you're going to be faster! Did you know that hurdles racing is believed to have originated around 1830 but, back then, the hurdles were large soldid wooden structures that hurt if you hit them so they were replaced around 1896 with lighter hurdles then fell over if the athlete knowcked or hit them.