Australian runner Michelle Jenneke hurdles into Internet’s heart

The 19-year-old dominated the competition at the IAAF World Junior Championships, but it’s her warm-up routine that’s making her Internet famous.

Fernando Alfonso III

Updated on June 2 2021 2:14 pm CDT

Who needs the bright lights of the Olympics when the Internet can make you famous? That’s been the case for Australian hurdler Michelle Jenneke and the popular new video of her performance at the IAAF World Junior Championships last week.

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Fernando Alfonso III

Fernando Alfonso III served as an early Reddit and 4chan reporter and the Daily Dot’s first art director until 2016. He’s gone on to report at Lexington’s Herald-Leader and at the Houston Chronicle.