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Hurdler wins her heat: Michelle Jenneke’s hot warmup dance for IAAF World Junior Championships hurdle goes viral

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A female Australian hurdler is shaking things up on the internet.

A viral video shows Michelle Jenneke warming up for the IAAF World Junior Championships in Barcelona last week with a saucy series of hip wiggles and hops.

The clip of the 19-year-old’s peppy pre-race routine has gotten over 2 million views since it hit YouTube Wednesday and even has Twitter users calling her “The Hottest Hurdler Ever.”

A sports blog, “With Leather,” was the first site to post an unedited video of Jenneke loosening up.

The blog later took the video down, quickly replacing it with a slow motion version set to upbeat dance music.

The clip has Twitter users buzzing about the Australian beauty.

“So I may need an interventionist. I’ve watched that Michelle Jenneke video like 20 times today and I don’t plan on stopping,” Abbytron tweeted.

“Michelle Jenneke makes me wanna watch a lot more 100m hurdle races… a lot more” 1mThatGuy wrote.

Jenneke’s warmup must be good luck – the Sydney native came in fifth in the women’s 100-meter hurdle heat.

The teen has loved hurdling for as far back as she can remember, using teddy bears as make-shift hurdles when she was young, News.co.au reported.

Jenneke will not be going to the London Olympics this year. But fans seem confident that they’ll see her face at the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro.

“I’m in love… For the 2016 games in Rio. #alwayslookingahead #alwayslookingfortalent,” Dinwoodey6 tweeted.

croberts@nydailynews.com

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