German Sprinter Alica Schmidt’s ‘Hurdles Dancing’ Warmup Goes Viral

German sprinter and hurdler Alica Schmidt

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German sprinter Alica Schmidt has been dubbed the ‘world’s sexiest athlete’ and her latest dancing warmup on the hurdles has gone viral.

With less than 10 days to go until the outdoor track season starts in Europe on May 27th, Alica Schmidt is ensuring her body is in peak physical shape.

The German National Team hurdler is currently laser focused on dominating the Outdoor Track & Field season with the singular goal of making the Paris Summer Olympics in 2024.

Alica Schmidt has over 3.7 million followers on Instagram and more than 1.5 million followers on TikTok. In addition to being arguably the most popular Track & Field athlete in Europe, she has also been dubbed the ‘world’s sexiest athlete’ and her workout videos regularly go viral.

In her latest video she is dancing along to Beyonce’s ‘Upgrade’ and keeping perfect timing:

Her fans wrote:

“Perfect coordination.”

“Just remove the hurdles and you got yourself cool dance moves.”

“This girl during training looks better than I ever could with maximum effort.”

Someone explained this hurdle exercise is necessary to maintain “coordination, stabilization, intramuscular and isometric support.”

Schmidt has been regularly sharing clips from training during the lead up to the Summer outdoor season.

And when she’s not on the track, Alica Schmidt is a runway model for Boss.

There are Track & Field events nonstop all Summer. She is going to be extremely busy for the next few months.

Alica has shared previous footage of her preseason workouts for those curious what it takes to be a hurdler.