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relay race
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relay race

Sprint race involving teams of four athletes who run in succession, passing a baton to one another. The first relay events at an Olympic meeting took place in 1908, when three races, with legs of 200 metres, 400 metres, and 800 metres, were staged. In the 1912 Olympics the 4 × 100-metre and 4 × 400-metre relays were introduced.

The relay race was first run in the USA, around 1880, to emulate the charity races organized by the New York fire service, in which red pennants were handed on every 300 yards.
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The under-15 girls 4 x 100 metres relay team of Danielle Dillon, Amy Johnson, Siobhan Robinson and Shauna Lawton raced to victory in 54.
Best show for Carey; ATHLETICS by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)
With Sydney silver medallist Darren Campbell forced to pull out of the final after suffering a rib injury in a fall at the end of the 100 metres, the selectors will choose between him and Grant for the discretionary third place in Athens - leaving Devonish, the world indoor champion at 200 metres in 2003, with only the possibility of a place in the 4 x 100 metres relay squad.
ATHLETICS: Misery as Marlon misses his dream; COVENTRY SPRINTER MAY ... by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)
Devonish won the silver medal in the 200 metres at the Commonwealth Games two years ago and followed up with a European bronze, but was restricted to a place in the Great Britain 4 x 100 metres relay team at last year's world championships where they finished second.
ATHLETICS: Medal hope Marlon is quick off the blocks by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)
 
 
 
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