Understanding Relay Races: Rules & Strategies
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that team members must
take turns to perform the same activity.
In the case of running races, it is common
that the competitors of each team must
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cross-country skiing biathlonskating on
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relay takes its form from races
professionals and youth. Inthe Olympic Gamesthere are several types of relay races
that are part of the category ofAthletics.
A relay in swimming with four swimmers usually follows this strategy: the second
faster, the third fastest, the slowest, and then the fastest (anchor). However,
It is not uncommon to see the slowest in second place, leaving it as follows: the
second fastest, the slowest, the third fastest, and lastly the fastest, or a
ascending: the slowest, the third fastest, the second fastest, and as always the
last the fastest.
Currently, there are three Olympic relay categories in swimming:
4x100 m freestyle
4x200 m freestyle
4x100 m relay.
There are also the 4x50 m freestyle and 4x50 m individual medley.
The relay of styles is where four swimmers swim the strokes back, breast,
butterfly and crawl in that order.
Relay in athletics
Relay race runner with the baton in hand.
In athletics, relay races are foot races for teams of four or more, in which the
that a runner covers a certain distance, then passes a tube to the next runner
called Witness and so on until the distance of the race is completed.
The Olympic distances are 4x100 m and 4x400 m. The 4x200 m is also official.
4x800 and 4x1500 m. In lower categories, and in some events, the relay is performed.
Swedish, where 100, 200, 300, and 400 meters relays are held, completing a kilometer.
of career.
In the 4x100 race, the men's world record is held by the national team of Jamaica, with
a time of 36.84 seconds, achieved at the London 2012 Olympics, and the
the women of the national team of the USA with a time of 40.82 seconds in the Games
London 2012 Olympics.
Rules and strategy
Each runner must pass the baton or witness to the next runner in a zone
determined, usually marked by triangles on the track. In speed relays,
runners often use a 'blind pass', where the second runner
it is found at a predetermined point and starts when the first runner passes
by a visual mark on the track (generally a smaller triangle). The runner who
this first runner will signal with a shout 'hand' to their partner who is running
for the area, when it is located about two and a half meters away. The signal will serve their partner
to carry his arm back to receive the baton. The runner who hands over the baton
he will deposit it himself on the hand of his partner, which will be well extended backwards.
The receiver, with a quick wrist movement, will carry the baton forward.
The basic technique of the relay race would be to receive and hand off with the opposite hand. The
the relativistic primer will come out with the witness in its right hand, running through the interior of the
curve. Your partner will wait for you at the end of the first curve on the right side of the street.
Two runners are getting ready to exchange the baton.
A team can be disqualified for:
Let the baton drop (it can be picked up if the opponent has already passed or is far away so as not to
hinder
Make an inappropriate relay exchange
False exit
Overtaking another competitor incorrectly
Prevent the passage of another competitor
Intentionally obstructing or in any other way interfering with another competitor
Pass the witness with the wrong hand
Based on the speed of the runners, the strategy of the professionals in a team of
4 runners are: the first fastest, the second fastest, the third slowest and then
the last (the fourth runner) fastest (anchor).
Testimony or witness
The baton is a cylindrical stick used in relay races. It has a
length of 30 centimeters, a diameter of 12 millimeters and a minimum weight of 50 grams.
It is smooth and hollow.