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medley relay
noun
- Track. a relay race in which individual members of a team usually run an unequal portion of the total distance. Compare distance medley, sprint medley.
- Swimming. a relay race in which no member of a team uses the same stroke as another.
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Origin of medley relay1
Example Sentences
Marchand, widely compared to American great Michael Phelps, won his fourth gold in the 200m individual medley to become the first French athlete to secure four gold medals at the same Olympic Games, and also helped his country to bronze in the 4x100m medley relay.
Her only previous Paralympic gold was in the 4×100m medley relay 34pts at Rio 2016, where she got a bronze in the S10 100m backstroke.
The 22-year-old hogged the headlines on home soil as he became only the third male swimmer ever to achieve the feat, after American greats Michael Phelps and Mark Spitz, and he added to his medal collection in the 4x100m medley relay with a bronze.
The hashtag "China winning gold medal at 4x100m medley relay" was viewed 760 million times on Weibo.
Elsewhere, the US set a new world record in the women's 4x100m medley relay, beating great rivals Australia into silver to pip them to topping the swimming medal table for most golds.
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