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  • Daley Thompson at the Moscow 1980 Olympic Games
    athletics
    / Relays

    …team, each member carrying a baton for 25 percent of the total distance before passing it to the next team runner. Two events, the 4 × 100- and 4 × 400-meter relays, are standard. They are included both in low-level dual meets and in the Olympic Games and the World…

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    …team, each member carrying a baton for 25 percent of the total distance before passing it to the next team runner. Two events, the 4 × 100- and 4 × 400-meter relays, are standard. They are included both in low-level dual meets and in the Olympic Games and the World…

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