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relay race
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relay race
n.
A race between two or more teams, in which each team member participates in only a set part of the race and is then relieved by another member of the team.

relay race
n
(General Sporting Terms) a race between two or more teams of contestants in which each contestant covers a specified portion of the distance
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Noun1.relay race - a race between teamsrelay race - a race between teams; each member runs or swims part of the distance
race - a contest of speed; "the race is to the swift"
torch race - (ancient Greece) in which a torch is passed from one runner to the next
Translations
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Relay races for junior and senior schools, swim clubs, companies, individual teams and families will comprise of 4 swimmers in a team with each team member having to swim 200m.
The students took part in breaststroke and freestyle relays, polo ball and frog-board relay races.
But her demands have enraged her team-mates and all 24 members of the men's and women's running team have threatened to boycott the relay races if Jamaican athletics chiefs bend the rules for Ottey.
 
 
 
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