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medley relay
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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 relay
First recorded in 1945–50
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How to use medley relay in a sentence
Cordes, a gold medalist in the medley relay in Rio, was fourth.
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