【Ji Sports Lecture Hall】Competition requirements to sort out! Only then can you understand the relay race

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Relay running is not only about how fast the athletes are running, but sometimes the arrangement of personnel is also very important. A relay race is often tense and exciting, every baton is full of unknowns and infinite possibilities, so do you understand the requirements of the relay running competition? Let's learn it with Xiaobian now!

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Relay races should draw a 5 cm wide horizontal line on the runway to indicate the distance between the segments and the center line of the relay zone.

The length of each relay zone is 20 meters, 10 meters before and after the centerline, and the start and end of the relay zone are calculated by the rear edge of the relay demarcation line.

When the whole or first baton of the relay is a parting track, the athlete can make a sign with tape in his own parting lane, the maximum size of which is 5 cm × 40 cm, and the color should be significantly different from other permanent signs on the track.

Chalk or any other similar substance that is not easily traceable is not permitted, and on cinder or grass runways, spike shoes are allowed to be marked within one's own split lanes.

In both cases, no other markers may be used.

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Once the relay team has started the race, only two members of the team are allowed to participate as substitutes in the subsequent competitions, and the substitutes shall be athletes who have registered for the relay or other events of the Games.

At least 1 hour before the first check-in of the first group of each competition, the members of the relay team and the order of each stick shall be declared, and the check-in time shall be announced first.

Changes to previous declarations may only be made in the event of an injury to the athlete concerned, but the changes shall be made prior to the last check-in of the relay team's group.

Athletes who have already participated in relay competitions are not allowed to re-compete in the subsequent races of the event once they have been replaced.

At present, the relay runs of the official race on the track and field track are: men's and women's 4x100 meters, 4x400 meters.

Sometimes there are 4x200m and 4x800m relay races, as well as relay races on the road, such as the road marathon relay.

In mass sports activities, there are also different forms of relay running, such as: group relays of different distances, various forms of oncoming relays, cross-leg relays, etc.

The olympic flame is lit in reference to the form of relay running.

The German Relay Run is a special event on the web.

There are also relay races for swimming, but there are no batons.

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The starting method in the relay run is very exquisite, not what posture the athlete wants to use to start with, it has a unified specification and requirements.

Except for the starter who starts with a crouch, everyone else starts standing.

The gesture of cross-talk is divided into an up-and-down pass and a down-pressed pass. The upper passing stick is more likely to fall.

Runners in relay runs need to pass a baton, which is a smooth hollow round tube made of metal or other synthetic material.

Its length is generally 28-30 cm, the diameter is 12-13 mm, and the weight is 50 grams. At the end of the 19th century, relay running was officially classified as a track event.

The rules of the race at the time stipulated that the baton receiver would receive the bat from the passer while running into the 20-meter relay zone.

Now 4× 100 meters relay, the passing rod needs to be completed in the 30 meter relay area.

The baton is very important in relay running, and it must be held in the hands of the athletes throughout the race until the end of the race.

Anyone who drops the baton must be picked up by himself, and the process of retrieving the baton must be taken to pay attention not to affect others, because the relay race is often more intense, and it is easy for athletes to run randomly to cause safety accidents.

Therefore, athletes must not affect others before they can cross their own track to retrieve the baton.

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In all relay races, athletes participating in relay runs must complete the baton handover in the baton relay area.

The "relay zone" is determined based on the position of the baton, not on the position of the participant's body or limbs.

Any participant who deliberately crosses the track to obstruct other participating teams after passing the baton may be disqualified.

When the runner with the baton approaches, the runner who will pick up the baton starts running, reaching the top speed earlier.

Therefore, the results of the relay race divided by the number of runners are usually faster than the results of the independent events.

Depending on the speed of the runners, the runner positions in the relay race are usually as follows: second fastest, third fastest, slowest, fastest.

If you stand off the runway, you will be disqualified.

In the 4x400m relay run, the first leg of the first bar and the first corner of the second bar are split lanes, and the second bartender has to run to the track line before he can grab the lane freely.

The passing of the first baton must be carried out within the lane designated by the participant, and the referee will have the third and fourth bar teammates in the third and fourth batons wait for the baton from the inside to the outside according to the order in which the second and third rod players pass through the starting point of 200 meters.

All baton receivers are not allowed to start outside the baton pick-up area.

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Text: New Media Center

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Organizer: Hebei Provincial Sports Bureau

Producer: Guo Lijun

Editor's proofreading: He Wanxuan