I had never thought of this. But logically it makes sense, no?
I had never thought of this. But logically it makes sense, no?
Forget this mixed BS... how about adding 4x800 and DMR?
The only thing that made the mixed relays somewhat palatable was that teams could strategically run in whatever gender order they chose, once they took that away, it became pointless and just a B race for those not on the actual 4x4, AKA, another excuse to give the relay queen another undeserved relay medal. Not going to mention any names.
No. The mixed 4x4 is the worst. 4x1 woukd be even worse. And it isn't mixed gender. It is mixed sex. A woman who identifies as nonbinary are identifies as a man can run as female because it is based on sex. Read thethousanfs of posts about Haley.
i'd think 4x1 would be better racing as the sexes are closer on time (1-2s) and the differences between runners same sex also tighter (tenths).
i am sure the conservative response to the mixed relays is they don't want this inoffensive acceptable cis version of mixed turning into the open or nonbinary division ergo they have to hate it to stop the slippery slope even where it's fun and harmless.
Because they're too boring for the general viewers.
Naw...just another opportunity for the Americans to drop the baton or pass it out of the zone or mess up in some other way.
Mixed marathon relay would be really cool
They could start at 9 PM and go all night
Great visuals, like switching baton to left hand while picking up bottle with right hand
Don't be the mixed marathon lead off guy who quits with a mile remaining. Unpopular
please, No. We would have to see (and hear) Sha'Carri even more
A mixed gender 4x800 would actually be better, as a relay not currently done in big competitions and creating compelling matchups
Ermm with Americans not knowing the difference between sex and gender it will still be 4 men competing.
just another way to destroy women sports, because you know there is no point doing anything individual men and women 4 x 100m
It would just end being one more opportunity for the U.S. team to blow the exchange.
The difference in speed between men and women would make the exchanges problematic
Wondered how many posts it would take to get to the correct answer.
Post #13.
Maybe because male incoming runners would always mow down outgoing female runners during a 4x1 exchange?
yes because there isn't much significance to time differences between 100 and 400...
well then just have the W run the first 2 legs, and make sure the 3rd runner gets the baton before speeding away.
But I agree it would be more interesting to have a 4x800 vs a 4x100.
As new events for the Olympic program...
4x800 is too boring.
DMR is a ridiculous fake event, with no world records kept (for good reason). Part of the joke is the meaningless second-of-four leg that makes up only 10% of the race distance and never impacts anything. No true elite 400m runner would waster their time on this garbage.
Obviously.
End thread.
Handoffs are a huge part of the 4x100 relay. They are not important in the 4x400. A mixed 4x100 relay would require all the athletes to practice handoffs with each other. This would mean double the practice time for athletes on both mixed and separate relays, which takes away from individual events.