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A relay is won or lost in roughly two seconds of handoff time across the whole race, which is exactly why elite programs drill the exchange far more than the actual running — thousands of repetitions for a movement that happens four times in under a minute on race day.
The team that won this final had, by a wide margin, the least individually talented lineup. It also had, by every observer’s account, the cleanest handoffs in the field.
Two seconds, ten thousand reps
The least individually talented lineup in the final won on the cleanest handoffs in the field.
What this means in practice
In relay events, handoff execution is a more reliable predictor of outcome than individual sprint times.
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