31. Rather, when my friends selected someone for the anchor leg on the relay team, it was a certainty that I would not be picked. 32. She swam on four relay teams that reached the finals. 33. So did the US swimming medley relay and freestyle relay teams. 34. Still, she made the Olympic relay team, along with Harriet Bland, Annette Rogers and Helen Stephens. 35. The American relay teams flexed their muscles and Jackie Joyner-Kersee pulled out one more Olympic medal despite the strained muscle in her leg. 36. The people deserving blame could fill out a relay team. 37. The relay team set a world record in winning the gold. 38. The relay team calls itself the Bypass Four. 39. The same was true for the dominance that U.S. sprint relay teams have enjoyed since the beginning of the Modern Olympics. 40. The top three compete for the individual medal, and the top four typically make up the relay team. |
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