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The Relay

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A few of the words

BATON
Olympic relay batons are hollow aluminum tubes, exactly 30 centimeters long and 50 grams in weight, light enough to forget you're holding one at full speed.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
ANCHOR
The anchor is the final runner on a relay team, typically the fastest, trusted to hold a lead or chase one down in the closing meters.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
EXCHANGE
The outgoing runner must receive the baton within a 20-meter exchange zone; stepping outside it means instant disqualification for the whole team.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
SPLIT
Each runner's individual time within a relay is called a split, coaches study them obsessively to decide who runs which leg.Find this word in the grid to read its note.

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Relay race word search, free and large-print. Feel the baton land in your palm, the roar as the anchor runner explodes off the line.

About The Relay

In a relay, four runners share a single race, each carrying the baton through their leg before pressing it into the next outstretched hand. The exchange zone is only 20 meters long, and a fumbled pass can undo a season of training in half a second. When the anchor leg runner hits the final straight, every second of preparation collapses into one furious, glorious sprint for the line.

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