medley relay

medley relay
1. Track. a relay race in which individual members of a team usually run an unequal portion of the total distance. Cf. distance medley, sprint medley.
2. Swimming. a relay race in which no member of a team uses the same stroke as another. Cf. individual medley.
[1945-50]

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