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400-meter relay team russian women’s 4×400 relay team after receiving their gold medals made headlines on the final day of the World Track and Field Championships. Unidentified Russian track team sources denied that it was, according to Sky News. Firova and Ryzhova’s kiss on the podium wasn’t their first that day.

They also kissed on the track after the victory, as shown in the photo on the right. It also wasn’t the only kiss by Russians on the podium. Pretty much the entire four-woman team exchanged pecks, as you can see in this video. Then there are the two Swedish athletes who painted their nails in rainbow colors. Russian sports minister Vitaly Mutko, who has said the law will be enforced at the Sochi Olympics in February, said Sunday the law won’t infringe on the private lives of those at the Olympics. In my view, Western media, media outside Russia, give more attention to this than we do in Russia.

Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. 4 x 400 m men final Barcelona 2010. 400 metres relay or long relay is an athletics track event in which teams consist of four runners who each complete 400 metres or one lap. It is traditionally the final event of a track meet. At top class events, the first 500 metres is run in lanes. Relay race runners typically carry a relay baton which they must transfer between teammates.

As runners have a running start, split times cannot be compared to individual 400 m performances. Jamaica in the 1950s and Britain in the 1990s. The current men’s Olympic champions are from the United States. According to the IAAF rules, world records in relays can only be set if all team members have the same nationality. 400 metres relays were introduced at the 2017 IAAF World Relays, but the IAAF has yet to recognize any world records in that event.