Mixed 2x2x400m Relay | World Athletics Relays Yokohama 2019 

This is an innovative format. Not only is strength and endurance requuired for the distance covered, but tactics as well. Let's see more of it. Now what if they did this in something like golf or cycling? It's already been done in tennis for years.

I've never seen such a relay like this, it was amazing!

The name athlete refugee team just touched my soul💓❤ May God see thru to all refugees going through a hard time

That final lap is reminiscent of the first mixed relay I saw. The Polish team employed a Female-Male-Male-Female Strategy, which gave their anchor (Justina Sweity Ersetich) a HUGE lead on the final lap. She was so far ahead, she was basically out of screen shot by the time the other teams started their anchor legs. But as soon as the American male anchor got the baton, he started to reel her in. He caught up to her at the end of the back straight and overtook her around the bend. The other males overtook her down the home straight and Poland never got a medal. This 2x2x400 format is PERFECT for Athing Mu of the US. She gets partnered with a good male runner, they will be the team to beat.

"hey what if we ran a hard 400, let the lactic acid really set in for a minute, then did it again?"

What an interesting race! Please include this event in the Olympics.

This event should be in the olympics

Nasty Race I would be so done after the first one

I love these kinds of mixed medley relays! So exciting ‼️❤️

Man that race was so exciting! I think the 🇺🇸 and 🇦🇺 men took it easy that first lap, but great job 🇰🇪!

A very interesting concept where strategy is vital.

I think these mixed races are great as it allows more countries to be competitive in the relays. Otherwise, alot of the smaller countries won't have 4 stellar (same sex) athletes to participate in the relays.

The mixed relays are very exciting.

This is such a cool race! I'd like to see more of these at relay meets. :)

Imagine the 2019 world champion Donavan Brazier and the 2020 Olympics champion Athing Mu forming the team for the USA.

fraseir is just awesome.. big respect for this american man..

Proud to be Kenya.... Go go go

I ran a some mixed races like this in high school. Definitely not for the weak or timid

That was amazing! Braizer and Brown are a perfect pair.

So does that mean one athlete have to run 800m with a break after running 400m.

Oh yeah!! This is my favorite type of race!

Can’t people just appreciate how interesting this race was instead of sex baiting. Chill out guys, we’re better than this.

Exciting relay race

Now that was awesome!

That female broadcaster is my new fav I love her voice and excitement

Very impressive. Well done!

Feel bad for Kenya getting disqualified...

What a great team

OMG! I could not even imagine doing this! Amazing....USA! Ms. Brown and Mr. Brazier!

Great format

oh man wish the commentators gave the japanese team some credit here - they really held on well

I love that race

OMG this is awesome

I enjoy watching it❤

Cool event.

Amazing relay looking forward to this event in the next day.

Brazier was so smooth. He had a dynamite 2019 and really got screwed with the 2020 Olympics being pushed back to 2021. I would love for him to somehow get healthy again.

These races are excellent to watch 🤔

Me súper encanta este tipo de carrera👍👍👍👍👍💎

This was nice. I like this event

It's kind of challenging to out run the men on the last leg, brilliance by all on track👌💖💕🙏

I really like mix relay… very interesting

Kenyan strategy just couldn't hold up in the end....

Amazing stamina and relay tactic

OMG I used to do tracks...this is the most brutal looking event ever invented lol

Sierra did Amazing..

I bet training for this is a special kind of torture, but it sure was fun to watch.

I really love this mixed relay but this need proper placing

Brazier!!!

What a race

Back in the 20th Century, I ran in the 880 Medley Relay in high school, but it was all girls.

Mu and Brazier would destroy this record

Just coming in! The refugee team ran to Italy

Muy bueno

It hurts to know that Brazier won't be running in Tokyo 😭💔

이런 경기도 있었구나..

YO BRAZIER! If you ever see this ! YOU GO BOY ! 🥳

Its good game

I think the two Polish runners did well

This is new, but just sounds like a painful training session

Would they have been allowed to have the first person run 400m then the other run 800m straight, then the first person another 400m?

What were the splits

Where is David Rudisha?

I think Brazier could be a very good inclusion into the USA 4x400m team.

Couple vs another couple from another country 😂👌🏼

I think it's good but they did it better in Olympics having 4 different athletes vs two interchanging here

There should be a 2x200

No one cares whether u watched the video at first or second 🤷

For some reason their is a big ole 😊 on my face.

This video should be required viewing for Congress, NCAA and all local judges who think its OK for women to compete against men in sports. That Kenya runner on the last leg was a world class runner and she got caught from behind so easy by the other countries men.

Dobek and Dobek tried there best but there good athletes are they brother and sister

Kenya 🇰🇪🇰🇪 lead others follow

Go east Africa

Grest tactics by Kenya

The kiss of death on a relay team is putting a woman on the anchor leg against the men. It could be latisha Jackson or sydney mcglaughlin on the anchor with a huge lead and the men will reel them in. Just stupid anchoring with a woman. Perfect strategy would be woman man woman man like Team USA did.

What is athlete refugee mean?🧐

women running in men's leg is always going to be an absurd strategy, Kenya learnt it hard way

So we’re they running the 400 like their normal 800 technique? Or with 400? Ou

Too bad Brazier won't be in the Tokyo Olympics this summer cuz he didn't make the U.S. Olympic team...........

That Kenyan strategy was horrible, otherwise they would have won

Probably the most toxic WA comments section Love Kenya's guts tho

Kenya should have put Mary Moraa instead

Always US😁

The US tactic with men at 2nd an last lap is better.

☕☕

Kenya should have been disqualified for not immediately exiting the track upon completion of the 1st leg. The Kenyan runner knows exactly what he’s doing, which is forcing everyone else to go around him.

Yeah this won’t work in the Olympics

I hope they make this for 10,000 m it will be interesting.

What the heck is this?

Финишировать должен только мужчина..

the whole race the camera focused on the 4th place team. they should make women run the same leg and men run the same leg, so we can watch the best teams run the whole way. that would make the mixed relays really great

the boy pf PNG .....second leg, HORRIBLE ! ..... wrong calculated the effort at first

1st

Male female female male

Shame

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WTF... Athlete Refugee Team..

I don’t like this meet!

The second leg for USA is weak! Dude was barely walking that leg!! Fire him!!