TOKYO, July 29 — Olympic swimming took a dive into the unknown today as men and women competed against each other for the first time in the new 4x100m mixed medley relay in Tokyo.
“I haven’t been part of many mixed relays so it is fun to get out with guys and girls,” said Australia’s Brianna Throssell. The mixed medley will be familiar to elite swimmers, having already appeared at the world championships in 2015, 2017, and 2019. “It doesn’t have to stay the same as it’s been for the last 100 years. It can develop and evolve to what the modern world is.
The order of strokes must remain the same but teams decide which athletes, male or female, swim in each, meaning the race is a tactical battle as well as a physical one.
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