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Meaning of Swedish relay | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A relay race in which members of a team take turns running progressively longer parts of a course. The first member runs 100 meters, the second 200 meters, the third 300 meters, and the fourth 400 meters, equalling one kilometer in total.

uncountable

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Examples

The only consolation for the Germans was the so-called Swedish relay race, which they won against the team of the Illinois Athletic Club, which arrived as third.”
“In the years that followed, Gunde [Svan] and [Thomas] Wassberg won several world championship and Olympic medals skiing together on the Swedish relay team.”
“只今の1年生女子スウェーデンリレーの結果…”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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