Sentence examples for relay heat from inspiring English sources

Team GB topped their 4x400m men's relay heat but won't be in today's final after they too exchanged the baton in the wrong place and were disqualified.

Only 21 minutes after their relay heat began, Smith and Bateman were back on the blocks alongside Joyce for one more mad dash.

— LYNN ZINSER The final exchange by the British team in the 4×100 relay heat was clearly out of the zone and the team has been disqualified.

Just as they did for Usain Bolt the night before, when the great man turned up to run 44 strides in a relay heat against the likes of Montserrat's Alford Dyett (100m PB: 11.78sec).

— LYNN ZINSER The U.S. men's relay heat went off without a drop and the team of Jeff Demps, Doc Patton, Trell Kimmons and Justin Gatlin won the heat by a ton.

That will be hard for Hardee to make up in the final events, the javelin and 1,500 meters, which goes off at 4 20 p.m. — LYNN ZINSER While everyone was paying attention to South Africa and Oscar Pistorius's predicament in the 4×400-meter 4×400-meterin the morelay, all kinds of trouble broke out for theat.S. men's relay.

It remains to be seen whether he will feature in Friday's relay heats.

The 4x100m relay heats, women's and men's, start from 11.20am.

11.41am BST 4x400m relay heats A great performance there from Britain, who came second in their heat of the 4x400m relay.

11.56am BST 4x400m relay heats Another very close, exciting heat there – also ending with the exact same times for the first and second place teams.

Photograph: Matthias Schrader/AP 2.16pm BST Launching themselves in backwards, the swimmers take the start of the men's 4x100m medley relay heats during the swimming event.