Mixed 4x400m Relay: Mary Moraa out-kicks the boys to win
The mixed-gender 4x400m relay may be a new event, but with the news of its inclusion in the 2020 Olympics, the youth athletes got some very valuable experience at World U18s this weekend. The ability for teams choose the order of their competitors (always two males runners, two female runners) made for some very interesting races.
One of these was the first heat, in which Kenya was the only team to select a girl to be its anchor leg. Though ridiculed by many, the Kenyans' decision ended up paying off and more, as despite being even with the boys with 150m to go, Mary Moraa unleashed a devastating kick that even Jamaica's Tyrese Reid and Brazil's Alison Brendom Dos Santos could not match.
Team Kenya's time of 3:24.76 was the fastest of all 13 teams in the heats.