Mixed-gender relays could be Olympic sport

Mixed-gender relays are being considered as an Olympic event to ramp up interest in athletics, a senior member of the sport's governing body said on Thursday. "As a sport we are looking at different formats," Olivier Gers, chief executive of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), told AFP. "It's definitely something for the Olympics to look at and for the IOC to decide jointly with the IAAF. "It's definitely something we have been talking about for quite some time."
Mixed-sex relays were trialled at the IAAF World Relays in Nassau in April.
A 4x400m event, with two men and two women per team running in no set order, proved a highlight at the championships in the Bahamas, especially as the home team won.