Different eras: Bill Beaumont, and Agustin Pichot in their playing days
PICTURE: Gettty Images

As everybody in sport, and in particular athletics, knows exchanging the baton is a fraught business process, heavens know we have watched enough GB teams make a Horlicks of it at major championships around the world, although in fairness they are much improved recently.
It’s trickier than it looks. If the incoming runner is approaching too fast you are in trouble, ditto if said runner is tiring and approaching too slowly. If the recipient blasts away from his or her crouched position t...