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What Is the Best Discipline to Predict Overall Triathlon Performance? An Analysis of Sprint, Olympic, Ironman® 70.3, and Ironman® 140.6
- Source :
- Frontiers in Physiology, Vol 12 (2021)
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Frontiers Research Foundation, 2021.
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Abstract
- Objective: To analyze the proportion of dedication in each triathlon discipline (swimming, cycling, and running) and the importance of each separate discipline to predict overall performance of elite triathletes across different triathlon distances.Methods: Data from 2015 to 2020 (n = 16,667) from official races and athletes in Sprint, Olympic distance, IM 70.3 (Half-Ironman distance), and IM 140.6 (Full-Ironman distance) competitions were included. The proportion of each discipline was calculated individually and compared using general linear models by event distance, sex, and performance level. Automatic linear regression models were applied for each distance considering overall performance as the dependent variable.Results: A within-distance analysis showed that the best predictor for Sprint is cycling, for Olympic is swimming, for IM 70.3 is cycling, and for IM 140.6 is running. A between-distance analysis revealed that swimming is a better predictor in Olympic distance than in other triathlon distances. Cycling is a poor predictor for overall performance in IM 140.6, and the importance of running to predict overall performance is the highest in IM 140.6 and diminishes with decreasing race distance.Conclusion: Each discipline represents a different relative portion and importance to predict overall performance depending on the triathlon distance. Swimming is the most important predictor discipline in Sprint- and Olympic-distance triathlon, cycling in IM 70.3, and running in IM 140.6.
- Subjects :
- 11035 Institute of General Practice
endurance
cycling
biology
Athletes
Physiology
half-distance
610 Medicine & health
1314 Physiology
biology.organism_classification
2737 Physiology (medical)
Sprint
Physiology (medical)
Linear regression
Statistics
running
QP1-981
full-distance
Overall performance
swimming
Cycling
Ultra endurance
Mathematics
Subjects
Details
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Frontiers in Physiology, Vol 12 (2021)
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....8ee95fd37f252c708a0c805321b76ebd
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-209734