ArticleOpen access journal of sports medicine2012
Age and gender differences in half-Ironman triathlon performances - the Ironman 70.3 Switzerland from 2007 to 2010.
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- Performance, physiology, and determinants of success in IRONMAN® 70.3: A systematic review.PloS one · 2026Pooled it
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- Cycling is the most important predictive split discipline in professional Ironman® 70.3 triathletes.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2024Article
- Participation and performance trends in short-, medium, and long-distance duathlon.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- The Age-Related Performance Decline in Ironman 70.3.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Polarized and Pyramidal Training Intensity Distribution: Relationship with a Half-Ironman Distance Triathlon Competition.Journal of sports science & medicine · 2019Article
- Variables that influence Ironman triathlon performance - what changed in the last 35 years?Open access journal of sports medicine · 2015Review
- Elite triathletes in 'Ironman Hawaii' get older but faster.Age (Dordrecht, Netherlands) · 2014Article
- The best triathletes are older in longer race distances - a comparison between Olympic, Half-Ironman and Ironman distance triathlon.SpringerPlus · 2014Article
- Trends in Triathlon Performance: Effects of Sex and Age.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2013Review
- Participation and performance trends in 'Ultraman Hawaii' from 1983 to 2012.Extreme physiology & medicine · 2013Article
- Analysis of performance and age of the fastest 100-mile ultra-marathoners worldwide.Clinics (Sao Paulo, Brazil) · 2013Article
- Age group athletes in inline skating: decrease in overall and increase in master athlete participation in the longest inline skating race in Europe - the Inline One-Eleven.International journal of general medicine · 2013Article
- Performance in Olympic triathlon: changes in performance of elite female and male triathletes in the ITU World Triathlon Series from 2009 to 2012.SpringerPlus · 2013Article
- Participation and performance trends in ultracycling.Open access journal of sports medicine · 2013Article
- Age of peak performance in elite male and female Ironman triathletes competing in Ironman Switzerland, a qualifier for the Ironman world championship, Ironman Hawaii, from 1995 to 2011.Open access journal of sports medicine · 2012Article
- Women achieve peak freestyle swim speed at earlier ages than men.Open access journal of sports medicine · 2012Article
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Abstract
backgroundTo date, the age-related decline and gender differences in performance have been investigated for both Olympic and Ironman distance triathlons, but not for the intermediate distance (ie, the half-Ironman distance triathlon covering 1.9 km swimming, 90 km cycling and 21.1 km running, Ironman 70.3®). We determined the age-related differences in performance and the gender differences for female and male half-Ironman triathletes of 6303 finishers (1115 women and 5188 men) at the Ironman 70.3 Switzerland in Rapperswil, Switzerland, from 2007 to 2010.
methodsAnalyses of variance were used to examine performance trends and differences between the genders.
resultsGender differences in total event time were affected by age (F = 4.2; P < 0.001). Women achieved their best performance between 25 and 39 years whereas men attained their fastest race times between 18 and 39 years. The gender difference for ages 18-24 years was significantly (P < 0.01) greater compared to older age groups (25-29 years and 40-44 years), and the gender difference for age groups 45-49 years and 50-54 years was significantly (P < 0.01) greater than for those between the ages of 35-39 years.
conclusionThe present data suggest that the fastest race time in a half-Ironman triathlon was achieved between the age of 25 and 39 years for women and between 18 and 39 years for men. Further studies considering the influences on endurance performance are required to better understand the age and gender interactions in half-Ironman triathlon performances, and these studies may provide valuable information to delineate the difference in performance between female and male half-Ironman triathletes.
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