ArticleSports (Basel, Switzerland)2019
Cycling as the Best Sub-8-Hour Performance Predictor in Full Distance Triathlon.
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- Predicting overall performance in Ironman 70.3 age group triathletes through split disciplines.Scientific reports · 2023Article
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- The beginning of success: Performance trends and cut-off values for junior and the U23 triathlon categories.Journal of exercise science and fitness · 2022Article
- What Is the Best Discipline to Predict Overall Triathlon Performance? An Analysis of Sprint, Olympic, IronmanFrontiers in physiology · 2021Article
- Cut-Off Values in the Prediction of Success in Olympic Distance Triathlon.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Self-Selected Pacing During a World Record Attempt in 40 Ironman-Distance Triathlons in 40 Days.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Celebrating 40 Years of Ironman: How the Champions Perform.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
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Abstract
For any triathlon distance (short, Olympic, half-distance and full-distance), competitors spend more time cycling than swimming or running, but running has emerged as the discipline with the greatest influence on overall performance at the Olympic distance. However, there is a lack of evidence on which discipline has the greatest influence on performance in the overall full-distance triathlon (3.8 km swimming/180 km cycling/42.195 km running), especially for the fastest performing athletes of all time. The total race times of 51 fastest triathletes (sub-8-hour) were studied, while for the split times, a sample of 44 participants was considered. The discipline that seemed to better predict total race time was cycling (coefficient = 0.828;
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