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ArticleJournal of exercise science and fitness2022

The beginning of success: Performance trends and cut-off values for junior and the U23 triathlon categories.

Lucas Pinheiro Barbosa, Caio Victor Sousa, Samuel da Silva Aguiar, André Bonadias Gadelha, Pantelis Theodoros Nikolaidis, Elias Villiger, Beat Knechtle

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Article in Journal of exercise science and fitness, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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7 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Lucas Pinheiro BarbosaGraduate Program in Physical Education, Catholic University of Brasília, Brasília, DF, Brazil.
Caio Victor SousaCollege of Arts, Media & Design, Bouvé College of Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, USA.
Samuel da Silva AguiarGraduate Program in Physical Education, Catholic University of Brasília, Brasília, DF, Brazil.
André Bonadias GadelhaGraduate Program in Physical Education, Catholic University of Brasília, Brasília, DF, Brazil.
Pantelis Theodoros NikolaidisExercise Physiology Laboratory, Nikaia, Greece.
Elias VilligerMedbase St. Gallen Am Vadianplatz, St. Gallen, Switzerland.
Beat KnechtleMedbase St. Gallen Am Vadianplatz, St. Gallen, Switzerland.
Universidade Católica de Brasília · BRBoston University · USMedbase · CHUniversity of Zurich · CH

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThis study sought to determine cut-off values for each triathlon discipline to achieve podium in Junior (short distance; 750 m swim, 20 km cycle and 5 km run) and U23 (standard/Olympic distance; 1.5 km swim, 40 km cycle and 10 km run) triathlon events. Additionally, we aimed to investigate which discipline has the largest relationship with overall Junior and U23 triathlon performance, and the effect of sex and time in performance trends.

methodsWe included all data from Junior and U23 official races (International Triathlon Federation; ITU) of Junior (n = 3,314 finishes) and U23 (n = 5,092 finishes) categories held from 1999 to 2018.

resultsMen were significantly faster than women in both Junior (11.13%) and U23 (12.28%) categories. Swimming and cycling times were faster in 2009-2018 than in the 1999-2008 decade for men (3.36%; 6.49%), women junior (6.50%; 7.09%), men (0.15%; 3.46%) and women U23 (1.61%; 3.31%) respectively. Cycling was the discipline with the greatest influence on overall triathlon performance in Junior and U23 categories, regardless of sex or rank position. The cut-off values for the Junior category were (men/women): swimming, 9.2/9.4 min; cycling, 31.9/38.2 min; running, 16.8/18.9 min. U23's cut-off values were (men/women): swim, 18.0/19.4 min, cycling: 63.4/70.1 min; run, 33.9/38.7 min.

conclusionCycling was the discipline with the greatest influence on overall performance for both men and women in Junior and U23 categories. Moreover, swimming and cycling performances increased over the years for both sexes.

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AthleteEnduranceMulti-sportPacingTriathlon

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PMID34925520
PMCPMC8634041
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