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Cycling and Running are More Predictive of Overall Race Finish Time than Swimming in IRONMAN

Beat Knechtle, David Valero, Elias Villiger, Mabliny Thuany, Ivan Cuk, Pedro Forte, Marilia Santos Andrade, Pantelis T Nikolaidis, Thomas Rosemann, Katja Weiss

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Beat KnechtleMedbase St. Gallen Am Vadianplatz, Vadianstrasse 26, St. Gallen, 9001, Switzerland. beat.knechtle@hispeed.ch.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2412-9103
David ValeroUltra Sports Science Foundation, Pierre-Benite, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4133-4843
Elias VilligerInstitute of Primary Care, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8371-1390
Mabliny ThuanyDepartment of Physical Education, State University of Para, Pará, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6858-1871
Ivan CukFaculty of Sport and Physical Education, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7819-4384
Pedro ForteCI-ISCE, Higher Institute of Educational Sciences of the Douro, Penafiel, Portugal.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0184-6780
Marilia Santos AndradeDepartment of Physiology, Federal University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7004-4565
Pantelis T NikolaidisSchool of Health and Caring Sciences, University of West Attica, Athens, Greece.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8030-7122
Thomas RosemannInstitute of Primary Care, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6436-6306
Katja WeissInstitute of Primary Care, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1247-6754

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundSeveral studies have evaluated the most predictive discipline (swimming, cycling, and running) of performance in elite IRONMAN

methodsThis cross-sectional study used 687,696 IRONMAN

resultsThe overall finish time correlated more with cycling and running times than with swimming times for both male and female IRONMAN

conclusionsBoth cycling and running are more predictive than swimming in IRONMAN

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PMCPMC11953511

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