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Women reduced the sex difference in open-water ultra-distance swimming - La Traversee Internationale du Lac St-Jean, 1955-2012

Christoph Alexander RüstBeat KnechtleThomas RosemannRomauld Lepers

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11035 Institute of General PracticeNutrition and DieteticsPhysiologyEndocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism610 Medicine & healthMEN1314 PhysiologyGeneral MedicinePERFORMANCEFEMALE2712 Endocrinology Diabetes and MetabolismSwimming speed2737 Physiology (medical)Open waterGeographyWater SportPhysiology (medical)2916 Nutrition and Dietetics[ SCCO ] Cognitive scienceSPEEDENDURANCE SWIMMERSDemographyZURICH

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In La Traversée Internationale du Lac St-Jean, held between 1955 and 2012 in Canada, the fastest women (r2 = 0.61, p < 0.0001) and men (r2 = 0.66, p < 0.0001) improved swimming speed over the years but the sex difference remained unchanged at 8.8% ± 5.6% (r2 = 0.069, p = 0.065). Annually, for the 3 fastest swimmers, both women (r2 = 0.53, p < 0.0001) and men (r2 = 0.71, p < 0.0001) improved swimming speed between 1973 and 2012 and the sex difference decreased (r2 = 0.29, p = 0.0016) from 14.4% ± 11.0% (1973) to 3.7% ± 1.4% (2012).

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2014-02-01
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01159599