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Nation related participation and performance trends in ‘Ironman Hawaii’ from 1985 to 2012

2014

Abstract Background This study examined participation and performance trends in ‘Ironman Hawaii’ regarding the nationality of the finishers. Methods Associations between nationalities and race times of 39,706 finishers originating from 124 countries in the ‘Ironman Hawaii’ from 1985 to 2012 were analyzed using single and multi-level regression analysis. Results Most of the finishers originated from the United States of America (47.5%) followed by athletes from Germany (11.7%), Japan (7.9%), Australia (6.7%), Canada (5.2%), Switzerland (2.9%), France (2.3%), Great Britain (2.0%), New Zealand (1.9%), and Austria (1.5%). German women showed the fastest increase in finishers (r2 = 0.83, p < …

11035 Institute of General PracticeVeterinary medicinemedicine.medical_specialtySports medicine610 Medicine & healthPhysical Therapy Sports Therapy and RehabilitationTriathlonFinisherRunningGerman03 medical and health sciencesRace (biology)2732 Orthopedics and Sports Medicine0302 clinical medicineMedicineOrthopedics and Sports Medicine030212 general & internal medicine3612 Physical Therapy Sports Therapy and RehabilitationNationalitySwimmingbiologyAthletesbusiness.industryRehabilitation[ SDV.SPEE ] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Santé publique et épidémiologieCycling030229 sport sciences16. Peace & justicebiology.organism_classificationlanguage.human_language2742 Rehabilitation[SDV.SPEE] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Santé publique et épidémiologielanguageNationality[SDV.SPEE]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Santé publique et épidémiologiebusinessResearch ArticleDemographyBMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation
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Participation and performance trends in ultracycling

2013

Mohannad Abou Shoak,1 Beat Knechtle,1,2 Patrizia Knechtle,2 Christoph Alexander Rüst,1 Thomas Rosemann,1 Romuald Lepers31Institute of General Practice and Health Services Research, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; 2Gesundheitszentrum St Gallen, St Gallen, Switzerland; 3INSERM U1093, Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Burgundy, Dijon, FranceBackground: Participation and performance trends have been investigated in ultramarathons and ultratriathlons but not in ultracycling. The aim of the present study was to investigate (1) participation and performance trends in ultraendurance cyclists, (2) changes in cycling speed over the years, and (3) the age of the fastest male…

11035 Institute of General PracticefinishercyclingFuture studiesmaster athletebusiness.industryMean age610 Medicine & healthspeedultraenduranceAnimal sciencegender differenceMedicinelcsh:Sports medicineCyclingbusinesslcsh:RC1200-1245Open Access Journal of Sports MedicineOriginal ResearchOpen Access Journal of Sports Medicine
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