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Changes in Contributions of Swimming, Cycling, and Running Performances on Overall Triathlon Performance Over a 26-Year Period

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dc.contributor.authorFigueiredo, Pedro
dc.contributor.authorMarques, Elisa A.
dc.contributor.authorLepers, Romuald
dc.date.accessioned2021-04-29T13:46:38Z
dc.date.available2021-04-29T13:46:38Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractFigueiredo, P, Marques, EA, and Lepers, R. Changes in contributions of swimming, cycling, and running performances on overall triathlon performance over a 26-year period. J Strength Cond Res 30(9): 2406-2415, 2016-This study examined the changes in the individual contribution of each discipline to the overall performance of Olympic and Ironman distance triathlons among men and women. Between 1989 and 2014, overall performances and their component disciplines (swimming, cycling and running) were analyzed from the top 50 overall male and female finishers. Regression analyses determined that for the Olympic distance, the split times in swimming and running decreased over the years (r = 0.25-0.43, p ≤ 0.05), whereas the cycling split and total time remained unchanged (p > 0.05), for both sexes. For the Ironman distance, the cycling and running splits and the total time decreased (r = 0.19-0.88, p ≤ 0.05), whereas swimming time remained stable, for both men and women. The average contribution of the swimming stage (∼18%) was smaller than the cycling and running stages (p ≤ 0.05), for both distances and both sexes. Running (∼47%) and then cycling (∼36%) had the greatest contribution to overall performance for the Olympic distance (∼47%), whereas for the Ironman distance, cycling and running presented similar contributions (∼40%, p > 0.05). Across the years, in the Olympic distance, swimming contribution significantly decreased for women and men (r = 0.51 and 0.68, p < 0.001, respectively), whereas running increased for men (r = 0.33, p = 0.014). In the Ironman distance, swimming and cycling contributions changed in an undulating fashion, being inverse between the two segments, for both sexes (p < 0.01), whereas running contribution decreased for men only (r = 0.61, p = 0.001). These findings highlight that strategies to improve running performance should be the main focus on the preparation to compete in the Olympic distance; whereas, in the Ironman, both cycling and running are decisive and should be well developed.pt_PT
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionpt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.1519/JSC.0000000000001335pt_PT
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.24/1812
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.subjectAthletespt_PT
dc.subjectAthletic Performancept_PT
dc.subjectBicyclingpt_PT
dc.subjectFemalept_PT
dc.subjectHumanspt_PT
dc.subjectMalept_PT
dc.subjectRegression Analysispt_PT
dc.subjectRunningpt_PT
dc.subjectSwimmingpt_PT
dc.subjectTime Factorspt_PT
dc.titleChanges in Contributions of Swimming, Cycling, and Running Performances on Overall Triathlon Performance Over a 26-Year Periodpt_PT
dc.typejournal article
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.endPage2415pt_PT
oaire.citation.issue9pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage2406pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleJournal of Strength and Conditioning Researchpt_PT
oaire.citation.volume30pt_PT
rcaap.rightsclosedAccesspt_PT
rcaap.typearticlept_PT

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