Maximal Aerobic Capacity in the Winter-Olympics Endurance Disciplines: Olympic-Medal Benchmarks for the Time Period 1990-2013.

Autor:	Tønnessen, Espen, Haugen, Thomas A., Hem, Erlend, Leirstein, Svein, Seiler, Stephen
Předmět:	ATHLETIC ability CARDIOPULMONARY system CONFIDENCE intervals CROSS-country skiing ENDURANCE sports EXERCISE physiology EXERCISE tests LONGITUDINAL method PROBABILITY theory REFERENCE values SEX distribution STATISTICS WINTER sports DATA analysis EFFECT sizes (Statistics) SPORTS events TREADMILLS ELITE athletes OXYGEN consumption DATA analysis software ONE-way analysis of variance
Zdroj:	International Journal of Sports Physiology & Performance; Oct2015, Vol. 10 Issue 7, p835-839, 5p, 1 Chart, 3 Graphs
Abstrakt:	Purpose: To generate updated Olympic-medal benchmarks for ...O2max in winter endurance disciplines, examine possible differences in ...O2max between medalists and nonmedalists, and calculate gender difference in ...O2max based on a homogeneous subset of world-leading endurance athletes. Methods: The authors identiied 111 athletes who participated in winter Olympic Games/World Championships in the period 1990 to 2013. All identiied athletes tested ...O2max at the Norwegian Olympic Training Center within ±1 y of their championship performance. Testing procedures were consistent throughout the entire period. Results: For medal-winning athletes, the following relative ...O2max values (mean:95% conidence intervals) for men/women were observed (mL ⋅ min-1 ⋅ kg-1): 84:87-81/72:77-68 for cross-country distance skiing, 78:81-75/68:73-64 for cross-country sprint skiing, 81:84-78/67:73-61 for biathlon, and 77:80-75 for Nordic combined (men only). Similar benchmarks for absolute ...O2max (L/min) in male/female athletes are 6.4:6.1-6.7/4.3:4.1-4.5 for cross-country distance skiers, 6.3:5.8-6.8/4.0:3.7-4.3 for cross-country sprint skiers, 6.2:5.7-6.4/4.0:3.7-4.3 for biathletes, and 5.3:5.0-5.5 for Nordic combined (men only). The difference in relative ...O2max between medalists and nonmedalists was large for Nordic combined, moderate for cross-country distance and biathlon, and small/trivial for the other disciplines. Corresponding differences in absolute ...O2max were small/trivial for all disciplines. Male cross-country medalists achieve 15% higher relative ...O2max than corresponding women. Conclusions: This study provides updated benchmark ...O2max values for Olympic-medal-level performance in winter endurance disciplines and can serve as a guideline of the requirements for future elite athletes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Databáze:	Complementary Index
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