The classification in Para swimming: Analysis of a Paralympic champion’s withdraw case

Autor: Ciro Winckler, Thiago Fernando Lourenço, Leonardo V. Leis, Tatiana Oc Kanayama, João Paulo Casteleti de Souza, Renato Barroso, Leonardo T Araújo, Augusto Carvalho Barbosa
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching. 16:166-172
ISSN: 2048-397X
1747-9541
Popis: This study compared the in-water bilateral leg kick speed difference between a Paralympic and an Olympic athlete. The Paralympic (former S10) was not eligible after his reclassification in 2019, whereas the Olympic was a semi-finalist in 50 m freestyle in Rio 2016. Kick performance was assessed by a speedometer in one push-off ∼15 m maximal kick sprint. Ten complete cycles were analyzed, and the average speed of each leg in each cycle was calculated. Computerized planimetry assessed plantar feet areas. Differences between right and left feet areas were –22% and –2.1% for the Paralympic and Olympic, respectively. The left kick was slower in the Paralympic (p
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