Sex difference in open-water swimming-The Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming 1875-2017.

Autor: Pantelis Theodoros Nikolaidis, Stefania Di Gangi, Caio Victor de Sousa, Fabio Valeri, Thomas Rosemann, Beat Knechtle
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: PLoS ONE, Vol 13, Iss 8, p e0202003 (2018)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1932-6203
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0202003
Popis: The aim of the present study was to compare swimming performances of successful finishers of the 'Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming' from 1875 to 2017, assessing the effects of sex, the place of event and the nationality of swimmers. Data from 535 finishers in 'Catalina Channel Swim', 1,606 finishers in 'English Channel Swim' and 774 finishers in 'Manhattan Island Marathon Swim' were analysed. We performed different analyses and regression model fittings for all swimmers and annual top-5 finishers. Effects (sex, event, time, nationality) and interaction terms (event-time) were examined through a multi-variable spline mixed regression model. Considering all swimmers, we found that (i) women were approximately 0.06 km/h faster than men (p = 0.011) and (ii) Australians were 0.13 km/h faster than Americans (p = 0.004) and Americans were 0.19 km/h faster than British (p
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