Sex differences in elite swimming with advanced age are less than marathon running
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Sex differences in elite swimming with advanced age are less than marathon running.
The sex difference in marathon performance increases with finishing place and age of the runner but whether this occurs among swimmers is unknown. The purpose was to compare sex differences in swimming velocity across world record place (1st-10th), age group (25-89 years), and event distance. We also compared sex differences between freestyle swimming and marathon running. The world's top 10 sw...
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عنوان ژورنال: Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0905-7188
DOI: 10.1111/sms.12412