The age of the top swimmer at World Cup and Olympics

Change of the age and performance of swimmers across World Championships and Olympic Games finals from 1992 to 2013 - a cross-sectional data analysis In 1988, Schulz and Curnov published a work to the age of top athletes.In doing so, they examined the Olympic champion from 1896 to 1980 in the freestyle swimming.Over every year, the age of the best women was 18 years and the best men at 21 years. Since newer numbers are missing, we have examined the age of the best swimmer at the World Cup (1994-2013) and Olympia (1992-2012).Due to current information is to be assumed that the top swimmers were a bit older over the last few years.

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The change zone at Ironman Hawaii

Changes in transition times in ‘Ironman Hawaii’ between 1998 and 2013 A triathlon includes the times in the change zone between swimming and cycling as well as cycling and also run for the total time. We asked us the question of whether over the years the change times at the Ironman Hawaii also improved, especially since the final times over the years were getting better. To find a difference between the route length, as compared to the results of the Ironman Hawaii with the results of the World Cup Ironman 70.3.If you look at the fastest, the change time at the Ironman remained unchanged for the fastest women, but took to the fastest men.In the 10ast per year, the change period took the men as in the women.

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A 90 marathon

Physiological alterations after a marathon in the first 90-year-old male finisher: case study In October 2013, the then 90-year-old Albert Stricker found the Lucerne Marathon.Since he has a valid birth certificate and has understood an official marathon, he may call himself the oldest finisher on a marathon. We have examined the physiological aspects of this exceptional performance as well as the action of a marathon on a 90-year-old person. All results can be found under https://springerplus.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/2193-1801-3-608

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The age of the best ultramarathon performance

What is the age for the fastest ultra-marathon performance in time-limited races from 6 h to 10 days? If you look at the results of individual analyzes of running events of different lengths, it looks like when the top racers are getting older with increasing length of the run. We have analyzed the results of runs between 6 hours and 10 days from the period from 1975-2013.Over the years, the number of successful finishers increased steadily, with about half of the runners have completed an ultramarathon and the other half already two and more runs.Most finishers were in the fourth lifestyle. If all the runners were taken into account for all tracks at the start, the age of the best performance with increasing route length increased, even if only a successful finish or at least five successful finishes per athlete were taken into account.

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Jogging improves life expectancy

Leisure-time running reduces all-cause and cardiovascular mortality risk. In an American study, 55,137 people were examined at the age of 18 to 100 years on the relationship between jogging and life expectancy.During the 15 years of observation, 3,413 people died, including 1,217 deaths due to cardiovascular diseases.

The risk was 29% to 50% compared to the unsportsman. Surprisingly, even small training sessions of 5-10 minutes per day rich at low speed in order to reduce the risk for an early death at a cardiovascular disease. The work can be read under https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25082581/

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Nurmi-Studie

The NURMI-Study (NURMI – Nutrition and Running high Mileage) The Nurmi-Study (Nurmi - Nutrition and Running High Mileage) is an international and interdisciplinary comparative course study that aims to create a broad foundation for scientific statements on the sporting performance of mixed spills compared to vegetarian and vegan runners.

To be able to make sound statements, a large number of subjects is needed. Therefore, we cordially invite all runners (every distance and every level of performance) to participate in the most important study for the running movement to perform something big together. All information is below https://www.nurm-study.com/

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Is the top really older with very long ultra skills?

Will the age of peak ultra-marathon performance increase with increasing race duration? When you go through previous analysis, it seems that with increasing route length the peak runners are always older.If one compares the age of the fastest marathon runners with the age of the fastest 100 km runners, the Ultralaufen are significantly older than the marathon runners. To find out if it is effective a trend that the best runners are really older on the very long ultrasides, it is best to analyze a series of runs with increasing route length resp.Duration of the competition. Timely aligned runs of 6 hours to 10 days are best suited.We have now examined the development from 1975 to 2012 regarding the age of the top runners.

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H-index and number of citations

H-index and number of citations The H-index is a measure based on the number of citations of the publications of an author at a specific time.A high H-index speaks for a large scientific influence of the author in question. The H-index of an author can not sink over time and actually only increase.You can calculate the H-index yourself or look in Web of Science, Sopus or Google Scholar.However, each source calculates the H-index otherwise so that the value is not quite comparable.Google Scholar is accessible to every human being. For me, the number of quotations are currently on 3226 and the H-index to 27. The work ‘Fat Oxidation in Men and Women Endurance Athletes in Running and Cycling’ in Int J Sports Med. 2004 Jan; 25 (1): 38-44 was most mentioned with 109 citations. Followed this work from ‘Participation and Performance Trends in Ultra Triathlon from 1985 to 2009’ in Scand J Med Sci Sports.2011 Dec; 21 (6): E82-90 The 75 times quoted. The last top ten publication is ‘Upper arm circumference is associated with race performance in ultra-endurance runners‘ in Br J Sports Med. 2008 Apr;42(4):295-9.

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