Running performance, not anthropometric factors, is associated with race success in a Triple Iron Triathlon

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 437-441

  Knechtle, B ^a   Kohler, G ^b  

^a Gesundheitszentrum St Gallen   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CYCLING; ENDURANCE SPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERFORMANCE; RUNNING; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SPORTING EVENT; SWIMMING; TRIATHLON;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BICYCLING; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RUNNING; SWIMMING;

EID: 67249153502     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2007.039602     Document Type: Article

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