Pacing in Olympic track races: Competitive tactics versus best performance strategy

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1107-1115

  Thiel, Christian ^a   Foster, Carl ^b,c   Banzer, Winfried ^a   de Koning, Jos ^b,c  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN LA CROSSE   (United States)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

athletic performance; competitive behaviour; physical endurance; running; track and field

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RUNNING;

ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RUNNING;

EID: 84864535504     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640414.2012.701759     Document Type: Article

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