Age and gender interactions in short distance triathlon performance

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 996-1006

  Etter, Franziska ^a   Knechtle, Beat ^a,b   Bukowski, Arkadiusz ^b   Rüst, Christoph Alexander ^a   Rosemann, Thomas ^a   Lepers, Romuald ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Gesundheitszentrum St Gallen ^*  (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

cycling; endurance; gender difference; running; swimming

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BICYCLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; RUNNING; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; SWIMMING; YOUNG ADULT; CYCLING; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BICYCLING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RUNNING; SEX FACTORS; SWIMMING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877821718     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640414.2012.760747     Document Type: Article

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