Analysis of 10 km swimming performance of elite male and female open-water swimmers

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Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-15

  Vogt, Pascale ^a   Rüst, Christoph Alexander ^a   Rosemann, Thomas ^a   Lepers, Romuald ^b   Knechtle, Beat ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^c Gesundheitszentrum St Gallen   (Switzerland)

^d Allgemeinmedizin   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Elite swimmer; Open water; Performances; Sex difference; Ultra distance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891408779     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21931801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2193-1801-2-603     Document Type: Article

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