Elite triathletes in 'Ironman Hawaii' get older but faster

Age

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 407-416

  Gallmann, Dalia ^a   Knechtle, Beat ^a,b   Rüst, Christoph Alexander ^a   Rosemann, Thomas ^a   Lepers, Romuald ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Facharzt FMH für Allgemeinmedizin Gesundheitszentrum St Gallen ^*  (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Age of peak performance; Aging; Cycling; Running; Swimming; Ultra endurance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; CYCLING; ENDURANCE; ENDURANCE SPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; RUNNING; SWIMMING; TRIATHLON;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BICYCLING; FEMALE; HAWAII; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; RUNNING; SWIMMING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84899088571     PISSN: 01619152     EISSN: 15744647     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11357-013-9534-y     Document Type: Article

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