Contribution of Segments to Overall Result in Elite Triathletes: Sprint Distance

Javier Olaya, José Fernández-Sáez, Ove Østerlie and Alberto Ferriz-Valero
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Javier Olaya: Faculty of Health Sciences, Isabel I University, 09003 Burgos, Spain
José Fernández-Sáez: Terres de l’Ebre Research Support Unit, Jordi Gol i Gurina University Institute for Primary Health Care Research (IDIAPJGol), 43500 Tarragona, Spain
Ove Østerlie: Department of Teacher Education, Faculty of Social and Educational Science, NTNU—Norwegian University of Science and Technology, ILU, Postboks 8900, NO-7491 Trondheim, Norway
Alberto Ferriz-Valero: Department of General and Specific Didactics, University of Alicante, 03690 Alicante, Spain

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 16, 1-11

Abstract: As an alternative to analysing the contribution of performance in specific segments of a triathlon to the overall result as measured in terms of time or position, which has several limitations, previous studies have instead analysed the performance indicator in triathlon. Therefore, the purpose of the study was to analyse the relationship between performance in specific segments and overall performance in terms of sprint distance in elite triathletes through the triathlon performance indicator, instead of using time or position. The official sprint distance results from World Triathlon Series elite events from 2012 to 2019 were examined. In total, 2144 entries were considered, 1143 of which were men and 1001 were women. Performance in the cycling segment presents the best concordance with the overall performance for both elite men (ICC a = 0.871, IC95% = (0.711–0.927)) and elite women (ICC a = 0.907, IC95% = (0.875–0.929)). Although the performance in the running segment does not show the best concordance with the overall performance, the position in this segment does better explain the overall position, especially in elite men and in draft-legal races. These results can support coaches and athletes to identify a specific profile of the strengths and weaknesses of triathletes in competitions, in comparison to their rivals, over a specific distance.

Keywords: race; performance; triathlon; swimming; cycling; running (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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