Women reduced the sex difference in open-water ultra-distance swimming La Traversée Internationale du Lac St-Jean, 1955

Women reduced the sex difference in open-water ultra-distance swimming La Traversée Internationale du Lac St-Jean, 1955–2012

Published:2014-02 Issue:2 Volume:39 Page:270-273
ISSN:1715-5312
Container-title:Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism
language:en
Short-container-title:Appl. Physiol. Nutr. Metab.

Author:

Rüst Christoph A.¹,Knechtle Beat²,Rosemann Thomas¹,Lepers Romuald³

Affiliation:

1. Institute of General Practice and for Health Services Research, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.

2. Facharzt FMH für Allgemeinmedizin, Gesundheitszentrum St. Gallen, Vadianstrasse 26, 9001 St. Gallen, Switzerland.

3. INSERM U1093, Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Burgundy, Dijon, France.

Abstract

In La Traversée Internationale du Lac St-Jean, held between 1955 and 2012 in Canada, the fastest women (r2 = 0.61, p < 0.0001) and men (r2 = 0.66, p < 0.0001) improved swimming speed over the years but the sex difference remained unchanged at 8.8% ± 5.6% (r2 = 0.069, p = 0.065). Annually, for the 3 fastest swimmers, both women (r2 = 0.53, p < 0.0001) and men (r2 = 0.71, p < 0.0001) improved swimming speed between 1973 and 2012 and the sex difference decreased (r2 = 0.29, p = 0.0016) from 14.4% ± 11.0% (1973) to 3.7% ± 1.4% (2012).

Publisher

Canadian Science Publishing

Subject

Physiology (medical),Nutrition and Dietetics,Physiology,General Medicine,Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism

Link

http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/apnm-2013-0222

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