The effects of course length on freestyle swimming speed in elite female and male swimmers – a comparison of swimmers at national and international level

Freestyle swimming performance over 50 m, 100 m, 200 m, 400 m, 800 m and 1,500 m was compared on short (25 m) and long (50 m) course for 92,196 national swimmers (i.e. annual high score list Switzerland) and 1,104 international swimmers (i.e. finalists FINA World Championships) from 2000 to 2012. Na...

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Main Authors: Wolfrum, Mathias, Knechtle, Beat, Rüst, Christoph Alexander, Rosemann, Thomas, Lepers, Romuald
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Springer International Publishing 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3862862/