Will women soon outperform men in open-water ultra-distance swimming in the ‘Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli’?

This study investigated the change in sex differences across years in ultra-distance swimming performances at the 36-km ‘Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli’ race held from 1954 to 2013. Changes in swimming performance of 662 men and 228 women over the 59-year period were investigated using linear, non-...

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Main Authors: Rüst, Christoph Alexander, Lepers, Romuald, Rosemann, Thomas, Knechtle, Beat
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Springer International Publishing 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3930800/