The best triathletes are older in longer race distances – a comparison between Olympic, Half-Ironman and Ironman distance triathlon

The purpose of this study was (i) to determine the age of peak triathlon performance for world class athletes competing in Olympic, Half-Ironman and Ironman distance races and (ii) to investigate a potential change in the age of the annual fastest athletes across years. Data of ages and race times o...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Knechtle, Raphael, Rüst, Christoph Alexander, Rosemann, Thomas, Knechtle, Beat
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Springer International Publishing 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4176841/