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Elderly female ultra-marathoners reduced the gap to male ultra-marathoners in Swiss running races

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dc.contributor.authorKnechtle, Beat
dc.contributor.authorWitthoft, Anja
dc.contributor.authorValero, David
dc.contributor.authorThuany, Mabliny
dc.contributor.authorNikolaidis, Pantelis Theo
dc.contributor.authorScheer, Volker
dc.contributor.authorForte, Pedro
dc.contributor.authorWeiss, Katja
dc.date.accessioned2014-10-20T09:04:02Z
dc.date.available2014-10-20T09:04:02Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.abstractRecent studies showed that female runners reduced the performance gap to male runners in endurance running with increasing age and race distance. However, the investigated samples were generally small. To investigate this further, the present study examined sex differences by age across various race distances (5, 10 km, half-marathon, marathon, and ultra-marathon) using a large dataset of over 1,100,000 race records from Switzerland over two decades (1999-2019). The study explored performance and participation disparities between male and female runners by employing diverse methods, such as descriptive statistics, histograms, scatter and line plots, correlations, and a predictive machine learning model. The results showed that female runners were more prevalent in shorter races (5, 10 km, half-marathon) and outnumbered male runners in 5 km races. However, as the race distance increased, the male-to-female ratio declined. Notably, the performance gap between sexes reduced with age until 70 years, after which it varied depending on the race distance. Among participants over 75 years old, ultra-marathon running exhibited the smallest sex difference in performance. Elderly female ultra-marathoners (75 years and older) displayed a performance difference of less than 4% compared to male ultra-marathoners, which may be attributed to the presence of highly selected outstanding female performers.por
dc.identifier.citationKnechtle, Beat; Witthoft, Anja; Valero, David; Thuany, Mabliny; Nikolaidis, Pantelis Theo; Scheer, Volker; Forte, Pedro; Weiss, Katja (2023). Elderly female ultra-marathoners reduced the gap to male ultra-marathoners in Swiss running races. Scientific Reports. ISSN 2045-2322. 13:1, p. 1-12por
dc.identifier.doi10.1038/s41598-023-39690-6
dc.identifier.issn2045-2322
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10198/10892
dc.language.isoengpor
dc.peerreviewedyespor
dc.publisherNature Portfoliopor
dc.subjectStable sex differencepor
dc.subjectGender-differencespor
dc.subjectMuscle strengthpor
dc.subjectPerformancepor
dc.subjectMen
dc.subjectAge
dc.subjectWomen
dc.subjectCompetition
dc.subjectParticipation
dc.subjectPhysiology
dc.titleElderly female ultra-marathoners reduced the gap to male ultra-marathoners in Swiss running racespor
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.titleScientific Reportspor
person.familyNameForte
person.givenNamePedro
person.identifier.ciencia-id351B-B16B-79C7
person.identifier.orcid0000-0003-0184-6780
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