title: Biomechanical analysis of the 10km-run in a triathlon world cup event: differences presented by women gold meda
creator: Cala Mejías, Antonio
creator: Cejuela, Roberto
creator: Navarro Cabello, Enrique
subject: Sports
description: In most of the triathlon races, the 10km-run is critical to win and, just a few seconds, may separate the gold and the silver medal. To our best knowledge, no study has analyzed the biomechanical differences among the first qualified triathletes during a top-level competition. The aims of the present study were: (1) to examine the different responses to the previous cycling between the gold medal and the other participants, and (2) to compare the biomechanical profiles during the 10km-run presented by the top-ranked triathletes. 16 women, participants at Madrid 2008 Triathlon World Cup, were analyzed. The first qualified triathlete (gold medal) showed significant differences (p < 0.05) with the other participants in many of the analyzed variables. A higher stride length, a smaller stride frequency, a higher and more consistent horizontal distance hip- toe cap and a more extended knee angle of the support-leg at toe-off could explain the differences in 10km-run time between gold medal and the other participants
publisher: Facultad de Ciencias de la Actividad FĂ­sica y del Deporte (INEF)(UPM)
rights: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/
date: 2010-01
type: info:eu-repo/semantics/article
type: Article
source: Journal of Human Sport and Exercise, ISSN 1699-1605, 2010-01, Vol. 5, No. 1
type: PeerReviewed
format: application/pdf
language: eng
relation: http://www.jhse.ua.es/index.php/jhse
rights: info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
relation: info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.4100/jhse.2010.51.05
identifier: https://oa.upm.es/8457/