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article 2015 13 pages

Nation related participation and performance trends in ‘Norseman Xtreme Triathlon’ from 2006 to 2014

Christoph A. Rüst, Nicola Luigi Bragazzi, Alessio Signori, Michael Stiefel, Thomas Rosemann, Beat Knechtle

Journal
SpringerPlus
DOI
10.1186/s40064-015-1255-5
Publication type
Original Research
Population
triathletes
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Abstract

We investigated the nation related participation and performance trends in triathletes competing in ‘Norseman Xtreme Triathlon’ between 2006 and 2014 using mixed models, one-way analysis of variance and multi-variate regression analyses. A total of 1594 athletes (139 women and 1455 men) originating from 34 different countries finished the race. Most of the athletes originated from Norway, Germany, Great Britain, Sweden, USA and France. In the mixed model analysis considering all finishers (n = 1594), with calendar year, sex and country as independent and overall race time as dependent variable, calendar year (p 

Description

This study analyzes participation and performance trends in the Norseman Xtreme Triathlon.