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Age-related changes in triathlon performances.

R Lepers¹, F Sultana, T Bernard

¹UFR STAPS - Université de Bourgogne, INSERM - U887 Motricité - Plasticité, DIJON, France. romuald.lepers@u-bourgogne.fr

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Age-related performance declines in triathlon are discipline-specific. Cycling shows less decline than swimming and running, especially in longer Ironman distances, indicating task duration influences performance changes.

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Area of Science:

Sports Science
Exercise Physiology
Aging Research

Background:

Athletic performance naturally declines with age.
Triathlon involves three distinct disciplines: swimming, cycling, and running.
Understanding age-related performance changes is crucial for athletes and coaches.

Purpose of the Study:

To analyze age-related performance declines in swimming, cycling, and running for Olympic and Ironman triathlons.
To compare age-related changes across these three disciplines between Olympic and Ironman triathlon distances.

Main Methods:

Analysis of top 10 male performances from 2006 and 2007 World Championships.
Data collected for athletes aged 20-70 years in 5-year intervals.
Performance metrics included swimming, cycling, running, and total times.

Main Results:

Cycling performance showed a lesser age-related decline compared to running and swimming, particularly after age 55 (Olympic) and 50 (Ironman).
Performance declines were less pronounced for Olympic distance triathlons than Ironman triathlons in cycling and running.
Age-related declines in swimming performance were similar across both triathlon distances.

Conclusions:

Age-related performance decline in triathlon is discipline-specific, with cycling demonstrating greater resilience.
Longer event duration, as seen in Ironman triathlons, exacerbates age-related performance declines in cycling and running.
Swimming performance decline appears independent of triathlon distance.