Search Results - The World through data

Collantes, D. B., Senefeld, J. W., Larson, K. F., Coleman, D. L., Joyner, M. J., Kipp, S. “…Within the event, the top performances occurred significantly earlier for females in the 800 m (year: 1995 ± 15 vs. 2003 ± 12; P = 0.0007) and shot-put (year: 1992 ± 14 vs. 2003 ± 17; P = 0.0004). Among females, world records rapidly improved through the 1980s, but following 1990, the world records ceased to improve. …”

Pfeifer, B., Nelson, W. B., Hyldahl, R. D. “…Elite and masters athlete data were gathered from the World Masters Outdoor Championships and the International Amateur Athletic Federation World Athletics Championships (17,945 individual results). …”

Niessen, M., Rost, M., Hartmann, U. “…Aim is to quantify age of peak performance (APP) and improvements over the preceding years of athletic career (AC) in former YOG athletics contestants in the complex movement and physically demanding triple jump (TJ) according to athlete performance level, sex, and age group. METHODS: Data were extracted from a renowned database (www.worldathletics.org) through 10/2021. …”

Timpka, T., Bargoria, V., Andersson, C., Jacobsson, J., Gauffin, H., Hansson, P.-O., Adami, P. E., Bermon, S., Dahlström, Ö. “…We investigated musculoskeletal (MS) health literacy in world-leading athletics athletes and associations with prechampionship injury acknowledgement by reduction of training load in different socioeconomic environments. …”

Hanley, B., Bissas, A., Merlino, S., Burns, G. T. “…The aim of this study was to analyze key kinematic, spatiotemporal, and global mechanical characteristics in world-class middle-distance racing. Eight men were recorded halfway along the home straight on the second, third, and final laps in the 2017 IAAF World Championship 1500 m final. …”

Tomozei, R.-A., Tanasa, R.-A., Gavriluc, G., Moraru, C. E.

Xu, X. “…With the suspense of the pandemic of COVID-19 in 2020, leisure sports events are being canceled most of the time all over the world. This study used multiple methods and data to examine runners` embodiment experience, aimed at discussing the current situation about marathon runners and marathon event tourism, and figuring out the motivation of runners` activities under the pandemic through direct observation and interviews from their daily life. …”

R. C. R. Davison, P. M. Smith, J. Hopker, M. J. Price, F. Hettinga, G. Tew, L. Bottoms “…This new edition draws on the authors` experience of supporting athletes from many sports through several Olympic cycles to achieve world leading performances. …”

Casado, A., Hanley, B., Jiménez-Reyes, P., Renfree, A. “…Although existing studies examining pacing characteristics in elite runners through an observational approach provide highly ecologically valid performance data, they provide little information regarding the underpinning mechanisms that explain the behaviors shown. …”

Timpka, T., Spreco, A., Dahlstrom, O., Jacobsson, J., Kowalski, J., Bargoria, V., Mountjoy, M., Svedin, C. G. “…Objective To examine associations between suicidal ideation and sexual and physical abuse among active and recently retired elite athletics (track and field) athletes.Methods The study population consisted of all athletes (n=402) selected for a Swedish Athletics team between 2011 and 2017. Data on suicidal ideation, suicidal events (estimated through the 1 year non- sports injury prevalence), lifetime abuse experiences, sociodemographics, sense of coherence and coping strategies were collected using a cross- sectional survey. …”

Tucker, C. B., Hanley, B.

Thomas, C. E., Chambers, T. P., Main, L. C., Gastin, P. B. “…This qualitative investigation sought to explore through a socio-cultural lens the perceived early training and competition environment, and support network of world-class Caribbean track and field athletes and the influence on their sport engagement and progression during early childhood and adolescence. …”

Hollings, S. “…Analysis of focus group and interview data of 23 former and current New Zealand elite junior athletes highlighted that the World Junior Championships were perceived by athletes as a point of reference and important in their decisions about continuing to invest their time and resources in athletics. …”

Hanley, B., Stellingwerff, T., Hettinga, F. J. “…Purpose: This was the first study to analyze high-resolution pacing data from multiple global championships, allowing for deeper and rigorous analysis of pacing and tactical profiles in elite-standard middle-distance racing. …”

Otsuka, M., Isaka, T. “…We analysed spatiotemporal data involving the split time, mean step length (SL) and mean step frequency (SF) for 13 male world-class and 14 male national-level 400-m hurdlers. …”

Scott, C. Collective title: “…The World through data…”

Ferber, R. “…We also know that this goal of extracting and analysing big data via high-performance computing is only possible through a collaborative and international community: one we continue to build.…”

Grinèikaite-Samuole, L. “…During the period from January to June of 2015, a total number of 20 best Lithuanian high-performance female sprinters of all time, dominating at the top of the World`s and Europe`s ratings, were interviewed. …”

Zerf, M., Mokkedes, M. I., Biengoua, A., Bendahmane, M. N. “…Our goal for this research is: Improve search through the Optimum use of data results champions. …”

Dick, F. “…The age group distribution of finalists and medalists - men and women; world and European. 4. The proportion of World Junior Championship medalists 2000-2010 who made Olympic finals or medals in 2012 (data by courtesy of Peter Matthews). 5. …”