Purpose statement: The purpose of the study is to examine if Swedish elite cross-country skiers body mass is correlated to the results on competitions. Method: Twenty female and thirty male swedish elite cross-country skiers took part in the study. Body mass and body height were collected by a questionnaire which was sent to the skiers. Competition results was collected from a database. The swedish ski federation make capacity analysis from swedish FIS competitions and present them on the webpage www.skidtid.se. All data was analyzed to describe correlations between times and the individual body weight. Results: Only weak correlation between swedish elite cross-country skiers bodyweight and race performance at finish, on flat course sections, downhill and uphill sections were found. Conclusions: This study shows that elite cross-country skiers bodyweight is not the determinant factor for race performance.
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