Official websites use. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites. This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted noncommercial use, provided the original work is properly cited. To date, the age-related decline and gender differences in performance have been investigated for both Olympic and Ironman distance triathlons, but not for the intermediate distance ie, the half-Ironman distance triathlon covering 1.
We determined the age-related differences in performance and the gender differences for female and male half-Ironman triathletes of finishers women and men at the Ironman Analyses of variance were used to examine performance trends and differences between the genders.
Women achieved their best performance between 25 and 39 years whereas men attained their fastest race times between 18 and 39 years. The present data suggest that the fastest race time in a half-Ironman triathlon was achieved between the age of 25 and 39 years for women and between 18 and 39 years for men. Further studies considering the influences on endurance performance are required to better understand the age and gender interactions in half-Ironman triathlon performances, and these studies may provide valuable information to delineate the difference in performance between female and male half-Ironman triathletes.
The sports triathlon involves successively completing the three single endurance disciplines: swimming, cycling, and running.
The traditional race distances in triathlon vary from the short or Olympic distances involving 1. Regarding triathlon performance, a number of factors have been investigated in terms of how these relate to overall race time.
