Exercise Physiology Laboratory, Nikaia, Greece.
Faculty of Health Sciences, Metropolitan College, Athens, Greece.
Biomed Res Int. 2017;2017:9821757. doi: 10.1155/2017/9821757. Epub 2017 Aug 21.
It is well known that athletes from a specific region or country are dominating certain sports disciplines such as marathon running or Ironman triathlon; however, little relevant information exists on cross-country skiing. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to investigate the aspect of region and nationality in one of the largest cross-country skiing marathons in Europe, the "Engadin Ski Marathon." All athletes ( = 197,125) who finished the "Engadin Ski Marathon" between 1998 and 2016 were considered. More than two-thirds of the finishers (72.5% in women and 69.6% in men) were Swiss skiers, followed by German, Italian, and French athletes in both sexes. Most of the Swiss finishers were from Canton of Zurich (20.5%), Grisons (19.2%), and Berne (10.3%). Regarding performance, the Russians were the fastest and the British the slowest. Considering local athletes, finishers from Canton of Uri and Glarus were the fastest and those from Canton of Geneva and Basel the slowest. Based on the findings of the present study, it was concluded that local athletes were not the fastest in the "Engadin Ski Marathon." Future studies need to investigate other cross-country skiing races in order to find the nationalities and regions of the fastest cross-country skiers.
众所周知，来自特定地区或国家的运动员在某些运动项目中占据主导地位，如马拉松或铁人三项；然而，关于越野滑雪的相关信息却很少。因此，本研究的目的是调查欧洲最大的越野滑雪马拉松之一“恩加丁滑雪马拉松”中地区和国籍的方面。考虑了 1998 年至 2016 年间完成“恩加丁滑雪马拉松”的所有运动员（=197125 人）。超过三分之二的完赛者（女性占 72.5%，男性占 69.6%）是瑞士滑雪运动员，其次是德国、意大利和法国的男女运动员。大多数瑞士完赛者来自苏黎世州（20.5%）、格劳宾登州（19.2%）和伯尔尼州（10.3%）。就表现而言，俄罗斯人是最快的，英国人是最慢的。考虑到当地运动员，乌里州和格拉鲁斯州的完赛者最快，日内瓦州和巴塞尔州的完赛者最慢。基于本研究的结果，可以得出结论，在“恩加丁滑雪马拉松”中，当地运动员并不是最快的。未来的研究需要调查其他越野滑雪比赛，以确定最快的越野滑雪运动员的国籍和地区。
