Thuany Mabliny, Gomes Thayse Natacha, Villiger Elias, Nikolaidis Pantelis T, Scheer Volker, Weiss Katja, Rosemann Thomas, Knechtle Beat
Department of Physical Education, State University of Para, Belém, Pará, Brazil.
Department of Physical Education, Federal University of Sergipe, São Cristóvão, Sergipe, Brazil.
Transl Sports Med. 2024 Dec 23;2024:1129276. doi: 10.1155/tsm2/1129276. eCollection 2024.
We aimed to analyze sex differences in time-limited ultramarathon participation, while also identifying trends in participation, age, and performance across different formats of events, from 1990 to 2020. This is an exploratory study, using data obtained from the official event web pages. We downloaded information regarding the year of the event, athletes' year of birth, sex, race event, ranking, and mean running speed (km/h). The sex gap in participation was presented through equiplots. Regression models were fitted to analyze trends in participation, age, and performance, considering a 95% confidence interval. A similar pattern of increase in participation and age was shown for athletes of both sexes until 2019. The sex gap remained, displaying different patterns across race events. A general trend of slower mean running speeds was shown. The random-effects analysis showed that sex and age played significant roles in the performance trajectory across the years, in each race event. Apart from the 8-day race among females, there was a decline in the performance across all race durations. Despite the trend of performance decline, future studies need to address the relevance of this decline in both theoretical and practical terms.
我们旨在分析限时超级马拉松参赛中的性别差异，同时确定1990年至2020年期间不同赛事形式下参赛情况、年龄和成绩的趋势。这是一项探索性研究，使用从官方赛事网页获取的数据。我们下载了有关赛事年份、运动员出生年份、性别、种族赛事、排名和平均跑步速度（公里/小时）的信息。参赛的性别差距通过等值线图呈现。考虑到95%的置信区间，拟合回归模型以分析参赛情况、年龄和成绩的趋势。在2019年之前，男女运动员的参赛人数和年龄呈现出相似的增长模式。性别差距依然存在，在不同种族赛事中呈现出不同模式。显示出平均跑步速度总体呈下降趋势。随机效应分析表明，性别和年龄在各年份、每个种族赛事的成绩轨迹中都发挥了重要作用。除了女性的8天赛事外，所有赛事时长的成绩都有所下降。尽管成绩有下降趋势，但未来的研究需要从理论和实践两方面探讨这种下降的相关性。
