Sex differences in performance and pacing in the greatest Quintuple Iron ultra-triathlon race in history: The IUTA World Championship 2024 in France
The finding that women outperformed men in swimming and cycling, likely due to the elite nature of the World Championship, which featured a highly selected and committed female cohort with a high completion rate. While both sexes showed consistent pacing in cycling, women exhibited greater variability in running, possibly due to more frequent breaks.
Authors
- Katja Weiss (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1247-6754)
- Beat Knechtle (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2412-9103)
- Volker Scheer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-3624)
- Marília Santos Andrade (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7004-4565)
- Luciano Bernardes Leite (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3012-1327)
- Pantelis Τ. Nikolaidis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8030-7122)
- Pedro Miguel Forte (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0184-6780)
- Ivan Čuk (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7819-4384)
- Thomas Johannes Rosemann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6436-6306)
- Saša Đurić (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3392-0087)
Institutions
- Universidade Federal de Viçosa (BR)
- University of Zurich (CH)
- American University of the Middle East (KW)
- University of Belgrade (RS)
- Universidade Politécnica de Bragança (PT)
- University of West Attica (GR)
- Medbase (CH)
- Universidade Federal de São Paulo (BR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS ONE
- Published
- 2025-09-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0331563
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Sports Performance and Training
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.44