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dc.contributor.authorLuchsinger, Harri Simon
dc.contributor.authorKocbach, Jan
dc.contributor.authorEttema, Gerardus Johannes C
dc.contributor.authorSandbakk, Øyvind
dc.date.accessioned2021-01-21T13:55:20Z
dc.date.available2021-01-21T13:55:20Z
dc.date.issued2020-09-14
dc.description.abstract<i>Purpose</i> - Biathlon is an Olympic sport combining 3–5 laps of cross-country skiing with rifle shooting, alternating between the prone and standing shooting positions between laps. The individual distance and the sprint are extensively examined whereas the pursuit, with start times based on the sprint results, is unexplored. Therefore, the current study aimed to investigate the contribution from start time, cross-country skiing time, penalty time, shooting time and range time to the overall and isolated performance in biathlon World Cup pursuit races.<p> <p><i>Methods</i> - 38 and 37 stepwise linear regression analyses for each of the races were performed, including 112 and 128 unique athletes where 20 and 13 athletes had more than 20 results within top 30 during the seasons 2011/2012-2015/2016 in men and women, respectively.<p> <p><i>Results</i> - Start time (i.e. sprint race performance) together with penalty time, explained ~80% of the performance-variance (R<sup>2</sup>) in overall pursuit performance in most races (p<0.01). For isolated pursuit performance, penalty time was the most important component, explaining >54% of the performance-variance in the majority of races, followed by course time (accumulated R<sup>2</sup> = .91-.92) and shooting time (accumulated R<sup>2</sup> = .98-.99) (p<0.01). Approximately the same rankings of factors were found when comparing standardized coefficients and correlation coefficients of the independent variables included in the regression.<p> <p><i>Conclusion</i> - Start time (i.e. sprint race performance) is the most important component for overall pursuit performance in biathlon, whereas shooting performance followed by course time are the most important components for the isolated pursuit race performance.en_US
dc.identifier.citationLuchsinger, Kocbach, Ettema, Sandbakk. Contribution from cross-country skiing, start time and shooting components to the overall and isolated biathlon pursuit race performance. PLOS ONE. 2020en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1851912
dc.identifier.doi10.1371/journal.pone.0239057
dc.identifier.issn1932-6203
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/20370
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherPublic Library of Scienceen_US
dc.relation.journalPLOS ONE
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2020 The Author(s)en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Medical disciplines: 700::Sports medicine: 850en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Idrettsmedisinske fag: 850en_US
dc.titleContribution from cross-country skiing, start time and shooting components to the overall and isolated biathlon pursuit race performanceen_US
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
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dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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