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Race strategies of young super-sprint triathletes during the 2022 World Triathlon races

Publicated to:International Journal Of Performance Analysis In Sport. 24 (6): 587-600 - 2024-11-01 24(6), DOI: 10.1080/24748668.2024.2337529

Authors: Espejo, R; Martinez-Sobrino, J; Veiga, S

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Abstract

Despite the increasing number of super-sprint events on the World Triathlon calendar over the last years, there is no scientific evidence about the performance determinants of this discipline. The present study described the race strategies of young international triathletes during super-sprint triathlon races and examined the influence of each segment on the final race outcome. Race data from the eight super-sprint triathlon events organised by World Triathlon in 2022 (all Continental Cups or Championships) were analysed for a total of 305 men and 268 women participants from junior and youth categories. Running performance showed the greatest correlation with finishing position (r = 0.89), followed by the cycling (r = 0.84) and swimming (r = 0.69) segments. Number of race packs increased through the race with no differences between males and females races. Medallists showed partial positioning within the Top-8 positions for the whole races and with gap times no longer than 12 seconds for both men and women. In addition, their running velocities were faster than the non-successful triathletes with no differences in the remaining race segments. Successful triathletes in super-sprint races seem to maintain a controlled gap from the race leaders during the swimming and cycling segments to optimise performance on the critical running segment.

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CompetitionCyclingDraftingOlympic distance triathlonPerformancePredictionRunningSwimmingTactics

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal International Journal Of Performance Analysis In Sport due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2024 there are still no calculated indicators, but in 2023, it was in position 58/127, thus managing to position itself as a Q2 (Segundo Cuartil), in the category Sport Sciences. Notably, the journal is positioned en el Cuartil Q2 para la agencia Scopus (SJR) en la categoría Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation.

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-05-30:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 8.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 8 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 4.7.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 6 (Altmetric).

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (ESPEJO AGUILAR, RAUL) and Last Author (VEIGA FERNANDEZ, SANTIAGO).

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been VEIGA FERNANDEZ, SANTIAGO.