The importance of previous season performance on world-class 200- and 400-m individual medley swimming

• Main Authors: Jose A Del Castillo (Author), José María González-Ravé (Author), Francisco Hermosilla Perona (Author), Jesus Santos del Cerro (Author), David B. Pyne (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Termedia Publishing House, 2021-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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We examined the degree to which 200-m and 400-m Individual Medley (IM) performance was related to sprint-, middle- and long-distance events before a swimmer reached a Top-20 world ranking. A retrospective longitudinal modelling study was conducted. Data on Top-20 swimmers between 2010 and 2018 were...