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. 2022 Aug 25:4:866599.
doi: 10.3389/fspor.2022.866599. eCollection 2022.

Is a sub 7-h IronmanTM possible?

Antoine Jolicoeur Desroches  1 , Eric D B Goulet  1   2
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Is a sub 7-h IronmanTM possible?

Antoine Jolicoeur Desroches et al. Front Sports Act Living. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Ironman™; cycling; performance; running; swimming; triathon.

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The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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Figure 1
Figure 1
(A) Prediction of the best Ironman™ finishing time from the best times achieved over the distance from 1989 to 2021. (B) Prediction of the best Ironman™ finishing time from the best times achieved each year over the distance during IM Challenge Roth from 1990 to 2019. SEE, standard error of the estimate.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Summary of the different variables that can make a sub-7 Ironman™ performance possible.
Figure 3
Figure 3
Recommended drafting organizations for (A) Swimming, (B) Cycling and (C) Running. The blackest drawings represent the racing triathlete.
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