State of the art and perspectives of sports science in the run-up to the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games

B Pellegrini, FJ Hettinga, LD Mourot, G Vernillo… - Sport Sciences for …, 2023 - Springer
The XXV Olympic Winter Games will be held in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo (Milano-
Cortina) in Italy from the 6th to the 22nd of February 2026. These Games will cover a total of …

Successful pacing profiles of Olympic and IAAF World Championship middle-distance runners across qualifying rounds and finals

B Hanley, T Stellingwerff… - … journal of sports …, 2019 - journals.humankinetics.com
Purpose: This was the first study to analyze high-resolution pacing data from multiple global
championships, allowing for deeper and rigorous analysis of pacing and tactical profiles in …

Monitoring variables influence on random forest models to forecast injuries in short-track speed skating

J Briand, S Deguire, S Gaudet… - Frontiers in sports and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Injuries limit the athletes' ability to participate fully in their training and competitive process.
They are detrimental to performance, affecting the athletes psychologically while limiting …

Champions are racers, not pacers: an analysis of qualification patterns of Olympic and IAAF World Championship middle distance runners

B Hanley, FJ Hettinga - Journal of sports sciences, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
The aim of this study was to analyse qualification patterns in middle distance running and
identify whether athletes adopt theoretically optimal tactics, or whether the will to win …

Time decay in the performance benefits from repeated-sprint training in hypoxia in world-class short-track speed skaters

S Deguire, F Billaut, F Bieuzen - … Journal of Sports …, 2023 - journals.humankinetics.com
Purpose: In short-track speed skating, athletes need to possess specific physiological
capabilities to perform explosive starts and to finish races with faster lap times than their …

Tactical positioning in short-track speed skating: The utility of race-specific athlete-opponent interactions

A Hext, FJ Hettinga, C McInerney - European Journal of Sport …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
In short-track speed skating, tactical positioning is essential for success as the race format
(head-to-head) prioritises finishing position over finishing time. At present, our …

Dose-response relationship between training load and anaerobic performance in female short-track speed skaters: A prospective cohort study

X Huang, G Wang, L Zhen, J Zhao, B Gao - Physiology & Behavior, 2022 - Elsevier
This study aimed to assess the dose-response relationship (DRR) between measures of
training load (TL) and anaerobic performance in female short-track speed skaters. TL data …

Tactical positioning behaviours in short-track speed skating: A static and dynamic sequence analysis

A Hext, FJ Hettinga, C McInerney - Journal of Sports Sciences, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Tactical positioning is essential for success in short-track speed skating as the race format
(direct, head-to-head competition over multiple laps) prioritises finishing position over …

Совершенствование специальной подготовленности квалифицированных шорт-трекеров в соревновательном периоде

ИВ Мартыненко, ИН Орешкина - … . Физическая культура. Спорт, 2020 - cyberleninka.ru
Рассмотрена проблема повышения уровня технико-тактического мастерства шорт-
трекеров в соревновательном периоде. Разработаны педагогические рекомендации …

Time-trial performance in world-class speed skaters after chronic nitrate ingestion

P Richard, LP Koziris… - … journal of sports …, 2018 - journals.humankinetics.com
Purpose: Nitrate supplementation can increase tolerance to high-intensity work rates;
however, limited data exist on the recovery of performance. The authors tested whether 5 d …