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Gap closing between women and men in endurance sports

  • 06-08-2019 7:14pm
    #1
    chite
    Registered Users Posts: 112 ✭✭


    It was announced yesterday that the winner of the Transcontinental race across Europe, was Fiona Kolbinger in the space of just over 10 days from Burgas, Bulgaria to Brest, France. The second cyclist, Ben Davies finished 11 hours later. She had been consistently leading the pack of over 260 cyclists between Control points 2 and 3 (which would have been some point through Croatia or Slovenia).

    From the website:
    "Fiona is not the first woman to excel in the world of ultra-endurance cycling, and while having our first female winner is a landmark moment for the Transcontinental Race, it is not the remarkable part of this story. What is remarkable is that she won the TCR as a rookie, in her first-ever ultra distance bike race and without ever really breaking a sweat."

    It's an interesting trend that's starting to emerge (or it has been going on longer than I'm aware). You need only look at Jasmin Paris, Nicky Spinks, Sarah Thomas, Lael Wilcox, Lizzy Hawker, Pam Reed, Helen Whitaker Diamantides. Granted there have been few studies comparing the 2 sexes, and these women are just rare outliers, there's also other factors in play such as women being more resistant to fatigue, as well as pacing themselves more efficiently than men in a ultra-distance race. It's something that could have happen more often with higher female participation.

    https://www.ft.com/content/0ead55ca-1d85-11e9-a46f-08f9738d6b2b?fbclid=IwAR3pYjj67otr_wL3_mWyb36ZlRH_NV5DphzmmVvnametfcDyweWYFLlw2EY


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