Participation and Performance Trends in the ITU Duathlon World Championship from 2003 to 2017 Participation and performance over the years has been explored in detail in various endurance sports and ultra-endurance sports. However, there is less information regarding the duathlon (running, cycling, running). The aim of this study was to examine the performance and the participant trends of Duathlen, which either for short competitions (10 km walk, 50 km bike and 5 km walk) or too long-distance (10 km walk, 150 km bike and 30 km walk) In the PowerMan World Championship “Powerman Zofingen”. We analyzed 7'951 finishers (women, n = 1.236, age 36.7 ± 9.1 years; men, n = 6.715, 40.1 ± 10.1 years), which participated from 2003 to 2017 at the “Powerman Zofingen”.Men were 8.2% faster than women in the short and 7.5% in the long distance. Women were at 4.6 years (35.0 ± 9.0 years. 39.6 ± 10.5 years) and 1.8 years (38.8 ± 8.7 years vs. 40.6 ± 9.5 years) younger in the short resp.Long race. Over the years, an increase in women was observed (eg N = 19 in 2003 and N = 58 in 2017), whereas no change was recognized in the short routes and male finishers. The relationship between men and women (MWR) sank over the years in the long, but not in the short distance. No change of competition time has been observed over the years. The gender difference in the competition time took on the long-way route to which he did not change on the short distance.The age took over the years for both sexes and distances. The gender difference regarding age decreased on the long distance, but not on the short distance.
In summary, it should be noted that the number of women has risen and the MWR decreased on the long distance. The age of the finishers rose over the years and their performance remained unchanged. The increase in gender difference on long-distance dance could be due to the increasing number of women. The whole work can be found under https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30363036/