Jumping and throwing performance in the World Masters’ Athletic Championships 1975-2016. Participation and performance of age class athletes aged 35-39 to 95-99 years participating in the World Championships of Athletics (WMA) 1975-2016 were on throwing disciplines (discus, hammer, spear and spheres of spheres) and jump disciplines (high jump, long jump, Staffrung and Triumphen). A total of 21,723 observations were analyzed by 8,974 Master athletes.A mixed regression model with gender, age group, calendar year and interaction conditions (gender age group, sex year) was performed separately for each event. The services increased over time with each event with a cubic trend. Compared with women, men had better achievements (eg, the estimated difference in the trunk 3,378 meters, p <0.001). However, women improved their performance more than men over the calendar years. The benefits decreased with age for each event (eg in the tri-jump, compared to the age group 45-49 years, was the Performance in the age group 35-39 years by 1,041 meters better and in the age group 85-89 years at 5.32 meters worse).
In summary, the performance of the Athletics World Championships of the Masterathlets has improved in jumps and litters over the calendar year, whereas the performance drop was dependent on increasing age of gender and event. The complete evaluation can be found under https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30318929/