“Venice marathon”: participation of female Master Athletes shows a constant increase from 2003 to 2019

The marathon is the most classic Olympic running event. In several cities worldwide it has become very popular with participation increasing during the last 20 years, particularly by Master Athletes. There are evidences that long-distance running could provide considerable health benefits for older...

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Autores principales: Giovanna Albertin, Laura Astolfi, Marco Falda, Davide Zuccon, Barbara Ravara, Helmut Kern, Giacomo Ferrante, Raffaele De Caro, Diego Guidolin
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:2a8f9c65c179435782fe80d31029a65a2021-11-10T21:38:20Z“Venice marathon”: participation of female Master Athletes shows a constant increase from 2003 to 201910.4081/ejtm.2021.102662037-74522037-7460https://doaj.org/article/2a8f9c65c179435782fe80d31029a65a2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.pagepressjournals.org/index.php/bam/article/view/10266https://doaj.org/toc/2037-7452https://doaj.org/toc/2037-7460 The marathon is the most classic Olympic running event. In several cities worldwide it has become very popular with participation increasing during the last 20 years, particularly by Master Athletes. There are evidences that long-distance running could provide considerable health benefits for older runners, specifically risk reduction of cardiovascular diseases, cancer, diabetes, depression, and falls. Several studies have focused on the distribution of participants and their performance on famous marathons such as those of Berlin, Boston and New York. In this preliminary study we have analyzed data from several editions of the Venice marathon, a famous Italian race that attracts people from every corner of the world. The Venice marathon is listed in Abbott World Marathon Majors Wanda Age Group World Ranking and is Bronze Label certificated by IAAF, and Gold Label by FIDAL. The marathon starts outside Venice near Stra, then runs along the Brenta Riviera to Venice where the runners cross the canals over floating bridges set up for the race. For this study we analyzed data of the Venice marathon describing gender distribution in 17 editions (2003-2019), but groups of age-categories and their nationality only in 13 editions from 2007 to 2019. The analysis shows a steady increase in female participation, from 2003 to 2019. Giovanna AlbertinLaura AstolfiMarco FaldaDavide ZucconBarbara RavaraHelmut KernGiacomo FerranteRaffaele De CaroDiego GuidolinPAGEPress PublicationsarticlePaolo GavaVenice MarathonMaster Athletesgender and nationalityMedicineRHuman anatomyQM1-695ENEuropean Journal of Translational Myology (2021)
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topic Paolo Gava
Venice Marathon
Master Athletes
gender and nationality
Medicine
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Human anatomy
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spellingShingle Paolo Gava
Venice Marathon
Master Athletes
gender and nationality
Medicine
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Human anatomy
QM1-695
Giovanna Albertin
Laura Astolfi
Marco Falda
Davide Zuccon
Barbara Ravara
Helmut Kern
Giacomo Ferrante
Raffaele De Caro
Diego Guidolin
“Venice marathon”: participation of female Master Athletes shows a constant increase from 2003 to 2019
description The marathon is the most classic Olympic running event. In several cities worldwide it has become very popular with participation increasing during the last 20 years, particularly by Master Athletes. There are evidences that long-distance running could provide considerable health benefits for older runners, specifically risk reduction of cardiovascular diseases, cancer, diabetes, depression, and falls. Several studies have focused on the distribution of participants and their performance on famous marathons such as those of Berlin, Boston and New York. In this preliminary study we have analyzed data from several editions of the Venice marathon, a famous Italian race that attracts people from every corner of the world. The Venice marathon is listed in Abbott World Marathon Majors Wanda Age Group World Ranking and is Bronze Label certificated by IAAF, and Gold Label by FIDAL. The marathon starts outside Venice near Stra, then runs along the Brenta Riviera to Venice where the runners cross the canals over floating bridges set up for the race. For this study we analyzed data of the Venice marathon describing gender distribution in 17 editions (2003-2019), but groups of age-categories and their nationality only in 13 editions from 2007 to 2019. The analysis shows a steady increase in female participation, from 2003 to 2019.
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author Giovanna Albertin
Laura Astolfi
Marco Falda
Davide Zuccon
Barbara Ravara
Helmut Kern
Giacomo Ferrante
Raffaele De Caro
Diego Guidolin
author_facet Giovanna Albertin
Laura Astolfi
Marco Falda
Davide Zuccon
Barbara Ravara
Helmut Kern
Giacomo Ferrante
Raffaele De Caro
Diego Guidolin
author_sort Giovanna Albertin
title “Venice marathon”: participation of female Master Athletes shows a constant increase from 2003 to 2019
title_short “Venice marathon”: participation of female Master Athletes shows a constant increase from 2003 to 2019
title_full “Venice marathon”: participation of female Master Athletes shows a constant increase from 2003 to 2019
title_fullStr “Venice marathon”: participation of female Master Athletes shows a constant increase from 2003 to 2019
title_full_unstemmed “Venice marathon”: participation of female Master Athletes shows a constant increase from 2003 to 2019
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