Comparison of Olympic-Style Weightlifting Performances of Elite Athletes: Scaling Models Account for Body Mass.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

We developed a scale for comparison of performances by weightlifters of different body mass and compare this scaling formula to current systems.

Methods

Data from Olympics and World and Continental Championships from 2017 to 2021 were obtained; results from athletes with doping violations were excluded, resulting in performances from 1900 athletes from 150 countries for use in analysis. Functional relationships between performance and body mass were explored by testing various transformations of body mass in the form of fractional polynomials that include a wide range of nonlinear relationships. These transformations were evaluated in quantile regression models to determine the best fit, examine sex differences, and distinguish fits for different performance levels (

SUBMITTER: Huebner M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10662604 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature