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Nutrición Hospitalaria
versión On-line ISSN 1699-5198versión impresa ISSN 0212-1611
Resumen
NANCUVIL-SUAZO, Carlos et al. Rapid weight gain in wrestling athletes during the Panamerican Championship, Lima, 2018. Nutr. Hosp. [online]. 2020, vol.37, n.3, pp.584-588. Epub 30-Nov-2020. ISSN 1699-5198. https://dx.doi.org/10.20960/nh.02882.
Introduction:
to avoid rapid body mass fluctuations and the associated effects on health and performance, some combat sports federations have made changes to regulations.
Objective:
the objective of this study was to analyze the impact of the Rapid Weight Gain on sporting success in elite Olympic wrestling athletes under the new weigh-in procedure.
Methods:
the body mass of 75 athletes was recorded during the Pan-American Olympic wrestling Championship (Lima, 2018), corresponding to 29 % of the total universe of competitors (n = 255). Of these, 29 were Greco-Roman style, eight freestyle, and 38 women´s wrestling. The official weigh-in was carried out between 8: 00 and 8: 30 hours. As for the second weigh-in, this was done with the same official weigh-in scale, immediately before the first match (between 10: 00 and 11: 00 hours). Rapid Weight Gain after weigh-in was compared between medalist and non-medalist athletes.
Results:
when analyzing the difference between medalists and non-medalists, no significant differences were found in Greco-Roman athletes (t = 0.114; p = 0.910; r = 0.022), in freestyle (Mann-Whitney U = 5,500; p = 0.486; r = 0.000), in women´s wrestling (Mann-Whitney U = 163.0; p = 0.774; r = 0.124), and in all competitors (Mann-Whitney U = 641.5; p = 0.855; r = 0.037).
Conclusions:
no significant differences were found between medalist and non-medalist athletes in any of the Olympic wrestling styles.
Palabras clave : Martial arts; Athletic performance; Weight loss; Body weight changes.