Body mass variation of judo athletes during the Tokyo Olympic Games and its relationship with performance in the mixed team competition

Purpose This study aimed to verify the body mass (BM) gain between individual and the judo mixed team (JMT) weigh-ins (2–7 days) and its impact on performance during the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Methods A total of 105 athletes composed JMTs, but only 68 competed: 39 were from lighter weight categories t...

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Published in:Sport sciences for health 2023-06, Vol.19 (2), p.649-655
Main Authors: dos Santos, Danilo França Conceição, Lopes-Silva, João Paulo, Kons, Rafael L., Agostinho, Marcus F., Franchini, Emerson
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Athletes
Combat sports
Females
Hibernation
Human Physiology
Hypotheses
Males
Martial arts
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Metabolic Diseases
Olympic games
Original Article
Sports Medicine
Statistical data
Teams
Variance analysis
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Summary:Purpose This study aimed to verify the body mass (BM) gain between individual and the judo mixed team (JMT) weigh-ins (2–7 days) and its impact on performance during the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Methods A total of 105 athletes composed JMTs, but only 68 competed: 39 were from lighter weight categories than JMT ones (i.e., ≤ 57 kg and ≤ 70 kg for females, and ≤ 73 kg and ≤ 90 kg for males) and allowed to gain BM up to the limit of JMT categories, whereas 29 pertained to the JMT categories and were limited by 2 kg between weigh-ins. Results The lighter group gained more BM (4.0 ± 2.1 kg versus 1.6 ± 0.8 kg; Z  = −6.52; P  
ISSN:1824-7490
1825-1234
DOI:10.1007/s11332-022-00934-z