EDITORIAL article
Front. Sports Act. Living
Sec. Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement
This article is part of the Research TopicDeveloping Sprinters: How Can We Swim, Cycle and Run Faster?View all 11 articles
Editorial. Developing sprinters: how can we swim, cycle and run faster?
Provisionally accepted
- 1University of Granada, Granada, Spain
- 2Universidad de Leon, León, Spain
- 3Swiss Federal Institute of Sport Magglingen, Magglingen, Switzerland
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Swimming, cycling, and track and field are among the most watched sports in Olympic 20Games. Despite the complex interaction of aerobic and anaerobic energy supply, sprint 21 performances in these three sports heavily rely on rapid energy production from the 22 anaerobic metabolism. Although event durations and intensities may be similar between 23 sports, training regimens of swimmers, cyclists and track and field athletes differ 24 considerably and provide the opportunity for cross-disciplinary learning. Therefore, this 25 research topic aimed to gather insights on the determinants of sprint performances across 26 these sports to develop faster athletes.
Keywords: Swimming, Track and Field, athletics, Biomechanics, Physiology performance
Received: 28 Oct 2025; Accepted: 04 Nov 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Ruiz-Navarro, Boullosa, Gil Calvo and Born. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: Jesús J. Ruiz-Navarro, ruiznavarrojj@gmail.com
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