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01-04-2018 | Original Article

Relationship between stature level and success in elite judo: an analysis on four consecutive Olympic Games

Authors: Paolo Riccardo Brustio, Gennaro Boccia, Paolo Moisè, Luca Laurenzano, Corrado Lupo

Published in: Sport Sciences for Health | Issue 1/2018

Abstract

Purpose

The rationale of our study derived from the important changes in judo rules, with particular consideration of the leg grabs. Therefore, the present study aimed at demonstrating the relationships between stature and successful matches in elite judo, in relation to both genders and seven weight categories.

Methods

Stature levels and final ranking position of each participant were recorded on the base of the year of Olympic Game (Athens 2004, Beijing 2008, London 2012, Rio 2016), gender, and weight class. A one-way ANCOVA was applied to determinate possible differences (p ≤ 0.05) among judoka’s statures related to each Olympic Game.

Results

Results showed that no difference has been reported for stature level of each judo Olympic Game in all and only male judoka. On the contrary, for female, difference (p = 0.007) on judoka’s stature levels among ranking positions generally emerged, reporting increases in stature levels between the first and the fifth (from 163.62 ± 7.95 to 167.90 ± 8.88 cm; p = 0.004), and the seventh (from 163.62 ± 7.95 to 168.26 ± 8.53 cm; p = 0.016) ranking position.

Conclusion

Considering that no relationship between stature and successful matches in elite judo emerged in the analyzed four Olympics Games, it can speculate that no advantage can be attributed to the taller judoka’s for the rule changes regarding the leg grabs.

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Title: Relationship between stature level and success in elite judo: an analysis on four consecutive Olympic Games
Authors: Paolo Riccardo Brustio
Gennaro Boccia
Paolo Moisè
Luca Laurenzano
Corrado Lupo
Publication date: 01-04-2018
Publisher: Springer Milan
Published in: Sport Sciences for Health / Issue 1/2018
Print ISSN: 1824-7490
Electronic ISSN: 1825-1234
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11332-017-0411-4

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