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The physique of Olympic athletes as a reflection of human physical variation: Implications for the study of adaptive evolution and the mapping of global sports potential

2022-05-03

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<title>Abstract</title> <p>In this study, we compared the basic body dimensions (height, weight, body mass index/BMI) of 19,662 male Olympians from 159 countries competing at the Summer Olympic Games 2000-2016. We hypothesized that the average physique of national Olympic teams reflects the predominant body type of their native populations, and the knowledge of such physical differences could find practical use i...

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Literature Corpus work: 38e4de67-5b6f-595b-aabe-46e9a3e06a7e
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-1617363/v1

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