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The longer the race, the closer it gets: women are closing in on men when it comes to ultra-endurance events

The longer the race, the closer it gets: women are closing in on men when it comes to ultra-endurance events

Men are dominant at most athletic events but ultra-endurance sports (exercising for six hours or more) represent a unique domain where the performance gap between men and women is narrowing significantly. In traditional endurance events like marathons, men consistently outperform women by about 10%. However, in ultra-distance competitions this disparity can be as small as 4%. In some […]…