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Research Article

Differences between elite and sub-elite swimmers in a 100 m breaststroke: a new race analysis approach with time-series velocity data

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Pages 1722-1733 | Received 30 Dec 2020, Accepted 06 Jul 2021, Published online: 11 Aug 2021

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