Analysis of swimming performance in FINA World Cup long-distance open water races

Table 3 Multi-level regression analyses for swimming speed of the annual fastest swimmers and the annual ten fastest swimmers

	Model	β	SE ( β)	Standard β	T	p
Annual fastest swimmers	5 km, women
	1	0.002	0.017	0.031	0.097	0.924
	2	0.002	0.017	0.031	0.097	0.924
	3	0.002	0.024	0.037	0.081	0.937
	5 km, men
	1	-0.012	0.017	-0.210	-0.678	0.513
	2	-0.012	0.017	-0.210	-0.678	0.513
	3	-0.008	0.019	-0.142	-0.413	0.689
	10 km, women
	1	0.033	0.024	0.409	1.346	0.211
	2	0.033	0.024	0.409	1.346	0.211
	3	0.048	0.038	0.591	1.250	0.247
	10 km, men
	1	0.004	0.021	0.061	0.183	0.859
	2	0.004	0.021	0.061	0.183	0.859
	3	0.082	0.031	1.278	2.622	0.031
	25 km, women
	1	-0.026	0.022	-0.352	-1.190	0.262
	2	-0.026	0.022	-0.352	-1.190	0.262
	3	-0.041	0.021	-0.560	-1.926	0.086
	25 km, men
	1	-0.009	0.027	-0.110	-0.349	0.734
	2	-0.009	0.027	-0.110	-0.349	0.734
	3	0.014	0.032	0.159	0.433	0.676
Annual ten fastest swimmers	5 km, women
	1	-0.007	0.005	-0.142	-1.559	0.122
	2	-0.007	0.005	-0.142	-1.559	0.122
	3	-0.006	0.005	-0.113	-1.236	0.219
	5 km, men
	1	-0.012	0.005	-0.214	-2.377	0.019
	2	-0.012	0.005	-0.214	-2.377	0.019
	3	-0.012	0.005	-0.218	-2.424	0.017
	10 km, women
	1	0.036	0.007	0.421	4.820	< 0.001
	2	0.036	0.007	0.421	4.820	< 0.001
	3	0.035	0.007	0.419	4.796	< 0.001
	10 km, men
	1	0.006	0.006	0.089	0.929	0.355
	2	0.006	0.006	0.089	0.929	0.355
	3	0.005	0.006	0.073	0.727	0.469
	25 km, women
	1	-0.023	0.007	-0.312	-3.548	0.001
	2	-0.023	0.007	-0.312	-3.548	0.001
	3	-0.023	0.007	-0.310	-3.498	0.001
	25 km, men
	1	-0.011	0.009	-0.114	-1.250	0.214
	2	-0.011	0.009	-0.114	-1.250	0.214
	3	-0.011	0.009	-0.120	-1.300	0.196

Model 2 with correction for multiple finishes, and Model 3 with correction for age of athletes with multiple finishes.

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