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Influence of population size and density on sports performance of Brazilian artistic gymnastics

Abstract:

The survey investigated through the survey of federated athletes of Brazilian artistic gymnastics who participated in at least one of the two national championships (n = 620), whether the population size (stratified into five categories) is a factor that influence the sporting success, using binary logistic regression. Second, using the Kruskall-Wallis test, ranking the ranking of athletes in quartiles sought to identify whether population density is an influencing factor for sports performance. The results indicate that in Brazil, belonging to larger cities (100001 to 500000 inhabitants) makes athletes have 7.51 times (95% CI = 6.30-8.96) more chances to have sportive performance results, especially men in cities, with a lower population density compared to women, and it is possible to explore the influence of sport-promoting public policies in these cities.