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Modern orienteering is a cyclic sport with a predominant manifestation of endurance, in which a complex manifestation of special intellectual preparedness against the background of increasing physical fatigue is necessary to achieve a high competitive result.
The purpose of the study is to conduct a comparative analysis of the competitive activity of elite orienteering athletes specializing in running orienteering, and to establish the most informative indicators that determine a high result.
Research methods and organization: the study and analysis of long-distance orienteering athletes' competitive activities at the 2025 World Championships held. Based on the analysis of split times, individual parameters of the competitive distance were studied, and the effective running speed, elongation coefficient, and the times of the winner and the prize‑winners were assessed.
Research results and conclusions. The analysis of competitive activities of world elite orienteering athletes allowed to substantiate key indicators of success of performance on individual distances. It was found that the greatest impact on the effectiveness of competitive activities over a long distance is exerted by: the alignment of forces over the distance (r=0.941), the effective implementation of extra-long stages (r=0.858), the coefficient of lengthening the distance (r=0.837), the starting minute (r=0.800) and the loss of time when making mistakes on distance (r=0.753).
Conclusion. Identifying the most informative indicators of competitive performance over long distances in orienteering by running predetermines the need for a targeted improvement in the effectiveness of cross‑country training, which can become a reserve for further growth in sports results.
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