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This study attempted to identify how different competitive environments invite elite short-track speed skaters to modify their pacing behavior during head-to-head competition. <jats:italic><jats:bold>Methods<\/jats:bold>:<\/jats:italic> Lap times of elite 500-, 1000- and 1500-m short-track speed skating competitions between 2011 and 2016 (N\u2009=\u200934,095 races) were collected. Log-transformed lap and finishing times were analyzed with mixed linear models. The fixed effects in the model were sex, season, stage of competition, start position, competition importance, event number per tournament, number of competitors per race, altitude, and time qualification. The random effects of the model were athlete identity and the residual (within-athlete race-to-race variation). Separate analyses were performed for each event. <jats:italic><jats:bold>Results<\/jats:bold>:<\/jats:italic> Several competitive environments, such as the number of competitors in a race (a higher number of competitors evoked most likely a faster initial pace; coefficient of variation [CV]\u2009=\u20091.9\u20139.3%), the stage of competition (likely to most likely, a slower initial pace was demonstrated in finals; CV\u2009=\u2009\u22121.4% to 2.0%), the possibility of time qualification (most likely a faster initial pace; CV\u2009=\u20092.6\u20135.0%), and competition importance (most likely faster races at the Olympics; CV\u2009=\u20091.3\u20133.5%), altered the pacing decisions of elite skaters in 1000- and 1500-m events. Stage of competition and start position affected 500-m pacing behavior. <jats:italic><jats:bold>Conclusions<\/jats:bold>:<\/jats:italic> As demonstrated in this study, different competitive environments evoked modifications in pacing behavior, in particular in the initial phase of the race, emphasizing the importance of athlete\u2013environment interactions, especially during head-to-head competitions.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1123\/ijspp.2017-0407","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2017,10,16]],"date-time":"2017-10-16T18:36:15Z","timestamp":1508178975000},"page":"701-708","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":36,"title":["The Impact of Different Competitive Environments on Pacing and Performance"],"prefix":"10.1123","volume":"13","author":[{"given":"Marco J.","family":"Konings","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Florentina J.","family":"Hettinga","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"100","reference":[{"key":"ref81","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"283","DOI":"10.1123\/ijspp.2017-0220","article-title":"Racing an opponent: alteration of pacing, performance, and muscle-force decline but not rating of perceived exertion","volume":"13","author":"Konings","year":"2018","journal-title":"Int J Sports Physiol Perform"},{"key":"ref421","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"742","DOI":"10.1123\/ijspp.2015-0384","article-title":"Pacing and tactical positioning in 500- and 1000-m short-track speed skating","volume":"11","author":"Noorbergen","year":"2016","journal-title":"Int J Sports Physiol Perform"},{"key":"ref591","first-page":"1","article-title":"Recherches sur les moteurs animes: Travail de l\u2019homme [Research on animate sources of power: the work of man]","volume":"12","author":"Ringelmann","year":"1913","journal-title":"Ann l\u2019lnstitut Natl Agron 2nd Ser"},{"key":"ref01","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1057","DOI":"10.1007\/s40279-013-0091-4","article-title":"Pacing and awareness: brain regulation of physical activity","volume":"43","author":"Edwards","year":"2013","journal-title":"Sports Med"},{"key":"ref111","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"3","DOI":"10.1249\/MSS.0b013e31818cb278","article-title":"Progressive statistics for studies in sports medicine and exercise science","volume":"41","author":"Hopkins","year":"2009","journal-title":"Med Sci Sports Exerc"},{"key":"ref531","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"2943","DOI":"10.1371\/journal.pone.0002943","article-title":"How do humans control physiological strain during strenuous endurance exercise?","volume":"3","author":"Esteve-Lanao","year":"2008","journal-title":"PLoS ONE"},{"key":"ref611","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"225","DOI":"10.1080\/17461391.2010.499968","article-title":"Relationship between starting and finishing position in short track speed skating races","volume":"11","author":"Muehlbauer","year":"2011","journal-title":"Eur J Sport Sci"},{"key":"ref181","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"120","DOI":"10.1136\/bjsm.2003.010330","article-title":"St Clair Gibson A, Lambert EV. 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