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This study aimed to evaluate the relationship between on- and off-ice performance indicators for training and testing purposes and how these are optimized with RSH in world-class short-track speed skaters including world and Olympic champions. <jats:italic><jats:bold>Methods<\/jats:bold>:<\/jats:italic> RSH training was administered for 3 consecutive weeks, 3 times per week, at 3500\u00a0m of simulated altitude. Testing sessions (on-ice: 3-lap, 27-lap; off-ice: cycling incremental test, 7-s and 30-s Wingate) were performed immediately before and 2 and 4\u00a0weeks after RSH to determine the time course of decay. <jats:italic><jats:bold>Results<\/jats:bold>:<\/jats:italic> On-ice top speed showed a small and possibly beneficial change of \u223c0.9% for the women and large and almost certain \u223c0.7% improvement for the men 2\u00a0weeks post-RSH. Cycling peak power showed a moderate and probable \u223c5.4% improvement for the men 2\u00a0weeks after RSH. These adaptations reverted to baseline 4\u00a0weeks post-RSH. Wingate average power showed a small and possibly beneficial gain (\u223c3.4%) in performance 4\u00a0weeks post-RSH. <jats:italic><jats:bold>Conclusion:<\/jats:bold><\/jats:italic> Although scientific controls could not be added due to the extremely high caliber of these athletes and low sample size of the national team, this study suggests that cycling RSH can be added immediately after on-ice training and can transfer into meaningful improvements on the ice in both male and female skaters.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1123\/ijspp.2023-0036","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,4,25]],"date-time":"2023-04-25T10:39:51Z","timestamp":1682419191000},"page":"711-717","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Time Decay in the Performance Benefits From Repeated-Sprint Training in Hypoxia in World-Class Short-Track Speed Skaters"],"prefix":"10.1123","volume":"18","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2469-5658","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Simon","family":"Deguire","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Institut National du Sport du Qu\u00e9bec, Montr\u00e9al, QC, Canada"},{"name":"Speed Skating Canada, Montr\u00e9al, QC, Canada"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6494-5490","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Fran\u00e7ois","family":"Billaut","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Speed Skating Canada, Montr\u00e9al, QC, Canada"},{"name":"D\u00e9partement de Kin\u00e9siologie, Facult\u00e9 de M\u00e9decine, Universit\u00e9 Laval, Qu\u00e9bec, QC, Canada"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9690-9168","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Fran\u00e7ois","family":"Bieuzen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institut National du Sport du Qu\u00e9bec, Montr\u00e9al, QC, Canada"},{"name":"Speed Skating Canada, Montr\u00e9al, QC, Canada"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"100","reference":[{"issue":"2","key":"r1","series-title":"Int J Sports Physiol Perform","first-page":"170","article-title":"Objectifying tactics: athlete and race variability in elite short-track speed skating","volume":"13","author":"Konings MJ","year":"2018","unstructured":"Konings MJ, Hettinga FJ. 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