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Before and after training, a running RSA test consisting of performing 30-m all-out sprints until exhaustion was implemented. <jats:italic><jats:bold>Results<\/jats:bold>:<\/jats:italic> From before to after training, the number of sprints completed during the RSA test was increased in both RSH-VHL (19.3 [0.9] vs 22.6 [0.9]; <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u2009.01) and RS-VHH (19.3 [1.5] vs 20.5 [1.7]; <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u2009.01) but not in RS-URB (19.4 [1.3] vs 19.5 [1.7]; <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009.67). The mean velocity and the percentage decrement score calculated over sprints 1 to 17 were, respectively, higher (82.2% [1.8%] vs 84.6% [2.1%] of maximal velocity) and lower (23.7% [3.1%] vs 19.4% [3.2%]) in RSH-VHL (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u2009.01), whereas they remained unchanged in RS-VHH and RS-URB. The mean arterial oxygen saturation recorded during training at the end of the sprints was lower in RSH-VHL (92.1% [0.4%]) than in RS-VHH (97.3% [0.1%]) and RS-URB (97.8% [0.1%]). <jats:italic><jats:bold>Conclusions<\/jats:bold>:<\/jats:italic> This study shows that female athletes can benefit from the RSH-VHL intervention to improve RSA. The performance gains may have been limited by the short sprinting distance with end-expiratory breath holding, which provoked only moderate hypoxemia. 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