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This investigation characterized mean race speed, lap and portage speeds, frequency of speed changes, and heart rate (HR) responses in elite paddlers of both sexes.\n \n Methods<\/jats:italic>\n <\/jats:bold>\n :<\/jats:italic>\n During the 2022 European Marathon Championships, national team marathon paddlers in the K1 and K2 classes (N\u2009=\u200930, 15 women) wore a chest belt with integrated global positioning system and HR sensors.\n \n Results<\/jats:italic>\n <\/jats:bold>\n :<\/jats:italic>\n Elite kayak marathon paddlers maintain an exercise intensity of 85% to 91% HR\n max<\/jats:sub>\n irrespective of sex and boat type. Mean and peak paddling speeds were lower for women compared to men (\n P<\/jats:italic>\n \u00a0values ranging: .001\u2013.001). In K1, men had more relative speed shifts of both 5% to 10% (35.6 [16.3] vs 25.5 [10.6];\n P<\/jats:italic>\n \u2009=\u2009.0283) and above 10% (\n P<\/jats:italic>\n \u00a0values ranging .0283\u2013.0003). In K2, there\u00a0were no statistical differences in speed shifts. In all boat classes, mean boat speed of the final 100\u00a0m was always significantly faster than the mean speed of the first part of the lap (\n P<\/jats:italic>\n \u00a0values ranging: .0105\u2013.00000001). Portage running speed varied by 9.4% between sexes.\n \n Conclusions<\/jats:italic>\n <\/jats:bold>\n :<\/jats:italic>\n During marathon races, world-class kayak paddlers sustain a mean of 85% to 91% HR\n max<\/jats:sub>\n for a prolonged period (121\u2013129\u00a0min), with men in K1 having more speed shifts of 5% to 10% compared to women. 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