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Sixty-three team sport athletes (females: n = 25, age = 21.5 \u00b1 1.3 years, stature = 166 \u00b1 5 cm, body mass = 60.65 \u00b1 10.04 kg; males: n = 38, age = 21.9 \u00b1 1.1 years, stature = 178 \u00b1 7 cm, body mass = 76.55 \u00b1 12.88 kg) performed a series of isometric mid-thigh pull (IMTP) trials, with all participants\u2019 data used for correlational analysis. After testing, females and males were divided into 20 strength-matched pairs, based on their relative peak force (peak force \u2219 body mass). There were no meaningful differences between sexes for relative force at 150 ms (\n                    <jats:italic>g<\/jats:italic>\n                    = 0.007 [95% CI -0.627, 0.648]), 200 ms (\n                    <jats:italic>g<\/jats:italic>\n                    = -0.059 [95% CI -0.695, 0.588]) and 250 ms (\n                    <jats:italic>g<\/jats:italic>\n                    = -0.156 [95% CI -0.778, 0.473]). Similarly, when expressed as a percentage of peak force there were no meaningful differences in force at 150 ms (g = -0.015 [95.0%CI -0.650, 0.680]), 200 ms (g = -0.099 [95.0%CI -0.714, 0.559]) or 250 ms (g = -0.272 [95.0%CI -0.856, 0.328]) between strength-matched females and males. Based on the correlations, there were very large to nearly perfect relationships (r = 0.77\u20130.94,\n                    <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                    &lt;0.001) between peak force and rapid force production, with peak force explaining 59%, 77% and 89% of the variance in force at 150-, 200- and 250 ms, respectively. 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