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The results revealed that the most common shot type was the parabolic shot, occurring in 59.86% of shots on goal in the men\u2019s competition (270 shots) and 67.12% in the women\u2019s competition (196 shots). In the overall set of shots, 62.77% were parabolic (466 shots). No significant differences were observed between the competitions (p &gt; 0.05). Regarding the xGOT values, no significant differences were observed for any of the interaction effects analyzed (gender, shot type and shot outcome). 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