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During the special preparation period for the 2017 Swimming World Championship, all subjects performed an 8 \u00d7 100 m swimming step-test using their main swimming technique. The relationships between velocity, mechanical and metabolic power were obtained and analyzed for each swimming technique. It was found that, at the last stage of the test, in all swimming techniques, men demonstrated higher values of metabolic power (Pai = 3346\u20133560 W) and higher mechanical efficiency (eg = 0.062\u20130.068) than women (Pai = 2248\u20132575 W; eg = 0.049\u20130.052). As for propelling efficiency, women (ep = 0.67\u20130.71) and men (ep = 0.65\u20130.71) did not differ from each other. Results showed that the frontal component of active drag force is the main reason for the existing differences in maximal swimming velocity between different techniques, since no relevant differences were observed for mechanical and propelling efficiencies among swimming techniques.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/app11188511","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,9,13]],"date-time":"2021-09-13T21:37:12Z","timestamp":1631569032000},"page":"8511","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":18,"title":["Metabolic Power, Active Drag, Mechanical and Propelling Efficiency of Elite Swimmers at 100 Meter Events in Different Competitive Swimming Techniques"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"11","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9339-500X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Sergei","family":"Kolmogorov","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Sports Disciplines, Higher School of Pedagogy, Psychology and Physical Education, Northern (Arctic) Federal University Named after M.V. 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