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158 Chapter 7 Table 2. Cross-tabulation analyses of the relationship between performance level group at early and late junior age of male and female swimmers. Total (N) High-performing early juniors (n) Lower-performing early juniors (n) Males 45 (100%) 42 (93%) 3 (7%) High-performing late juniors 15 (33%) 15 (100%) 0 (0%) Lower-performing late juniors 30 (67%) 27 (90%) 3 (10%) Females 43 (100%) 29 (67%) 14 (33%) High-performing late juniors 10 (23%) 8 (80%) 2 (20%) Lower-performing late juniors 33 (77%) 21 (64%) 12 (36%) Note. Performance groups are based on season best performances at age 12 for males and age 11 for females. Two male swimmers (1 high-performing late junior and 1 lowerperforming late junior) could not been classified at early junior age due to missing data and left out of this analysis (N=47 adjusted to N=45).

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