Perda de peso em atletas de elite do taekwondo brasileiro pós-implantação da pesagem randômica

Abstract

Weight loss in Taekwondo is a strategy used by athetes who seek to fight in lighter weight categories, believing they may have some advantage over the oponent. However, weighing was introduced in the oficial competitions of this modality, which occurs on the day of the competition and that the athlete can present 5% of weight above its category. Therefore, this study aimed at analyzing the strategies used by Brazilian athletes of Taekwondo for weight loss in the period before the competitions and their effects in the pre and pos-weignhing period, after the implementation of the random weighing.