COMPARISON OF RANKING, PREPARATION AND FUNCTIONAL PARAMETERS OF DEAF AND HEARING WRESTLERS FROM THE BULGARIAN NATIONAL GRECO-ROMAN WRESTLING TEAMS

Abstract

The successful performance at the competitions of Bulgarian Greco-Roman wrestlers with hearing and deaf is largely due to the adjustment of the training process to the ever-changing rules of GrecoRoman wrestling. Before the London Olympics, because of the rules, the focus was on the speed and strength endurance, but after that only strength endurance as a major factor for sport results. Purpose: Our goal is to compare a world championship results, the methodology of preparation and the functional parameters of wrestlers with impaired and normal hearing in the pre-Olympic year so as to win Olympic quotas. Methods: The analysis involved three best performing Greco-Roman wrestlers at the respective world championships for deaf and hearing athletes in the same year. Results: In addition to sport results and the methodology of preparation, from the functional parameters (physiological and biochemical), we are using the maximum oxygen consumption (VO2max), the maximum oxygen consumption per kilogram (VO2max/kg), the heart rate values and the lactate concentration in the peripheral blood from conducting functional tests. Conclusions: In conclusion, we can say that the sports achievements are in favor of deaf wrestlers, the training methodology is the same and the functional capabilities are better for hearing wrestlers.

Keywords

• greco-roman wrestling for deaf and hearing wrestlers
• analysis
• comparison
• functional indicators
• strength endurance