Table 2.

Blood lactate (mmol·L^-1) characteristics and lactate kinetics parameters. Data are mean (±SD).

Variables	EW (N=10)	CW (N=10)
Lactate before the fight	2.61 (.58)	2.63 (.51)
Lactate after 1st bout	8.60 (2.15) †	11.83 (2.18) *†
Lactate after 2nd bout	11.82 (1.58) ‡	13.16 (3.23)
Lactate at the end of the fight	12.55 (1.80)	13.23 (1.47)

EW: elite level wrestlers; CW: club level wrestlers;

* p < 0.05 for differences between groups;

† p < 0.001 and significantly different between lactate before fight and lactate after 1^st bout;

‡ p < 0.001 and significantly different between lactate after 1^st bout and lactate after 2^nd bout