Monitoring the performance of Czech athletes thre years before and after the introduction of the Central European Cup in ski mountaineering

3 Abstract Title of the thesis: Monitoring the performance of Czech three years before and three years after the introduction of the Central European Cup in ski mountaineering Objectives: The aim of this bachelor thesis is to compare the performance of the Czech Republic representation in ski mountaineering at the World Cup three years before and three years after the introduction of the Central European Cup (SEP) in 2016 and find out if SEP really contributed to the increase in the success of Czech competitors at the World Cup. Methods: This work is conceived as an empirical-theoretical research work. The research group consists of representatives of the Czech Re- public in ski mountaineering who participated in the World Cup from the racing season 2012-13 until 2017-18. I compared their total points earnings on the World Cup before and after the introduction of SEP and as a comparative test I used Mann-Whitney U test. Results: According to the total number of points earned in the whole season, it is assumed that the competitors were more successful before SEP was established. According to the comparative Mann-Whitney U test, the difference between pre and post SEP data is not significant. Therefore, the thesis did not confirm that SEP has contributed to increasing the success of Czech competitors at..