Because of too dark technology: NIKE Vaporfly Next% or banned

January 11,2020

Recently, it has been reported that NIKE's top running shoes Vaporfly Next% and related running shoes may be banned from wearing in official competitions due to new rules of the World Athlete Council.

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Last year Vaporfly Next% was questioned by many non-NIKE-sponsored runners because they thought this shoe would give the wearer an extra advantage. The setting of Vaporfly's ultra-thick midsole with carbon fiber board is considered to provide spring The effect can push the runner forward, which will make the game unfair. Relevant experts then participated in the investigation and expected to develop new parameter guidelines for such situations to restrict the design of all sports shoe brands, not just NIKE.

This series of running shoes was last worn on Brigid Kosgei's feet. She ran 2:14:04 in Chicago last year, which is 81 seconds away from the previous record set by Paula Radcliffe in 2003.

Eliud Kipchoge (Kipchoge) is also wearing a custom Alphafly sample (cover style) of the Vaporfly series to become the first athlete to run within two hours of the marathon, but this result is not included in the official record, not because of shoes, but because of the time It is not an open game, and there are many front runners in the process.

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