The shoes have been approved by World Athletics and former athlete Jos Hermens – who represents both Gidey and Cheptegei – says the spikes are just a natural progression in shoe technology.

Building a Better Racing Shoe. Spikes aren’t the same as when I went to high school, ... Brooks athletes were given the option to race in the competition’s shoes during the last Olympics cycle.

Road shoe soles, according to the current World Athletics rules, can be up to 40 millimeters thick; track spikes for 800 meters and up can only be 25 millimeters thick.

In the 1960s, when traditional cinder athletics tracks were replaced by spongy, synthetic surfaces, endurance running experienced a revolution. Long-distance runners began clocking far faster ...

Setting personal bests on race day means that every fraction of a second counts. This has led to the development of carbon-plated shoes and, more specifically, carbon fiber track spikes. By ...

World Athletics (WA), the sport's governing body, introduced limits to the thickness of foam and the number of plates allowed in road shoes and spikes at the end of 2020.

World Athletics says the rules governing shoe technology “are designed to give certainty to athletes preparing for the postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and to preserve the integrity of elite ...

Tobi Amusan's record-breaking performance in the 100 metres hurdles event at the World Championships on Sunday dragged the spotlight back on shoe technology but the Nigerian said her display had ...

This includes shoe technology incorporated into soles and spikes, it said, which could "provide a performance advantage." "It is not our job to regulate the entire sports shoe market, ...