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Like Des Linden, more athletes should speak out about super shoes

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© Copyright - 2025 - Athletics Illustrated Des Linden announced her retirement as a professional long-distance runner. After 18...

Super shoes are creating a seismic shift in performances

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At first, the number of personal, event, national, and world records being set seemed to be tied to the...

Sebastian Coe’s lack of concern about super shoes speaks to the dollars at stake; the shoes are here to stay

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© Copyright - 2021 - Athletics Illustrated Sebastian Coe is not concerned about the advantage that Nike spikes bring to...

Super shoes, fast course, top-flight field and a race to peak for results in many records and personal bets in Valencia

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© Copyright - 2020 - Athletics IllustratedFor the 2020 Valencia Marathon run on Sunday — one with an elite-only...

Forget supershoes and PED debates, the most trying issue in sports is about trans women competing in female events

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© Copyright - 2023 - Athletics Illustrated Forget supershoes and PED debates... Every coach, every athlete, every devoted fan of athletics...

Supershoes endorsement: Sebastian Coe wants and expects world records at Tokyo Olympics

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© Copyright - 2021 - Athletics Illustrated Nike, Adidas, Hoka One One, and the rest of the supershoe manufacturers...

Poll: should supershoes be banned?

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© Copyright - 2021 - Athletics Illustrated Should supershoes be banned? It is a pretty straightforward question as posed, however,...

Lawsuit: New Balance sues Decathlon over similar logo design on Kiprun shoes

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© Copyright - 2026 - Athletics Illustrated As is often repeated, especially in the USA, "You know you've made it...

World Athletics supershoe rules may not be what you think they are

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© Copyright - 2026 - Athletics Illustrated Athletics fans may notice an increasing trend of athletes kissing their shoes...

Should world records pre and post-supershoe eras be ranked differently; who would do the math?

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© Copyright - 2025 - Athletics Illustrated Usain Bolt's world record of 9.58 seconds in the 100-metre sprint from...

Bank of America Chicago Marathon: The marathon has jumped the shark while wearing clown shoes

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© Copyright - 2023 - Athletics Illustrated The Chicago Marathon claimed the men's world record after losing the women's...

Wouter Hoogkamer interview: The study that named the Nike Vaporfly 4% super shoe

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© Copyright - 2021 - Athletics Interview Wouter Hoogkamer, Ph.D., an Assistant Professor at the University of Massachusetts Integrative Locomotion Lab's Department...
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