TOKYO: As athletics records continue to fall at the Olympics, adulation and incredulity at such extreme examples of human endeavour are being followed by more sober reflection as fans try to quantify the impact of carbon shoe technology and the Tokyo track.
The two 400m hurdles races in Tokyo this week have given the most dramatic indication that"something odd is going on". Warholm wore a pair of custom-made Puma spikes, with a carbon plate but a notably thinner insole than the Nike model worn by Benjamin and many others, which is at the limit of World Athletics' regulations."I don’t see why you should put anything beneath a sprinting shoe,” the Norwegian said. “In middle distance I can understand it because of the cushioning. But if you put a trampoline in I think it’s bullshit, and I think it takes credibility away from our sport.
Benjamin preferred the denial route."I could wear different shoes and still run fast," he said."No one will do what we just did, I don’t care who you are - Kevin Young, Edwin Moses, respect to those guys, but they cannot run what we just ran just now."
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