Athletics: Unsponsored elite runners to be lent carbon-fibre shoes, says track and field's world body

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PARIS (AFP) - World Athletics on Tuesday (July 28) announced that it was creating a scheme to lend elite runners without sponsorship deals the same carbon-fibre versions of shoes that have revolutionised road running, in an acceptance that the advances in technology are irreversible.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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PARIS - World Athletics on Tuesday announced that it was creating a scheme to lend elite runners without sponsorship deals the same carbon-fibre versions of shoes that have revolutionised road running, in an acceptance that the advances in technology are irreversible.

Eliud Kipchoge wore an advanced version of the shoes when the Kenyan become the first man to break the two-hour barrier for the marathon in October last year.World Athletics has already limited the thickness of the sole to 40 millimetres, a rule it kept in place on Tuesday. "The Working Group on Athletic Shoes will develop this scheme including timelines, elite athlete criteria, numbers of pairs of shoes required and method of distribution," it said in a statement.

After that, a newly formed Working Group on Athletic Shoes, which includes representatives from shoe manufacturers and the World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry, will work"to set the parameters for achieving the right balance between innovation, competitive advantage and universality and availability".

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