Unsponsored elite runners to be lent carbon-fibre shoes

Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge wore Nike shoes incorporating the carbon-fibre technology when he broke the two-hour barrier for the marathon last October AFP/ALEX HALADAPARIS: World Athletics announced Tuesday 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.

In a new initiative, track and field's governing body said it would lend athletes the shoes if they do not already receive them from sponsors, under a newly-created"Athletic Shoe Availability Scheme"."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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