The Paris Olympics is not just a competition between the world’s greatest athletes. It will also be a battleground for the latest in footwear technology.
Since Nike changed the game in 2017 — debuting the first commercial running shoe with a carbon-fibre plate in the midsole — competing brands have joined the “super shoe” race to propel long-distance runners to record-breaking times.
Before the Nike Vaporfly was released in 2017, only 19 women had ever run the marathon in less than 2 hours and 20 minutes. In 2023 alone, 26 different women ran sub-2:20 races.
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