He probably mixed up Nike with Adidas. Alphafly are perfectly legal, whereas Adidas are producing and selling the Prime X, which is not a legal shoe as per World Athletics' list.
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s I just got a call from a European visitor who wanted to know why NCAA athletes who ran 10,000s in super shoes like the Vapofly are still having those performance show up as coutable in WA rankings?
I told her I didn't know and said they'd probably only enforce the rule if it ended up costing someone a spot at Worlds.
Emily Venters is a good exmaple. She appears to have worn them at Stanford but that's showing up on her WA profile page.
Does anyone have an explanatation? Is it simply there just isnt and NCAA rule against it and it's too time intensive for WA to go back after the fact and figure out which athletes' marks should count for their rankings?
s I just got a call from a European visitor who wanted to know why NCAA athletes who ran 10,000s in super shoes like the Vapofly are still having those performance show up as coutable in WA rankings?
I told her I didn't know and said they'd probably only enforce the rule if it ended up costing someone a spot at Worlds.
Emily Venters is a good exmaple. She appears to have worn them at Stanford but that's showing up on her WA profile page.
Does anyone have an explanatation? Is it simply there just isnt and NCAA rule against it and it's too time intensive for WA to go back after the fact and figure out which athletes' marks should count for their rankings?
At the last USTFCCCA meeting there was a lot of concern within the NCAA coaches community that NCAA meets will no longer be able to count for qualifying for the US Championships and World Championships, but it's stuff like this that seems to be the problem. If the NCAA doesn't conform to WA and USATF rules then that's exactly what's going to happen. The NCAA needs to conform to the WA standards and that includes foot wear and it needs to be enforced by the NCAA. It's not up to WA to have to go and review every result and every athlete's shoes, if that continues to be an issue then WA will surely just drop all NCAA results from their rankings, which likely means NCAA results will no longer be able to be used for qualifying for the US Champs either.
The fact that stuff like this was still happening this last spring kind of baffles a little bit. Was this just one ignorant athlete (and coach)? Or is the NCAA trying to play chicken with USATF and WA? Keep in mind there is a lot at stake here, a significant number of athletes from other countries qualify for the WC and Olympics through NCAA competitions in addition to the impact that this could have on American Track and Field. Maybe someone more informed than I am can comment.
That means they would also have to comply with World Athletics rules regarding trans athletes, which the NCAA will never do.
s I just got a call from a European visitor who wanted to know why NCAA athletes who ran 10,000s in super shoes like the Vapofly are still having those performance show up as coutable in WA rankings?
I told her I didn't know and said they'd probably only enforce the rule if it ended up costing someone a spot at Worlds.
Emily Venters is a good exmaple. She appears to have worn them at Stanford but that's showing up on her WA profile page.
Does anyone have an explanatation? Is it simply there just isnt and NCAA rule against it and it's too time intensive for WA to go back after the fact and figure out which athletes' marks should count for their rankings?
Likely the World Athletic Commission recognizes the times, despite what the rules are in NCAA. It likely will be updated down the road though if it's seen as a real issue.
I personally don't see the issue with the shoes to begin with. We have fully embraced technology that has allowed humans to run faster over time, and that included shoes. Now there is suddenly an issue. Most people in the western world should be able to afford a pair, and the Kenyans and Ethiopians are stomping us regardless. So I don't know what the problem is.
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