Illegal world record wrote:
The shoes she raced in and many other Nike athletes raced in are 100 % unreleased and not “readily available to all competitors”. Unfortunately that is against the IAAF rules ?♀️
“Rule 143: Clothing, shoes and athlete bibs
- Any type of shoe used must be reasonably available to all in the spirit of the universality of athletics. Shoes must not be constructed so as to give athletes any unfair assistance or advantage.”
^Direct quote from the IAAF rule book. Wether the shoes gives the athletes an unfair assistance or advantage is debatable. However I have not seen a single website or store have the Nike shoes the athletes have raced in. I think this goes against the rule that “any shoe type must be reasonably available to all in the spirit of universality of Athletics”
I don’t think the shoes not being available to everyone is “reasonable”