Eliud Kipchoge denies platform Nike shoes offer London race advantage

World record holder will wear Alphafly Next%s on Sunday Critics of shoe should ‘open their hearts and move on’Eliud Kipchoge has rejected suggestions that the next generation of game-changing Nike shoes violate the spirit of sport, even though he has conceded that they could give him a major advantage in Sunday’s London Marathon.The world record holder confirmed that he would wear the Alphafly Next%s, which resemble platform shoes and are claimed to improve running economy by between 5-8%, for the first time in an official race. Continue reading... https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/sep/30/eliud-kipchoge-denies-platform-nike-shoes-offer-london-race-advantage #london_marathon #athletics #sport