As another reply already said, these are a special make-up (SMU) pair of spikes, Mamba upper with OG Victory spike plate.
Interestingly, behind him Taoufik Makhloufi's spikes were also technically an SMU, but its just the Victory 2 in the Olympic colorway. Everyone else was probably wearing the Victory 3 which was the big new spike for that cycle.
No, it’s another example of no-talent jealous dweebs who hate any succesful American runner. Hocker gets the same treatment from these failures.
Obviously OP, missBS and The Beaver's Creek are all the same people. But, using supershoes in a 3:51 1500m race would make no sense when it comes down to a sprint.
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Wrong on all accounts. I do not know Beaver's Creek. Also, Centro spent less energy running 5:00 mile pace than the rest of his competitors (thanks to the shoes). He then had more energy at the end to sprint (again, when the shoes helped him even more), finishing in an Olympic record (for slowest 1,500M race ever run).
No he did not, the pros didn't start racing in the dragonfly prototypes until 2019. And the original dragonfly's don't even have a plate, just the ZoomX foam
*the exception is Rupp’s spikes for the 10,000m in Rio. But no, Centro had his typical Mamba upper with OG Victory plate.
Obviously OP, missBS and The Beaver's Creek are all the same people. But, using supershoes in a 3:51 1500m race would make no sense when it comes down to a sprint.
?????
Wrong on all accounts. I do not know Beaver's Creek. Also, Centro spent less energy running 5:00 mile pace than the rest of his competitors (thanks to the shoes). He then had more energy at the end to sprint (again, when the shoes helped him even more), finishing in an Olympic record (for slowest 1,500M race ever run).
How is it this difficult to comprehend?
Average LetsRun user. Refuses to acknowledge photographic evidence to the contrary
Nike already had the marathon supershoes at the 2016 Olympic marathon trials (Rupp and other top Nike athletes had them). Surely, they had enough time to put together spikes by Rio. Simply a carbon plate (at least).
There is a very high probability that his spikes had a carbon fiber plate. That kind of tech was nothing new and Nike did have it in their Victory series of Mid-d spikes. And between you and me, the spikes were very very good for running fast.
Agree. People here are so blinded by their love of Centro and his "gold" that they can't accept that he very likely had an unfair advantage the rest of the competitors didn't have.
No, it’s another example of no-talent jealous dweebs who hate any succesful American runner. Hocker gets the same treatment from these failures.
Obviously OP, missBS and The Beaver's Creek are all the same people. But, using supershoes in a 3:51 1500m race would make no sense when it comes down to a sprint.
Nope. I was simply wondering. In the process, I learned that Rupp had the super shoes in the 10,000 however. I wonder why Mo did not (or did he?).
I know this is off topic but isn’t it crazy how popular the OG victories remained even after like 3 or 4 new models. I remember the victory elites, victory elite 2s and a few other models were supposed to replace the originals but no one liked them. I remember people were racing in a shoe that came out in like 2009 well into 2019, that’s a heck of a lifespan for a shoe. I remember an older Mo Farrah video where he was showing his spikes and he was still racing in the OG victories in like 2018.
Unfair advantage from the spikes?? Haha I’m sorry did centro finally beat the allegations. I remember a time on letsrun when everybody thought he was on the sauce. Fast forward to now you guys are debating his spikes? The guy was a dirty doper and now he gets to lay back and be an American Hero to you wackadoos. Hats off to centro he’s playing 4D chess, I thought forsure he’d be disgraced by now but I guess Galen’s still held in high regards.Bottom line dopers always win.
Of all the races to attribute a victory to superior spikes… the 1500 in Rio would be at very the bottom of the list. It was a highly tactical race run at a very slow pace. I mean… 3:50 for god’s sake.
Obviously OP, missBS and The Beaver's Creek are all the same people. But, using supershoes in a 3:51 1500m race would make no sense when it comes down to a sprint.
Nope. I was simply wondering. In the process, I learned that Rupp had the super shoes in the 10,000 however. I wonder why Mo did not (or did he?).
well, it was said that Rupp wore them to save his legs for the marathon. you can look at pics from the race and see that Rupp is wearing something different than Farah.
Nope. I was simply wondering. In the process, I learned that Rupp had the super shoes in the 10,000 however. I wonder why Mo did not (or did he?).
well, it was said that Rupp wore them to save his legs for the marathon. you can look at pics from the race and see that Rupp is wearing something different than Farah.
From my memory of running a 10,000 on the track, the 10,000 kills your legs for a marathon, but also for a 5,000. You would have thought that Farah would also have wanted to save his legs
well, it was said that Rupp wore them to save his legs for the marathon. you can look at pics from the race and see that Rupp is wearing something different than Farah.
From my memory of running a 10,000 on the track, the 10,000 kills your legs for a marathon, but also for a 5,000. You would have thought that Farah would also have wanted to save his legs
maybe Rupp was Nike's guy, not Farah. Or maybe Salazar micromanaged Rupp much more than Farah. Maybe Farah felt good about his ability to double in the regular shoes, since he had already done it several times.
From my memory of running a 10,000 on the track, the 10,000 kills your legs for a marathon, but also for a 5,000. You would have thought that Farah would also have wanted to save his legs
maybe Rupp was Nike's guy, not Farah. Or maybe Salazar micromanaged Rupp much more than Farah. Maybe Farah felt good about his ability to double in the regular shoes, since he had already done it several times.
Crazy that the dragonfly was only launched to the public in August 2020. Did Rupp run with the Dragonfly from 2016 to 2020?
maybe Rupp was Nike's guy, not Farah. Or maybe Salazar micromanaged Rupp much more than Farah. Maybe Farah felt good about his ability to double in the regular shoes, since he had already done it several times.
Crazy that the dragonfly was only launched to the public in August 2020. Did Rupp run with the Dragonfly from 2016 to 2020?
I guess that he didn’t run on the track in 2019 and 2020 (so these years are irrelevant)
Unfair advantage from the spikes?? Haha I’m sorry did centro finally beat the allegations. I remember a time on letsrun when everybody thought he was on the sauce. Fast forward to now you guys are debating his spikes? The guy was a dirty doper and now he gets to lay back and be an American Hero to you wackadoos. Hats off to centro he’s playing 4D chess, I thought forsure he’d be disgraced by now but I guess Galen’s still held in high regards.Bottom line dopers always win.
Wait, playing 4D chess means sitting back and doing nothing? And being a cheater? And not being disgraced when you should be? Hold on, that term is starting to make a lot more sense to me now….
