Seems like a logical direction to take the shoe technology. Very controversial as well. Anything going on in those circles?
Seems like a logical direction to take the shoe technology. Very controversial as well. Anything going on in those circles?
Yes. In 1957. From wikipedia article on Yuri Stepanov:
In 1957 he set a world record at a Leningrad-Helsinki athletic meet. A close-up photograph taken during the event showed that Stepanov used shoes with thick porous soles that acted as a trampoline. While not forbidden by the rules, the use of such shoes was criticized by the foreign media, but was countered by the Soviets that the thick sole was added merely to reduce the risk of injury. After this event, the thickness of the sole was limited to 12 mm by the IAAF. As a result of excessive media attention to the validity of his results, around 1959 Stepanov developed a depression that resulted in his hospitalization in 1959, alcoholism, divorce in 1961 and suicide in 1963.
Wow. Sad story.
when's the vaporfly pole vault coming out
to the moon baby wrote:
when's the vaporfly pole vault coming out
This too has already been taken care of after the 1972 Olympics.
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2335693-munich-olympics-1972-the-other-controversy-you-may-have-forgottenstepanov wrote:As a result of excessive media attention to the validity of his results, around 1959 Stepanov developed a depression that resulted in his hospitalization in 1959, alcoholism, divorce in 1961 and suicide in 1963.
That's not how it works.