The battle for supremacy among running’s biggest brands intensified on Sunday when the women’s marathon world record was obliterated in a pair of new ultra-light £400 Adidas super shoes that are supposedly designed to last for just one race.
Ethiopia’s Tigist Assefa crossed the line in 2hr 11min 53sec, shaving more than two minutes off Brigid Kosgei’s 2019 landmark of 2hr 14min 04sec. A former 800m specialist, Assefa only raced the marathon for the first time last year before winning the 2022 Berlin race with what was then the third fastest women’s run in history.
Kosgei’s record, which itself beat Paula Radcliffe’s 2003 world record of 2hr 15min 25sec, was also set in the era of the new super-cushioned carbon-plated shoes that emerged in 2016 with Nike’s Vaporfly and then Alphafly innovations. Read More
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