World record holder will wear Alphafly Next% shoes 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 they could give him a major advantage in the
London Marathon on Sunday.
The world record holder confirmed he would wear the Alphafly Next% shoes, which resemble platform shoes and are claimed to improve running
economy by between 5% and 8%, for the first time in an official race.