Ironman World Champion’s ‘thick’ shoes spark controversy

at the Ironman World Championships in Kona, Hawaii, Norway last week. Gustav Iden After 180km of biking and 3.8km of swimming, I ran a 2:36 marathon and made money his first world championship titleThe Iden is On’s unique carbon plate running shoe, cloudboom echo 3the reported stack height is 50mm, which is outside the World Athletics statutory stack height rule of 40mm for road running events.

Professional triathletes do not have to follow rules regarding the selection of running shoes, so Iden is allowed to wear these shoes in competition. world triathlon confirmed.

Despite athletics regulations governing shoe technology, such as limiting sole thickness, World Triathlon says it does not follow World Athletics standards and does not check shoes worn. It is not

Some fans of the sport want World Triathlon to follow suit in controlling competition stack heights. 2nd and 3rd place winners Sam Laidlaw France and the 2020 Olympic champions Kristan Blumenfeld Both wore WA regulated shoes, Nike Alphafly Next% and Asics Metaspeed Sky 2.

Aiden said after the race Interview with his sponsor On:

“In the last 10km I felt like I had an advantage coming back towards Kona…I had my sights set on winning, not just in the Cloudboom Echo 3 shoes. This shoe has been my motivation.”

State of the World Athletics Rules The sole thickness must not exceed 40mm and the shoe must not contain multiple rigid or recessed plates over the entire length of the shoe. The Cloudboom Echo 3 has a single carbon plate that runs the length of the shoe.

Canada’s Ben Flanagan He also wore the Cloudboom Echo 3 when he won the 2022 Falmouth Road Race. The 7-mile road race is not World Athletics sanctioned, so elites can wear shoes that are not normally permitted in national championship road races.

Iden made his Kona debut at the Ironman World Championships, winning with a time of 7:40:24, 11 minutes off his 2019 course record. Light from Ironman for Norwegian shoes.