Sir, – As an ancient marathoner, I look askance at the plethora of running records that have been broken (some by almost unbelievably large amounts) following the decision of World Athletics to permit the wearing of the so-called super-shoe in competitions.
Shortly after these shoes came on the scene, World Athletics banned their use in competitions, stating “they were distorting the record books”. Then in January last year the super-shoes were unbanned but with a few provisos, the main one being that the thickness of the heel material be no greater than 40mm. The big sports equipment companies who produce these shoes have a lot of financial and political clout and we can expect that those provisos will get watered down in the future, resulting in another plethora of world records.
And on and on it will go until eventually World Athletics will sanction the wearing of roller-skates. – Yours, etc,
MICK BOURKE,
Ann Ingle: Deliberately going out of my way to move for no particular reason has never appealed to me
Gerry Thornley: How about an alternative look at Ireland’s Six Nations win over England?
Is Ireland anti-Semitic, an outlier of tolerance or in the middle ground?
How risky is it to buy a second-hand EV?
Clane,
Co Kildare.
