Is This Shoe So Good It's Cheating?

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This shoe was almost BANNED from the Olympics because it helped runners go too fast! It’s called a “supershoe” and here’s why they’re so good...

Before “supershoes,” a good “energy return” rate was 60-65%. Now? More like 80%. WAY more of the runner’s energy that they get to reuse. These new super shoes helped runners CRUSH world records and people complained the shoes gave them an “unfair advantage”. In the end, regulators decided not to ban the shoes, just add a few limits to the design, but it’s part of a huge debate in sports about “TECH DOPING” - what tech is TOO GOOD? And what simply makes humans better?

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