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Force everyone to wear the same shoe. All you get is a size choice (in both length and width). That's how they solved it for windsurfing - just forced everyone
by olegkikin 10y ago
Force everyone to wear the same shoe. All you get is a size choice (in both length and width).
That's how they solved it for windsurfing - just forced everyone to ride the same exact gear, no matter the weight of the athlete or how strong the wind is, even though normally these two factors are absolutely defining when you select which sail/board to ride.
The rule
“must not be constructed so as to give an athlete
any unfair additional assistance, including by the
incorporation of any technology which will give the
wearer any unfair advantage.”
doesn't make any sense. Of course shoes are slightly different, and so some are bound to be better than others. It's an unsolvable problem, unless you standardize the gear.
- brianwawok 10y agoExcept people have different needs in shoes. For example I can't run 3 miles in any shoe Nike makes without having a huge problem. The lasts do not fit my foot shape. But I can wear other brands perfectly.
- hasbot 10y agoIn sailing too, everybody has to sail the same class boat.
- deepnotderp 10y agoThis is a terrible idea. As a runner I can tell you that some people just don't work in some shoes, causing either some selection of pain, discomfort, injury, etc.
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