Nike launches Alphafly shoe to outpace tech doping outcry
18 February 2020 |
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Weeks after World Athletics, an international sports governing body issued a ban against a type of Nike's running shoe, Nike returned with a new model of the same running shoe that it says meets all competition guidelines.
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