Nike has now duly launched the latest incarnation of the shoe – the Air Zoom Alphafly Next – with one carbon plate and a sole thickness of 39.5mm, as well as newly added air pockets.
“We are pleased the Nike Zoom Vaporfly series and Nike Zoom Alphafly Next remain legal,” said the U.S company. “We will continue our dialogue with World Athletics and the industry on new standards.”
A Wall Street Journal report said limited numbers of the new Alphafly shoes will be made available to the public online this month, thereby meeting one of World Athletics’s eligibility requirements for the shoe to be used at this year’s Tokyo Olympics.