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2. Track spikes - Wikipedia

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   Track spikes, or just spikes, are a type of footwear featuring protruding spikes on the soles used by athletes when racing on the track. Some spikes are designed for longer-term training on tracks, but generally the shoes are used for racing. The term "spikes" can also refer to track shoes featuring such protrusions, though these are ...

3. Adolf Dassler - Wikipedia

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   Lina Radke, for example, the German middle distance runner who won gold in 1928, wore Dassler track shoes. [7] Likewise, a German gold medal runner wore Dassler shoes at the 1932 Los Angeles games. [11] The second key factor for the shoe firm in the early 1930s was the role sport played in the racial-nationalist philosophy of Hitler.

4. Adidas - Wikipedia

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   Dassler assisted in the development of spiked running shoes for multiple athletic events. To enhance the quality of spiked athletic footwear, he transitioned from a previous model of heavy metal spikes to utilising canvas and rubber. Dassler persuaded U.S. sprinter Jesse Owens to use his handmade spikes at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

5. Why Nike's Newest Track Spikes Are Basically Impossible ... - AOL

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   The post Why Nike’s Newest Track Spikes Are Basically Impossible to Get appeared first on InsideHook. Unless you’re a size 14.5, it’s pretty much impossible to get the Nike Dragonfly right ...

6. Cleat (shoe) - Wikipedia

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   Originally, spikes were made out of metal due to their strength and hardness. However, German engineers began experimenting with canvas and rubber spikes during the World War, in part to help find a more lightweight material. Finally, in the modern era, the most common type of track spike is made of plastic, due to being both cheap and easily ...

7. Hoka One One - Wikipedia

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   The brand's original, highest-cushion models [4] are now accompanied in the Hoka lineup by lighter-weight shoes that retain much of the brand's cushion, [5] [6] include lightweight training [7] and racing shoes, [8] and track spikes. [9] Hoka was purchased on April 1, 2013, by Deckers Brands, the parent company for UGG, Teva and other footwear ...