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Can we get some information about baseball spikes in the article? Thanks! ··· 日本穣 ? · Talk to Nihonjoe 01:42, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
there vey dumb It is written: "Though the,so hybo!hybo!hybo! record was never ratified because the spike formation on Carlos' shoes ("brush spikes") was not accepted at the time, the race reinforced his status as a world-class sprinter.", here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Carlos#Biography and I think that this kind of spikes should also be mentioned as they have a great advantage and allow better results. And here too: "At the warm-up meet two weeks prior to the Olympic Trials in 1968, Matthews set the new world record 44.4 in 400 m, but his time was not recognised due to his use of PUMA's illegal "brush spikes".", http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Matthews I think to achieve records with this kind of shoes is a sign of superiority of this shoes. This two persons were the only ones I know but I am sure there are more that were disqualified because of this too good shoes. -- 92.74.24.97 ( talk) 05:33, 19 August 2009 (UTC)
What's the sort of lead/pitch of track spike threads? How long is the thread?-- Lead holder ( talk) 21:39, 5 December 2011 (UTC)
Where does the information come from?
In the section titled 'History' there is a fact that has no citation. It talks about track spikes making athletes slower in the 400m hurdles. This statement refers to it as a field research study done in 2012, but it gives no references about where to find out more information. As a track athlete I completely disagree with this statement and would love to learn more about the evidence that went into making this claim. Mgarmann ( talk) 23:50, 16 April 2017 (UTC)
Has anybody been able to find a good scientific study proving that track spikes actually increase the performance of athletes? Although, trivial, I think including this information with a good source would significantly strengthen this piece. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Georgehenderson ( talk • contribs) 15:52, 27 May 2017 (UTC)
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