World Athletics is set to tighten regulations regarding high-tech running shoes
The governing body's council has been considering the recommendations of a group of experts, with an announcement expected on Friday.
Amid fears of the threat of a potential legal challenge, the review panel has chosen not to impose a blanket ban on Nike's controversial Vaporfly range but some modified versions could be barred from elite competition under new temporary rules designed to bring athletes before the Olympics begin in Tokyo in July.
Those rules will restrict the thickness of the shoes' soles, although there will also be an announcement of a new longer-term biometric study of the technology being used in both distance and track running.
Manufacturers will be asked to submit any existing new prototypes to World Athletics - formerly known as the IAAF - for approval before being used in major competitions, and halt any further technology until after the Olympics.
Current rules state "shoes must not be constructed so as to give athletes any unfair assistance or advantage - and any type of shoe used must be reasonably available to all in the spirit of the universality of athletics.
The governing body's council has been considering the recommendations of a group of experts, with an announcement expected on Friday.
Amid fears of the threat of a potential legal challenge, the review panel has chosen not to impose a blanket ban on Nike's controversial Vaporfly range but some modified versions could be barred from elite competition under new temporary rules designed to bring athletes before the Olympics begin in Tokyo in July.
Those rules will restrict the thickness of the shoes' soles, although there will also be an announcement of a new longer-term biometric study of the technology being used in both distance and track running.
Manufacturers will be asked to submit any existing new prototypes to World Athletics - formerly known as the IAAF - for approval before being used in major competitions, and halt any further technology until after the Olympics.
Current rules state "shoes must not be constructed so as to give athletes any unfair assistance or advantage - and any type of shoe used must be reasonably available to all in the spirit of the universality of athletics.
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