For those we couldn’t get on our feet or in the lab, we researched best-selling sprinting shoes and selected our picks based on cushioning, spike layout, and any standout technologies we ...

These track spikes for sprinters are covered in an off-white colored synthetic upper and feature the pink swoosh logo that runs from the front to the side of the shoes. According to Nike ...

The spike plate (the forefoot platform into which pins are mounted) of a sprint shoe also has the maximum number of pins to provide as much traction as possible. By comparison, track distance ...

The all-new Mizuno Tokyo 7 is back for another go-around, and the latest version of the ultra-fast track spike is faster than ever. The shoe's full-length sprint plate houses an impressive nine ...

Made by the venerable (founded in 1948) Italian athletic shoe brand, Diadora, the Velocita Carbon quickly emerged as one of the most versatile spikes we tested. Suitable for sprint and middle ...

"Previously, the foam wasn't resilient enough to merit adding it into the shoe." The super spikes' other key component, stiff plates made of carbon fiber or hard plastic, help sprinters run on ...

The type of event you participate in should correlate to the kind of spikes on your track shoes. Sprint or mid-distance shoes have rigid soles and pointy tips that act as an extension of your foot ...

$450 (sprinting shoe) at Adidas $300 (running shoe) at Adidas The exact shoes that Lyles wore to make history at the Paris Olympics are the Adidas Adizero Prime SP3 Strung x Y-3 running spikes ...

We took a look at the tech inside the shoes to see what all the fuss is about. Photo/Video: Alexander Hotz/WSJ (Originally published Jan. 31, 2020) American sprinter Grant Holloway’s world ...