Sporting super spikes: how do they work?
Science Weekly
In the lead-up to the athletics competitions at the Tokyo Olympic Games 2020, Shivani Dave takes look at how advances in running shoe technology are resulting in records being smashed. Talking to Geoff Burns, a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Michigan who specialises in biomechanics, Shivani asks how so-called βsuper spikesβ work and if the mechanical advantage they provide is fair. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/sciencepodNext Episodes
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