Supplementary File 4: list of shoes used in sprint events during the 2021-2022 seasons 
considered to include AFT 
 
AFT was defined as per Healey et al. (2022), whereby a superspike incorporates “a 
combination of lightweight, compliant and resilient foams (and/or air pods) with a stiff 
(nylon, PEBA, carbon-fiber) plate”. 
 
§ Adidas Adizero Prime SP2 
§ Adidas Adizero Avanti TYO  
§ Asics Metaspeed SP 0  
§ New Balance FuelCell Sigma SD-X  
§ New Balance FuelCell SuperComp PWR-X 
§ New Balance SuperComp MDX 
§ Nike Air Zoom Maxfly 
§ Nike Air Zoom Victory 
§ Puma evoSPEED Tokyo Nitro 
§ Puma evoSPEED Tokyo Nitro 400 
 
 
 
 
 

The potential impact of advanced footwear technology on the recent evolution of elite sprint performances.
Mason, Joel,Niedziela, Dominik,Morin, Jean-Benoit,Groll, Andreas,Zech, Astrid