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Should this article mention more explicitly that this is an unofficial record?
There are various ways to define what an official time is, of course, but the current consensus seems to be the IAAF rules. Kipchoge also holds the record there.
A big, obvious relative advantage of this event was the team of pacemakers, who confer both aerodynamic and psychological advantages.
Khromegnome (
talk) 05:30, 13 October 2019 (UTC)reply
Special Shoes
What were the special shoes mentioned? Do they conform to IAAF or any other sets of rules?
Khromegnome (
talk) 05:33, 13 October 2019 (UTC)reply
They were from Nike, one of the sponsors. I don't think it's been decided specifically whether the shoes are against IAAF rules, since the whole thing is already disqualified from being an official record for other reasons.
Robofish (
talk) 09:11, 13 October 2019 (UTC)reply
That's now noted in the article with a reference.
Khromegnome (
talk) 15:52, 13 October 2019 (UTC)reply
Mande Bushendich
The link in the reference to Mande Bushendich no longer exists and is not archived. — Preceding
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Applepants03 (
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contribs) 17:08, 14 October 2019 (UTC)reply
I'm aware that the letter K contains a sideways V, but the pacemakers' formation is referred to as both of these letters. Kindly standardize.
Splićanin (
talk) 02:55, 15 June 2020 (UTC)reply
Come to think about it, K consists of three V's. Funny.
Splićanin (
talk) 02:56, 15 June 2020 (UTC)reply
I actually don't see the formation referred to as a "K" in any of the current sources. I changed it to V. If any sources call it a K (I didn't find any), they are certainly outnumbered by the sources calling it a V, which is all I found in a quick search.
JimKaatFan (
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