The Nike ZoomX Dragonfly is the footwear of choice among many of the top distance runners – so what makes it so good? By Rick Pearson Published: 22 August 2023. BSR Agency // Getty Images.

The sneakers' foam padding is “bullshit,” according to Karsten Warholm, whose rival Rai Benjamin wore the ZoomX Dragonfly in their Olympic 400m hurdle race.

Nike has been outfitting Team USA track and field athletes with running sneakers since the 1972 Olympic trials. By. ... the Air Zoom Vaporfly Next% 2 and the racing spike ZoomX Dragonfly, ...

The Ugandan broke the 10,000m world record this week wearing the new Nike ZoomX Dragonfly spikes. Jack Rathborn. Assistant Sports Editor. Friday 09 October 2020 12:15 BST. Comments.

As with Nike’s Air Zoom Alphafly NEXT% shoe – worn by Kenyan long-distance runner Eliud Kipchoge, who ran an unofficial marathon in 1:59:40 in Vienna last October – are the ZoomX Dragonfly ...

Nike ZoomX Vaporfly Next% 2 review: Performance. As mentioned above, this shoe lives up to the hype — it’s fast, it’s bouncy and there’s a reason why most of the elite runners at the front ...

Now Nike is giving the Vaporfly a revamp. This comes in the form of the ZoomX Vaporfly Next% 3—we’ll call it the Vaporfly 3, for ease. The pricey $250 (£235) shoes have a new, more sculpted ...

Nike will surely use ZoomX in plenty more sneakers to come, but the VaporFly 4% is the only model that currently uses it. The shoe does feel good, though, and the heel specifically sort of springs ...

You wouldn’t need to be running’s own Sherlock Holmes to have noticed a shoe that’s featuring rather prominently in the distance events at the 2023 World Championships. It’s bright pink, and it’s ...