encouraging the development and use of new technologies in athletics and the preservation of the fundamental characteristics of the sport: accessibility, universality and fairness."

In a statement Nike said: "We respect the spirit of the rules and we do not create any running shoes that return more energy than the runner expends."

A New York Times study external-link of results from more than a million amateur races suggested runners using Vaporflys were running 4-5% faster than they would in an 'average'' running shoe.

The five fastest marathons of all time have been run in the past 16 months by athletes wearing varying forms of the Vaporfly technology.

American runner Kara Goucher has spoken of her fears she may have narrowly missed out on qualification for the US marathon team at the 2016A Manhattan judge has ordered the Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB) to release the number of substantiated disciplinary complaints filed against Daniel Pantaleo, the NYPD officer who put Eric Garner in a fatal chokehold just over a year ago in Staten Island.

The ruling, which addresses complaints made before the chokehold incident last July 17th, settles a lawsuit filed this February by the Legal Aid Society against the CCRB, after Legal Aid Attorney Cynthia Conti-Cook's December FOIL request for the records was denied.

"If our government, through the Civilian Complaint Review Board and New York Police Department, has a record of substantiated misconduct by Officer Pantaleo that pre-dated Mr. Garner's death, the public has a right to know about it," said Legal Aid Attorney Tina Luongo, in a statement. "The