Jannard, wearing a sport shirt, slacks and casual Oakley shoes, took a seat in the posh offices.

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Onitsuka started out trying to make basketball shoes, betting that the sport was about to take off in Japan.

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The girls were divided into teams, each named after a famous female technologist or scientist, and asked to come up with a new piece of sport technology, from apps through to running shoes.

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The crested blazer and modern sport jacket trace back to Princeton, as well as the emergence of white flannel trousers and buckskin shoes.

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Robles said all along he was going to retire after Philadelphia, but when he won his title, careful eyes noticed that he didn't leave his shoes on the mat a solemn rite wrestlers sometimes perform when they walk away from the sport.

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