The adidas Gazelle Prepares for the 2024 'Olympics'

The have released an ‘Olympics’ ahead of the Paris Games, paying homage to the model’s roots in sport and continuing its affiliation with the elite event.

Despite now gracing the feet of the , the Gazelle started as a humble training shoe. It first started as a model from the early 1960s called the ‘Olympiade’, before it was then turned into the Gazelle in 1966. There were two OG iterations, with the red variation for indoor sports and the blue for training. The latter became the go-to training shoe in the 1960s-70s and was soon an essential in the kit of professional athletes. The trainer was even promoted by Mark Spitz, who was considered the best swimmer of all time before Michael Phelps. No, he didn’t wear them in the pool, but he did thrust his blue pair into the air on the podium at the 1972 Games.

The ‘Olympic’ Gazelles have a dark red base with a lateral pinstripe creating length. A lighter red hits the suede T-toe and eyelets, whereas green rounds it out on the heel cuff. White adds contrast on the Three Stripes, laces, tongue and sock liner. The defining feature is of course the Olympic torch on the tongue, which has the adidas Trefoil embedded in it. The yellow in the torch complements the gold foil on the Gazelle branding, and the green and red also match other features of the design.

The adidas Gazelle ‘Olympics’ is available right now on Offspring. Hit the link below to cop.