The Paris Olympics 2024 is only months away. In this highly anticipated event that will run from 26th July to 11th August, many athletes, including Simone Biles, Michael Andrew, and Sha‘Carri Richardson, look forward to showcasing top-notch performances while representing the United States in Paris. In light of this news, the following year’s Big Game, which will host 700 competitions, will also return an iconic shoe for the event.

Amid helping to achieve gold in the 2000 Olympics held in Sydney, Nike has decided to grace the Olympics fans with a new surprise. The American brand, worth $156.25 billion, teased the comeback of the iconic shoes that helped the US basketball team etch its name in history on social media, leaving the internet in a frenzy.

Legendary shoes to make a comeback at Paris

On October 24, Nice Kicks posted an intriguing tweet on X. According to the tweet, “Air Jordan 6 “Olympics” are set for 2024.” The pair worn by California-based athlete Ray Allen and assistant coach of Milwaukee Bucks, Vin Baker, to clinch gold for the USA in basketball against team France in the 2000 Summer Olympics will hit the shelves again with a new look in Fall 2024.

Since the 2000 Olympics, the shoes have only been seen once in the 2012 Olympics held in London. The original pair with white, red, blue, and red colors representing patriotic sentiment was slightly revamped. In the 2012 event, the kicks also possessed stripping on the midsole part of the shoe.

Interestingly, this news comes weeks after the billion-dollar brand decided to join hands with the Olympic Refugee Foundation to help young people. This initiative has started for the Olympics to help young girls and women affected by displacement.

Nike collaborates with the ORF

Months before the Olympics, Nike has decided to provide sportswear to help the Olympic Refugee Foundation (ORF). Intriguingly, the brand will also work with ORF, which aims to uplift young people who have been displaced due to unfortunate circumstances in many other ways. The American brand will provide many facilities, including additional coaches, a safe environment for training, and competition uniforms for refugee athletes. Amid this collaboration, the ORF team also posted a tweet stating, “Together with Nike, we are collaborating to facilitate access to sports for refugees and displaced people.”

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In essence, from helping the refugee athletes to bringing back the Air Jordans, with the help of Nike, the 2024 Paris Olympics will certainly be one of a kind. Now the fans are girded up for staunch athletes to wear the restored kicks as they strike their magic on the soil of Paris.

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