Egypt's Olympic team gets free Nike clothing

Mohamed Abd Elbaki of Egypt attempts a lift in the Men's 62kg group B weightlifting event at the Beijing University of Aeronautics & Astronautics Gymnasium on Day 3 of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 11, 2008 in Beijing, China. (August 11, 2008 - Source: Quinn Rooney/Getty Images AsiaPac)  (Quinn Rooney/Getty Images AsiaPac)
Mohamed Abd Elbaki of Egypt attempts a lift in the Men's 62kg group B weightlifting event at the Beijing University of Aeronautics & Astronautics Gymnasium on Day 3 of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 11, 2008 in Beijing, China. (August 11, 2008 - Source: Quinn Rooney/Getty Images AsiaPac) (Quinn Rooney/Getty Images AsiaPac)
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Updated: 7/27/2012 4:15 pm
I'm not a fan of what Nike's done to college football uniforms.

But this is a nice gesture of the part of Nike: Egypt's Olympic team won't be wearing Chinese knockoffs at the London Games.

Here's the story from The Associated Press:

LONDON (AP) - Egypt's Olympic team won't be wearing Chinese knockoffs at the London Games.

Nike said Friday it was donating its gear to the Egyptian athletes. The announcement came two days after the country's Olympic committee chairman said he had gone with a Chinese distributor because the real thing was just too expensive.

The company says "we are extremely happy that while these athletes are enjoying the greatest sporting event they will be able to wear genuine Nike product."

Egyptian delegation head Maj. Gen. Ahmed Fouly said Egypt had offered to pay for the gear on Thursday, but Nike said Friday it would provide it all for free.

A little free (good) publicity never hurts a company, either.

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