Steve Prefontaine, one of the most prolific runners of all time, took the track in multiple Nike silhouettes during his time in the spotlight. One pair, the Pre Montreal, directly inspires an upcoming colorway of the Nike Zoom Vaporfly 4, which will launch to coincide with the 2025 World Athletics Championship taking place in Tokyo, Japan.
The Vaporfly 4's performance-oriented design remains intact, but Nike applies a thin graphic pattern to make the sneaker appear like the Team USA colorway of the Pre Montreal shoe from 1972. The red, white, and blue upper from this pair is directly translated, as we see the front half of the model coated in blue, the back half in red, and the Swoosh, tongue, and eyelets come in a white hue.
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