The Best Running Shoes of the World

Around the world, the following four running shoe brands are the most famous ones. The most recognized brands of running shoes star are: the United States, Saucony, New Balance, Brooks, and Japan's Asics.
KIHACHIRO ONITSUKA created the Asics predecessor in Kobe, Japan, in the year of 1949. In the early years of Asics, it was more like a shoe factory. And the company had its new name "ONITSUKA TIGER" in the year of 1950.
The company's first big breakthrough came in 1951, a long-distance runner who wearing TIGER shoes won the first prize in Boston marathon race. The company also made a great progress in the indoor sports shoes, with the advent of CUPSOLE, which ensured a stability and better performance footwear. In the preparatory process for the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games, KIHACHIRO ONITSUKA set the company's operating philosophy: to develop the most suitable products for the movement. The new rubber formula provide good cushioning properties, so the magic running shoes was born in 1960. The magic shoes were designed with ventilation system. In 1961, the first pair of running shoes for the Marathon legend ABEBEBIKILA, was the TIGER shoes. To make the shoes more comfortable affixed to the foot, the TIGER measured more than 20,000 feet, for the selecting of the shoes technical reference material. In the 1964 Tokyo Olympics Games, 46 medal winners were dressed on TIGER brand shoes. Australia athlete DEREK CLAYTON broke the marathon record with a shock time. The upper material of TIGER shoes he worn was made up of NYLON material, at that time it was the unique one. In the same year, recording to the first footwear survey published by the RUNNER WORLD magazine, TIGER was in the top list in the testing five jogging shoe brands. By the year of 1970, TIGER became America's largest running shoe manufacturer and nearly 70% of famous athletes were worn TIGER shoes. Nearly 80% volleyball players in the 1972 Munich Olympics games worn TIGER shoes. Since the Munich Olympics, TIGER began to flourish in Europe. Accompanied with the acquisition of several small companies, ASICS Corporation was formally established in 1977.
The name ASICS is an acronym for "ANIMA SANA IN CORPORE SANO". ASIC-GEL, the super shock-absorbing rubber, AHAR super wear-resistant rubber, DUOSOLE super wear-resistant and non-slip large and medium-sized soles, super flexibility soles of SPEVA, DUOMAX dual density anti-tilt device, TRUSSTIC elastic shock sole are all ASICS patented technologies, under its high-tech, high-quality standard in its production. With several science and technology combined together, when you wear ASIC shoes, you can not only benefit from its protection function, but also the sports pleasure.
The 1992 Barcelona Olympic Game became the new peak period for ASIC, in which year ASIC became the first Olympic Games officially sports shoes sponsor. In the year of 2002, ASICS was in the top five sport brands, and all the global professional athletes and sports enthusiasts loved this well-known brand very much. The new trademark was changed in the year of 2006. In the 1980s, ASICS had sponsored Chinese men and women basketball team, and it also sponsored the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games Chinese sports delegation. We should learn from ASICS, their spirit of helping others.