埃及代表團穿山寨耐克參加奧運 源自中國製造

Yomna Khallaf said her workout bags had a big Nike logo in the front but the zippers had an Adidas branding on them.

The Egyptian Olympic Committee (EOC) secretary general, Motaz Sonbol, said they were shocked to find that the gear was not "directly from Nike".

Nike said it was "concerned" athletes may have received products that do not meet the company's quality standards.

A Nike spokesman said the company was recently made aware that the EOC chose a sports gear vendor who allegedly supplied counterfeit footwear and apparel bearing the Nike trademarks.

The company said it was now in discussions with the EOC to see if a solution could be reached.

But the committee's chairman, Gen Mahmoud Ahmed Ali, defended the decision to go for the "counterfeit" gear because of his country's tight finances, AP reports.

"We signed with a Chinese distributor in light of Egypt's economic situation," he said. Ms Khallaf tweeted that she had to spend more than $300 (£195) of her own money to buy satisfactory gear.

The general accepted no responsibility for the counterfeit goods, telling Ahram Online: 'You can never tell the difference between the original and the fake ones.'

BBC Arab Affairs Editor Shaimaa Khalil says the incident has caused a major controversy on social media, with some users describing it as a disgrace.

Egypt is being represented by 112 Olympians at London 2012.【新聞快訊】

埃及游泳運動員卡拉夫在博客中抱怨，雖然埃及代表團的服裝上面印了一個大大的耐克LOGO，但拉鍊上面的商標卻是阿迪達斯。她自己已經花了300多美元來購買更優質的訓練套裝。

埃及奧組委主席阿默德·阿里最近承認，埃及代表團運動員所使用的耐克服裝和揹包均是贗品。不過阿默德·阿里表示，即便這是贗品，但質量也足夠好：“考慮到目前埃及的經濟形勢，我們與一家來自中國的經銷商簽訂了協議。” 本週三，阿默德·阿里在接受美聯社採訪時說道。他還表示，真貨的價格實在太貴，目前埃及的財政狀況負擔不了如此費用。

耐克公司已經在星期三發表了聲明：“我們高度關注此事，如果情況屬實，那麼那些運動員所穿戴的耐克產品根本沒有達到正品耐克的質量標準。” 耐克還表示幾周前他們就試着與埃及奧組委聯繫，但沒有結果。目前，他們要求埃及方面立馬採取行動：“我們目前正在與他們討論，看看能否商討出解決辦法。”

國內動盪不安的政治局勢，已經讓埃及的旅遊業連續17個月受到重創，也讓埃及的匯率持續受到影響。阿默德·阿里表示，他們在與中國經銷商接觸前考慮了一些其他選擇，但最終還是接受了中國經銷商的報價。因爲，那些大體育用品公司的報價會讓他們爲每個運動員花費300到500美元，這不是埃及代表團能負擔得起的。

“這是很大一筆錢，尤其是在我們有112名運動員的情況下。另外，別忘了我們還有教練，管理人員和醫生一起前往倫敦。”阿默德·阿里說。