
One Year In, the CEO of Sport Is Taking Nike Back to Its Roots
Showing up for athletes, igniting employee pride, restoring relationships, stoking innovation. Elliott Hill has accomplished a lot in a year. He says there's far more to come.


It took more than a decade to crack it: shoes that can connect your body to your mind to help you stay calm, focused and present.

Showing up for athletes, igniting employee pride, restoring relationships, stoking innovation. Elliott Hill has accomplished a lot in a year. He says there's far more to come.

How do you convince athletes that, while what they're currently wearing may work, the prototype they're holding in their hands has the makings of something special?

Melitta Baumeister has built a reputation for turning the everyday into something extraordinary—blurring the line between fashion and sculpture with pieces that seem to hold movement inside them. Now, she's bringing that sculptural approach to Nike.

The material innovation harnesses the power of the air moving around you to help maximise your body's natural cooling mechanisms.

Get a behind-the-scenes look of Nike's World Headquarters and the places where we create, design and dream, all to serve athletes.

Created from the experimentation and ingenuity of Nike's co-founder Bill Bowerman, the Nike Moon Shoe's unique design would shape the future of running for decades.

This is where listening to the athlete is made manifest.

One simple way, says our expert, is by finding out how efficiently you're running.

Before Nike was a worldwide sports brand, it was an upstart company in need of an eye-catching visual identity. Here's the real story of the Swoosh.

The 1973 Pre Montreal racing spike was an innovation worthy of its rising-star endorser, Steve Prefontaine.

Last year's 800-metre gold medallist has found her championship form again after a year of injuries. Integral to her comeback are the people and places she holds close.

The shoes. The hair. The finish. At the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Shelly-Ann, a five-time world champion, ended her career her way.

Amateur teams from China's Rise Academy and the LA-based Cal Stars and Veritas Academy went head to head during LeBron's China tour. There in attendance to cheer them on: the King himself.

On 14 September, MJW concluded her perfect season by winning gold in Tokyo, running a 10.61 in the 100m, good for a championship record and fourth-place all time in the event.

The American hurdler will go for his first gold medal at the World Championships in Tokyo. His many identities—as an individual and teammate, as the son of Caribbean immigrants and as a proud American—are what ground his success.

True support for young basketball athletes goes beyond gifting gear. To elevate players and the game, Nike's created a deep network of platforms, mentorships and opportunities—and there's no better way to see the effects than through this summer's grassroots tourney play.

Powering up steep ascents. Navigating gnarly descents. Whipping mountain winds. Ultra trail running is a relentless sport. But the payoff is well worth the grind.

The 16-year-old half-miler will run in Tokyo as Team USA's youngest-ever competitor, but his capacity as a leader has been long in the making.