Peak-sponsored USA Team takes home 11 gold medals
HONG KONG, Aug. 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Peak Sport Products Co., Limited ("Peak," together with its subsidiaries, collectively the "Group," Stock Code: 1968.HK) strengthened its presence in world class competitions again at the 27th Summer Universiade in Kazan, Russia when the Peak-sponsored USA team (the "U.S. Team") took home 40 medals, including 11 gold, 14 silver and 15 bronze medals in track and field, basketball and swimming.
All the members of the Peak-sponsored US Team at the Kazan Summer Universiade were college students and this represented the first time that the U.S. Team used non-domestically produced sports products.
All the officials and athletes of the U.S. Team approved of the sports products supplied by Peak, with one athlete commenting, "Peak's products performed very well; their products are very professional and very comfortable, and the design is great and suitable for young people."
Peak, a long-term official partner for a number of top-level global sport leagues including the NBA, FIBA and WTA has endorsement agreements with approximately 20 NBA players including superstar Tony Parker as well as several WTA players, and is recognized as one of the world's most well-known sports brands.
Xu Zhihua, the CEO of Peak, commented, "I am so happy to see all of the players of the U.S. Team compete so hard at the Kazan Summer Universiade, and we are especially proud that athletes wearing Peak's apparel products ascended the podium over 40 times during the course of the competition. With such tremendous effort and success like this, we have no doubt that young people around the world are starting to recognize Peak as an international sportswear brand."
About PEAK:
Peak is a leading branded sportswear company in China and obtained its listing on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on 29 September 2009. The Group is primarily engaged in designing, developing, manufacturing, distributing and marketing sports products under the 'PEAK" brand. The Group's products are exported to over 70 countries. The Group has been maintaining long-term cooperative relationships with the NBA, FIBA and WTA.
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