Nope, not adidas. Here’s a 1979 vintage three stripes sneaker ad by JCPenney for their U.S.A. Olympics model sneakers.
Ad info is below:
The shoe built to take this pounding mile after mile.
Every time you run a mile you pound each-foot down about a thousand times. Each one of those footfalls exerts up to 500 pounds of force. You're looking at the shoe built to take that kind of pressure, and a lot more. New U.S.A. Olympics'." They're built to take the pounding. Cushion the shock, and provide the comfort. Stride after stride. Mile after mile.
At the affordable low price of $17.99. An time you buy a pair JCPenney tribute 50¢ to the U.S. Olympic Committee. U.S.A. Olympics': available at JCPenney or through the catalog jogging, tennis, and basketball For men, worn boys. The shoes take it.
INTRODUCING U.S.A. OLYMPICS
THE SHOE BUILT TO TAKE IT.
Only at JCPenney
