Nike ACG Radical Airflow Shirt

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Varghese, D. (2026, October 15). Nike ACG Radical Airflow Shirt. TIME. https://time.com/collection/best-inventions/2026/nike-acg-radical-airflow-shirt/

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TIME · collected 2026-10-19 · by Daniel Varghese

Quick Summary

Nike’s All Conditions Gear line has been revamped for trail running with a new shirt designed to enhance cooling during long-distance races. Introduced at last year’s Western States 100-Mile Endurance Run, the Radical Airflow Shirt features hundreds of funnel-shaped perforations that use the Venturi effect to draw cool air closer to the skin as runners move. Nike athlete Caleb Olson won the race while wearing this shirt and was only two minutes behind the course record despite extreme heat conditions. The shirt is now available for purchase.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-19, using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the same event (that is the story summary below).

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Story summary

Nike recently relaunched its "All Conditions Gear" (ACG) line in 2024 with a focus on trail running rather than casual hiking. At last year’s Western States 100-Mile Endurance Run, Nike equipped ACG athlete Caleb Olson with the Radical Airflow Shirt, which features hundreds of large funnel-shaped holes designed to cool the body through the Venturi effect as runners move. Despite extremely hot conditions, Olson won the race and finished just two minutes off the course record. The shirt is now available for public purchase.

Written for “Nike Apparel Launch” on 2026-10-19, grounded in this article and the 0 other(s) covering the same event.
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Story

📰 Nike Apparel Launch
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Claims extracted
5
sentences that state something as happening or true
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0%
0 of 5 hedged ("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
59/100
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Outlets on this story
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TIME · 641 article(s) · 2 correction(s) detected
Running correction rate · 2 correction(s)
2026-10-19
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2026-09-17
Kerry James Marshall

Who wrote this

Daniel Varghese
1 article(s) here · 0 carrying a prediction
The only article under this byline in the corpus.

Topics

ACG Beaverton Nike Western States 100-Mile Endurance Run the Radical Airflow Shirt

Subjects

Nike ORG · 3× ACG ORG · 1× Beaverton ORG · 1× Caleb Olson PERSON · 1× Daniel Varghese PERSON · 1× Olson PERSON · 1×

Narrative

But when Beaverton began conceptualizing a relaunch of the line in 2024, the designers shifted their focus to the growing sport of trail running, where marquee races are rarely shorter than 50km.
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-10-19
2026-10-19 · TIME
Nike ACG Radical Airflow Shirt · assertive framing

Claims (5 extracted, 0 hedged)

Nike’s “All Conditions Gear” label has historically been focused on casual hiking. asserted
label → focus → hiking
But when Beaverton began conceptualizing a relaunch of the line in 2024, the designers shifted their focus to the growing sport of trail running, where marquee races are rarely shorter than 50km. asserted
races → begin → km
At last year’s Western States 100-Mile Endurance Run, Nike equipped ACG athlete Caleb Olson with the Radical Airflow Shirt, a loose-fitting long sleeve pocked with hundreds of large holes. asserted
Nike → equip → holes
Each of these perforations is shaped like a funnel, leveraging the Venturi effect to suck cooling air to the skin as you run. asserted
you → shape → skin
Despite sweltering conditions, Olson not only managed to win the race, but was only two minutes off the course record. asserted
Olson → manage → record
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