The name adidas came from the founder, Adolf “Adi” Dassler's name. He used his nickname, Adi, and the first three letters of his last name, Das, to create adidas.

Adidas has announced the release of the Adizero Adios Pro Evo 1, its lightest – and supposedly fastest – supershoe yet.

Look for the tag on the product which will have the size and other product information mainly inside the shoe that is behind the tongue of the shoe. Real Adidas shoes have tags with serial numbers for the left and right shoe. However, a fake product will have the same serial number on both shoes.

The Y stands for Yohji Yamamoto. The 3 represents adidas' three stripes. The - signifies the bond between the two. adidas.com/Y_3.