{"id":188891,"date":"2026-07-21T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/?p=188891"},"modified":"2026-07-21T08:09:51","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T06:09:51","slug":"linford-christies-eye-catching-moment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/fr\/sports\/linford-christies-eye-catching-moment\/","title":{"rendered":"Le moment marquant de Linford Christie"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- post header -->\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumn\">\n    <div class=\"col breadcrumb\">\n        <a href=\"\/fr\/\">Accueil<\/a>\/\n        <a href=\"\/fr\/category\/sports\/\">Sports<\/a>\/\n Le moment marquant de Linford Christie\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row rowPostHeaderImage headerImageAnim\">\n    <div class=\"scrollAnim\" \n        id=\"postHeaderImage\"\n         style=\"width:100%;position:relative;overflow:hidden;        aspect-ratio:2        ;\" >\n    <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\"\n        class=\"\"\n        src=\"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Linford-Chrisite-Catch-Up-Titelbild-scaled.jpg\" style=\"transition: 0.35s all;height:100%;width:100%;        object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n    \n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumnWide rowPostHeader\">\n    <div id=\"postHeaderText\" class=\"col tcenter\" >\n        <div class=\"cat\"><a class=\"secondary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/fr\/category\/sports\/\">Sports<\/a><\/div>\n        <div id=\"headerSocialIcons\" class=\"headerSocialIcons tleft\">\n            <a class=\"facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.puma-catchup.com%2Ffr%2Fsports%2Flinford-christies-eye-catching-moment%2F\" target=\"blank\"><\/a>\n            <a class=\"linkedin\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/sharing\/share-offsite\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.puma-catchup.com%2Ffr%2Fsports%2Flinford-christies-eye-catching-moment%2F\" target=\"blank\"><\/a>\n            <a class=\"x\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/fr\/sports\/linford-christies-eye-catching-moment\/&#038;text=\" target=\"blank\"><\/a>\n            <a class=\"pinterest\" href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.puma-catchup.com%2Ffr%2Fsports%2Flinford-christies-eye-catching-moment%2F\" target=\"blank\"><\/a>\n        <\/div>\n        <h1 class=\"\" ><strong>Le moment marquant de Linford Christie<\/strong><\/h1>\n        <div class=\"articleintro\" ><strong>Il y a 30 ans, une paire de lentilles de contact PUMA a fascin\u00e9 le monde entier et est entr\u00e9e dans l'histoire<\/strong><\/div>\n        <div class=\"date\">21 juillet 2026 <\/div>\n\n        <div id=\"\" class=\"headerSocialIconsMobile tcenter mobile\">\n            <a class=\"sharing\" id=\"mobileshare\" onclick='navigator.share({ \"title\": &quot;Linford Christie\\u2019s Eye-Catching Moment&quot;, \"text\": &quot;Discover how sprint legend Linford Christie turned a press conference in Atlanta into a lasting piece of sports and marketing history and created one of PUMA\\u2019s most memorable brand moments.&quot;, \"url\": \"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/fr\/sports\/linford-christies-eye-catching-moment\/\" })'  target=\"blank\"><\/a>\n            <a class=\"facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/fr\/sports\/linford-christies-eye-catching-moment\/\" target=\"blank\"><\/a>\n            <a class=\"linkedin\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/sharing\/share-offsite\/?url=https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/fr\/sports\/linford-christies-eye-catching-moment\/\" target=\"blank\"><\/a>\n            <a class=\"x\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.puma-catchup.com%2Ffr%2Fsports%2Flinford-christies-eye-catching-moment%2F&#038;text=\" target=\"blank\"><\/a>\n            <a class=\"pinterest\" href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.puma-catchup.com%2Ffr%2Fsports%2Flinford-christies-eye-catching-moment%2F\" target=\"blank\"><\/a>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<!-- row text single -->\n<div class=\"gradientnone\">\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumnWide spacing\">\n    <div class=\"col articleText\">\n        <div class=\"textStyle_default\" ><strong>Comment une simple conf\u00e9rence de presse peut-elle d\u00e9clencher un v\u00e9ritable toll\u00e9 m\u00e9diatique mondial ? La l\u00e9gende du sprint et champion olympique Linford Christie, l'un des athl\u00e8tes d'athl\u00e9tisme les plus titr\u00e9s de son \u00e9poque,<\/strong> <strong>savait comment faire.<\/strong><\/div>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<!-- row text single -->\n<div class=\"gradientnone\">\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumnWide spacing\">\n    <div class=\"col articleText\">\n        <div class=\"textStyle_default firstLetter\" >Alors que le monde entier avait les yeux riv\u00e9s sur lui lors des Jeux Olympiques d\u2019Atlanta en 1996, Linford a ripost\u00e9 en arborant une paire de lentilles de contact PUMA r\u00e9alis\u00e9es sur mesure, cr\u00e9ant ainsi l\u2019une des images les plus embl\u00e9matiques de l\u2019histoire du sport et du marketing. Trente ans plus tard, nous revenons sur ce moment exceptionnel.<\/div>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<!-- row headline -->\n<div class=\"row headlineBlock rowSingleColumnWide\">\n    <div class=\"col\" style=\"margin-bottom: 2px;\">\n        <h2 ><strong>La naissance d'un champion<\/strong><\/h2>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<!-- row text single -->\n<div class=\"gradientnone\">\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumnWide spacing\">\n    <div class=\"col articleText\">\n        <div class=\"textStyle_default\" >Linford a \u00e9t\u00e9 le premier athl\u00e8te de l'histoire \u00e0 d\u00e9tenir simultan\u00e9ment les titres olympiques, mondiaux, europ\u00e9ens et du Commonwealth sur 100 m\u00e8tres. Il a \u00e9tabli des records britanniques et europ\u00e9ens, remport\u00e9 l'or sur toutes les grandes sc\u00e8nes de ce sport et est devenu le premier Europ\u00e9en \u00e0 franchir la barre des 10 secondes. \u00c0 ce jour, il reste le plus vieux m\u00e9daill\u00e9 d'or du 100 m\u00e8tres masculin de l'histoire des Jeux Olympiques et des Championnats du monde.<\/div>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<!-- row text single -->\n<div class=\"gradientnone\">\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumnWide spacing\">\n    <div class=\"col articleText\">\n        <div class=\"textStyle_quote\" ><em>\u201c Il ne faut pas s'entra\u00eener comme un champion, mais comme celui qui veut rattraper le champion. \u201d<\/em><br><em><strong>\u2014 Linford Christie, 1997<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<!-- row image multi 1 -->\n<div class=\"row rowImages2b spacing\">\n\t<div class=\"\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row inner\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t    <div class=\"bgimage\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.777 ; background-image: url('https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1993_World-Team_Christie_Drechsler_Ottey_Jackson.jpg'); background-size: cover;background-position: 50% 13%;width:100%\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"descr\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tLes champions d'athl\u00e9tisme du \u201c Fantastic Four \u201d en 1993 : Linford Christie, Heike Drechsler, Merlene Ottey et Colin Jackson (de gauche \u00e0 droite)\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t    <div class=\"bgimage\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.777 ; background-image: url('https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/PUMA75-6.jpg'); background-size: cover;background-position: 36% 49%;width:100%\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"descr\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tToujours \u00e9troitement li\u00e9 \u00e0 PUMA, il s'est associ\u00e9 \u00e0 nouveau \u00e0 la marque en 2023 \u00e0 l'occasion de son 75e anniversaire\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t    <div class=\"bgimage\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.777 ; background-image: url(''); background-size: cover;background-position: 0% 0%;width:100%\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<!-- row headline -->\n<div class=\"row headlineBlock rowSingleColumnWide\">\n    <div class=\"col\" style=\"margin-bottom: 2px;\">\n        <h2 ><strong>PUMA : Amour et audace<\/strong><\/h2>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<!-- row text single -->\n<div class=\"gradientnone\">\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumnWide spacing\">\n    <div class=\"col articleText\">\n        <div class=\"textStyle_default\" >La personnalit\u00e9 de Linford \u00e9tait tout aussi singuli\u00e8re que ses performances. Ses exploits sportifs ne constituaient qu'une partie de l'h\u00e9ritage qu'il a laiss\u00e9.<br><br>Tout au long de sa carri\u00e8re, Linford n'a jamais h\u00e9sit\u00e9 \u00e0 rechercher des moyens originaux de montrer son attachement \u00e0 la marque, et PUMA lui a toujours laiss\u00e9 toute libert\u00e9 pour s'exprimer. Des tenues de course qui ne passaient pas inaper\u00e7ues, des choix stylistiques audacieux et des id\u00e9es cr\u00e9atives ont fait partie int\u00e9grante de son identit\u00e9 d'athl\u00e8te.<\/div>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<!-- row image slider -->\n\n<div class=\"row rowSlider1 spacing\">\n    <div class=\"col\">\n        <div class=\"arrowCircleCenter arrowBorder swiperoutside-button-prev swipeprev1eab461d-43ea-47a9-83d2-b8c00c40ad12\"><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\t<div id=\"swipe_1eab461d-43ea-47a9-83d2-b8c00c40ad12\" class=\"swiper myswiper scrollAnim\" data-ssize=\"1\" data-id=\"1eab461d-43ea-47a9-83d2-b8c00c40ad12\">\n\t\t<div class=\"swiper-wrapper\">\n                <div class=\"swiper-slide swiper-slide\">\n                    <div class=\"bgimage\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.56870229007634 ;background-image: url(https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1997_P_I_TF_Linford-Christie_PUMA-CELL.png);background-position: 50% 50%;\"><\/div>\n                    <div class=\"descr\">Linford Christie dans un surv\u00eatement argent\u00e9 <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"swiper-slide swiper-slide\">\n                    <div class=\"bgimage\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.666796875 ;background-image: url(https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1997_P_DIA_TF_Linford-Christie_Puma-footwear-launch-London_001-scaled.jpg);background-position: 50% 50%;\"><\/div>\n                    <div class=\"descr\">lors d'un \u00e9v\u00e9nement de lancement organis\u00e9 par PUMA en 1997<\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"swiper-slide swiper-slide\">\n                    <div class=\"bgimage\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.75 ;background-image: url(https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1994_P_I_TF_Linford-Christie_DISC_ASA-Fotografie_2-scaled.jpg);background-position: 50% 50%;\"><\/div>\n                    <div class=\"descr\">et avec un grand logo PUMA imprim\u00e9 sur son legging de sprint en 1994<\/div>\n                <\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n        <div class=\"col\">\n        <div class=\"arrowCircleCenter arrowBorder swiperoutside-button-next swipenext1eab461d-43ea-47a9-83d2-b8c00c40ad12\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<!-- row text single -->\n<div class=\"gradientnone\">\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumnWide spacing\">\n    <div class=\"col articleText\">\n        <div class=\"textStyle_quote\" ><em>\u201c J'ai eu la chance d'\u00eatre parrain\u00e9 par une marque qui m'a laiss\u00e9 toute libert\u00e9 cr\u00e9ative \u2013 c'est exactement ce qu'a fait PUMA. \u201d<\/em><br><em><strong>\u2014 Linford Christie, 2024<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<!-- row cols image text -->\n<div class=\"gradientnone\">\n<div class=\"row rowTwoColumnsNarrow spacing articleText\">\n    <div class=\"col\">\n            <div class=\"bgimage\" style=\" aspect-ratio: 0.91196498054475  ; background-image: url('https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1995_P_I_TF_Linford-Christie_Weltklasse-Zu\u2560erich-e1784185058716.jpg'); background-size: cover;background-position: 50% 50%;width:100%\"><\/div>\n            <div class=\"descr\">Linford au Weltklasse Z\u00fcrch en 1995<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"col\">\n            <div class=\"\" >Toujours pr\u00eat \u00e0 se d\u00e9passer pour aller encore plus loin, il a fait sensation lors du <em>Zurich, une ville de classe mondiale<\/em> lors d'une comp\u00e9tition d'athl\u00e9tisme en 1995, arborant un autocollant PUMA bien visible sur la poitrine.<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<!-- row text single -->\n<div class=\"gradientnone\">\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumnWide spacing\">\n    <div class=\"col articleText\">\n        <div class=\"textStyle_default\" >Pour les Jeux olympiques d'Atlanta, un an plus tard, il eut une id\u00e9e encore plus audacieuse \u2013 une id\u00e9e qui allait entrer dans les annales.<\/div>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<!-- row headline -->\n<div class=\"row headlineBlock rowSingleColumnWide\">\n    <div class=\"col\" style=\"margin-bottom: 2px;\">\n        <h2 ><strong>Les yeux qui ont captiv\u00e9 le monde entier<\/strong><\/h2>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<!-- row text single -->\n<div class=\"gradientnone\">\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumnWide spacing\">\n    <div class=\"col articleText\">\n        <div class=\"textStyle_default\" >Le 25 juillet 1996, la veille des s\u00e9ries pr\u00e9liminaires du 100 m\u00e8tres masculin, PUMA a organis\u00e9 une conf\u00e9rence de presse \u00e0 Atlanta.<br><br>Linford est arriv\u00e9, portant une paire de lunettes de soleil fonc\u00e9es, et s'est calmement install\u00e9 \u00e0 sa place. Quelques instants plus tard, il a retir\u00e9 ses lunettes.<br><br>Tout \u00e0 coup, tout le monde dans la pi\u00e8ce comprit ce qu'il avait cach\u00e9.<br><br>Derri\u00e8re les journalistes, on apercevait deux lentilles de contact d'un bleu \u00e9clatant arborant le logo embl\u00e9matique de PUMA : le f\u00e9lin bondissant.<\/div>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<!-- row image multi 1 -->\n<div class=\"row rowImages2b spacing\">\n\t<div class=\"\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row inner\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t    <div class=\"bgimage\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1 ; background-image: url('https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1996_P_DIA_TF_Linford-Christie_PUMA-contact-lenses_Press-Conference_Color.jpg'); background-size: cover;background-position: 50% 50%;width:100%\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"descr\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tLe moment embl\u00e9matique : Linford portant des lentilles de contact PUMA lors de la conf\u00e9rence de presse d'Atlanta en 1996\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t    <div class=\"bgimage\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1 ; background-image: url('https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Linford-Christie-1996_klein-scaled.jpg'); background-size: cover;background-position: 50% 50%;width:100%\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t    <div class=\"bgimage\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1 ; background-image: url(''); background-size: cover;background-position: 0% 0%;width:100%\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<!-- row cols image text -->\n<div class=\"gradientnone\">\n<div class=\"row rowTwoColumnsNarrow spacing articleText\">\n    <div class=\"col\">\n            <div class=\"\" >La r\u00e9action a \u00e9t\u00e9 imm\u00e9diate. Les flashs des appareils photo ont cr\u00e9pit\u00e9, les journalistes se sont pr\u00e9cipit\u00e9s pour immortaliser ce moment et les images de la conf\u00e9rence de presse ont rapidement fait le tour du monde. En quelques heures, l'\u00e9v\u00e9nement a fait la une de l'actualit\u00e9 mondiale.<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"col\">\n            <div class=\"bgimage\" style=\" aspect-ratio: 1.5185185185185  ; background-image: url('https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1996_Linford-Christie_Atlanta_Press.png'); background-size: cover;background-position: 50% 50%;width:100%\"><\/div>\n            <div class=\"descr\">L'attention m\u00e9diatique mondiale suscit\u00e9e par ce moment historique dans l'histoire du sport et du marketing<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<!-- row text single -->\n<div class=\"gradientnone\">\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumnWide spacing\">\n    <div class=\"col articleText\">\n        <div class=\"textStyle_default\" >Pascal Rolling, qui faisait partie de l'\u00e9quipe PUMA \u00e0 Atlanta, se souvient encore tr\u00e8s bien de ce moment.<\/div>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<!-- row text single -->\n<div class=\"gradientnone\">\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumnWide spacing\">\n    <div class=\"col articleText\">\n        <div class=\"textStyle_quote\" ><em>\u201c Lorsque Linford a retir\u00e9 ses lunettes de soleil, l'ambiance de la salle a chang\u00e9 du tout au tout. En quelques minutes, journalistes et photographes se sont pr\u00e9cipit\u00e9s pour couvrir l'\u00e9v\u00e9nement. Nous savions que nous venions d'assister \u00e0 quelque chose d'exceptionnel. \u201d<\/em><br><em><strong>\u2014 Pascal Rolling, directeur du marketing sportif (course \u00e0 pied)<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<!-- row text single -->\n<div class=\"gradientnone\">\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumnWide spacing\">\n    <div class=\"col articleText\">\n        <div class=\"textStyle_default\" >Malgr\u00e9 l'attention que cela a suscit\u00e9e, Linford a toujours affirm\u00e9 que cette id\u00e9e n'avait jamais eu pour objectif premier de faire de la publicit\u00e9. Elle refl\u00e9tait plut\u00f4t sa personnalit\u00e9 : prendre des risques, bousculer les attentes et trouver de nouvelles fa\u00e7ons d'insuffler de l'\u00e9nergie et du divertissement \u00e0 ce sport.<\/div>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<!-- row headline -->\n<div class=\"row headlineBlock rowSingleColumnWide\">\n    <div class=\"col\" style=\"margin-bottom: 2px;\">\n        <h2 ><strong>Un h\u00e9ritage qui perdure<\/strong><\/h2>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<!-- row text single -->\n<div class=\"gradientnone\">\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumnWide spacing\">\n    <div class=\"col articleText\">\n        <div class=\"textStyle_default\" >Les images d'Atlanta ont depuis longtemps d\u00e9pass\u00e9 le cadre du sport. Ce qui n'\u00e9tait au d\u00e9part qu'une id\u00e9e spontan\u00e9e d'un athl\u00e8te est devenu l'une des images embl\u00e9matiques de la culture sportive moderne \u2013 un moment iconique qui figure parmi les partenariats les plus m\u00e9morables jamais cr\u00e9\u00e9s entre un athl\u00e8te et une marque.<br>Ce moment reste l'un des plus embl\u00e9matiques et des plus souvent repris de l'histoire du marketing sportif, et il continue d'inspirer de nouvelles g\u00e9n\u00e9rations de campagnes et de cr\u00e9ations. Tout r\u00e9cemment, ce moment a refait surface dans la nouvelle campagne A$AP ROCKY x PUMA SUEDE \u201994.<\/div>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<!-- row image multi 1 -->\n<div class=\"row rowImages2 spacing\">\n\t<div class=\"\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row inner\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t    <div class=\"bgimage\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1 ; background-image: url('https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2026_SUEDE-ASAP-ROCKY_CHRISTIE.png'); background-size: cover;background-position: 50% 50%;width:100%\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"descr\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tLa nouvelle campagne A$AP ROCKY x PUMA SUEDE \u201994 met en avant ce moment l\u00e9gendaire\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t    <div class=\"bgimage\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1 ; background-image: url('https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2026_SUEDE-ASAP-ROCKY_CHRISTIE-2.png'); background-size: cover;background-position: 50% 50%;width:100%\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t    <div class=\"bgimage\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1 ; 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font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DavIdXZMbsb\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#038;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\">Un article publi\u00e9 par PUMA Sportstyle (@pumasportstyle)<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/blockquote> <script async type='text\/plain' class='optanon-category-C0004' src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script>\n        <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<!-- row text single -->\n<div class=\"gradientnone\">\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumnWide spacing\">\n    <div class=\"col articleText\">\n        <div class=\"textStyle_default\" ><strong>Trente ans plus tard, cette image reste imm\u00e9diatement reconnaissable. Une l\u00e9gende du sprint, une paire de lentilles de contact PUMA et un moment qui continue de d\u00e9montrer le pouvoir de la cr\u00e9ativit\u00e9, de la personnalit\u00e9 et de la libert\u00e9 de faire les choses autrement.<\/strong><\/div>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<!-- row image single -->\n<div class=\"row rowSingleColumnWide spacing\">\n\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t<div class=\"0 scrollAnim\" \n\t    \n\t     style=\"Wide;position:relative;overflow:hidden;\t;\" >\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\"\n\t    class=\"\"\n\t    src=\"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PUMA-Archive-Teaser.jpg\" style=\"transition: 0.35s all;height:100%;width:100%;\t    object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\"\/>\n\t    <\/div>\n\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>D\u00e9couvrez comment Linford Christie, l\u00e9gende du sprint, a transform\u00e9 une conf\u00e9rence de presse \u00e0 Atlanta en un \u00e9v\u00e9nement marquant de l'histoire du sport et du marketing, et a ainsi cr\u00e9\u00e9 l'un des moments les plus m\u00e9morables de l'histoire de la marque PUMA.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":188892,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_top_article":true,"is_featured_article":true,"EasyPostViewCounter":244,"meta-headline":"&lt;strong&gt;Linford Christie&rsquo;s Eye-Catching Moment&lt;\/strong&gt;","footnotes":""},"categories":[1091,18],"class_list":["post-188891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-our-legacy","category-sports"],"fullData":{"ID":188891,"post_author":"24","post_date":"2026-07-21 07:00:00","post_date_gmt":"2026-07-21 05:00:00","post_content":"<!-- wp:puma\/row-post-header {\"image\":{\"id\":188892,\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.puma-catchup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Linford-Chrisite-Catch-Up-Titelbild-scaled.jpg\"},\"headline\":\"\\u0026lt;strong\\u0026gt;Linford Christie\\u0026rsquo;s Eye-Catching Moment\\u0026lt;\/strong\\u0026gt;\",\"content\":\"\\u0026lt;strong\\u0026gt;30 years ago, a pair of PUMA contact lenses captivated the world and made history\\u0026lt;\/strong\\u0026gt;\",\"className\":\"\",\"previewImage\":\"\",\"lock\":\"\",\"metadata\":\"\",\"style\":\"\",\"TrpContentRestriction\":{\"restriction_type\":\"exclude\",\"selected_languages\":[],\"panel_open\":true}} \/-->\n\n<!-- wp:puma\/row-text-single {\"content\":\"\\u0026lt;strong\\u0026gt;How can a simple press conference spark a global media frenzy? 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