Fila has entered into a five-year apparel agreement with the Netherlands Olympic Committee (NOC*NSF).

The South Korean manufacturer will provide all NOC*NSF-affiliated national teams with training kit, footwear, competition apparel, and award ceremony attire until 2022, a period which covers the three upcoming Olympic Games in the Asian cities of PyeongChang, Tokyo and Beijing. Since 2014, Fila has had a sponsorship agreement with the Royal Dutch Skating Federation (KNSB).

The financial terms of the deal have not been released.

Gene Yoon, the chairman of Fila, said: “The confidence and trust established as it relates to our background of competing together in international competitions with Sven Kramer and including the Netherlands Royal Dutch Skating Federation and its affiliated athletes helped this sponsorship to be rapidly finalised and that has a particularly poignant meaning.”

The Netherlands finished 11th in the overall medal table at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio. The European country won eight gold medals, with perhaps the most notable being Anna van der Breggen’s in the women's cycling road race on the opening weekend.