Cairo ( CNN ) -- Members of Egypt 's Olympic team were given fake Nike gear to wear during training in London , athletes and a distributor said . Synchronized swimmer Yomna Khallaf described the kit Egypt 's athletes received in a series of Twitter posts this week . `` The bags for example have ( a ) big Nike logo in the front and the zippers are Adidas , '' Khallaf wrote . Officials accepted a bid from an unauthorized vendor who offered Nike gear at half the price , according to Adly el-Shafie , the commercial director of Nike 's only agent and distributor in Egypt . El-Shafie said he notified Egyptian officials twice that they had purchased counterfeit gear from an unauthorized distributor , but received no response . `` The scandal was clear when Egypt 's Olympic fencing team approached us complaining about the sizes of their training kit and attire to be worn around the Olympic Village , '' said el-Shafie , commercial director of Allied Trading and Consulting . A senior official from the Egyptian Olympic Committee 's London delegation declined CNN 's request for comment . But Egypt 's top Olympics official defended the move in an interview with the state-owned Ahram Online news site . `` We bought the clothing from a Nike agent . You can never tell the difference between the original and the fake ones , '' Gen. Mahmoud Ahmed Ali , chairman of the Egyptian Olympic Committee , told Ahram Online . `` All Nike products in the Egyptian market are made in China . They all have the same logo . How can you know ? '' Ali urged the U.S.-based company to trace the agent who sold them the counterfeit clothing and to `` sue him . '' `` It 's like if somebody created false coins and you happened to possess them . Is it your fault then ? '' he said . In a statement Thursday , Nike said it was discussing the allegations with Egyptian officials and trying to reach a solution for Egypt 's Olympic team , which has 113 athletes competing in 19 sports . `` Nike is highly concerned that if these allegations are true , the athletes will have received products that do not meet Nike 's quality standards , '' the company said in a statement . `` Nike 's authorized distributor in Egypt sent two official communications to the EOC on this issue weeks ago and on July 20 , 2012 , Nike also sent a written communication to the EOC requesting the Committee to take immediate action . '' Officials responded for the first time Wednesday , Nike said , adding that the company believes the issue with the Egyptian Olympic Committee is an `` isolated incident . '' `` We are currently cooperating with the EOC toward reaching a solution within the next 48 hours , '' el-Shafie told CNN on Wednesday . In the meantime , Khallaf said in a Twitter post that she shelled out 2,000 Egyptian pounds ( $ 330 ) of her own money to buy new gear . `` It 's so frustrating that we had to pay extra ... to have other proper stuff to wear so that we can look okay , not even good , '' she wrote .
A swimmer says bags have Nike logos and an Adidas zipper . Fencers complained about the size of the attire , a distributor says . Official : You ca n't `` tell the difference between the original and the fake ones '' Nike says it is discussing the allegations with Egyptian officials .