October 28, 2026
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Pro Elite 2026

Two seasons of On's women's race suit, side by side — a new name and a new colour on the same cloth. Both suits are in the archive.

On Running Pro Elite 2026 covers the race kit On issues to its sponsored athletes and the On Athletics Club, read through the women's speedsuit of two seasons. The 2025 suit is the Track Race Speedsuit in Lime / Iron; the 2026 suit is the Zero Speedsuit in White / Black, on the same 71% polyamide fabric. Both are in this archive.

This page reads how On issues its kit first, then the two labels line by line, then On's 2026 season on the roads and the circuit. Verified to 28 October 2026.

Part of our Brand Series — the full story is in The History of On Running Pro Elite. Jump to every On piece in the archive or browse the category.

On Running Pro Elite 2026 · Key FactsVerified · updated October 2026
What it is
On race kit for its sponsored athletes — here the women's speedsuit of 2025 and 2026
Two versions
Each season one colourway for On's individual athletes, one for On Athletics Club members
2025 suit
Track Race Speedsuit · Lime / Iron
2026 suit
Zero Speedsuit · White / Black
Unchanged
71% polyamide / 29% spandex, zip at the chest, made in Portugal
The club
On Athletics Club — Boulder, August 2020; Europe 2022; Oceania 2023
2026 on the circuit
Cavalli wins the 1500 m in Zurich (4:03.27); Nuguse second at Pre and London
In our archive
5 On pieces, all in stock — two suits, three racing shorts
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Two Colourways a Season

On did not come to track kit through federations. Its model since August 2020 has been a club of its own, the On Athletics Club, started in Boulder with the coach Dathan Ritzenhein and eight athletes, then extended to Europe in 2022 and to Oceania in 2023. The story of how a Swiss shoe company got there is in our On pillar. This page is about what that club and On's other sponsored runners raced in over the last two seasons — and in particular the women's one-piece suit.

On reset its race kit on 24 April 2025. It redrew the club logo — a circle for the community, curves taken from the track — and released a full racing range for the year: sports bras, tops, singlets, T-shirts, briefs, shorts, tights and speed suits. As in earlier seasons, the athletes wear two colour versions, one reserved for On's individually sponsored athletes and one for members of the On Athletics Clubs. Hellen Obiri was first into the new kit, at the Boston Marathon on 21 April 2025, where she finished second in 2:17:41 behind Sharon Lokedi's course record.

What On has never published is a colour card for those kits. Its release talks about strong colours and stops there. So the colours on this page come from the one place they are written down: the labels of the pieces we hold.

ON Running Team Pro Elite 2025 Women SpeedsuitFrom the 2025 cycle · in the archiveON Running Team Pro Elite 2025 Women SpeedsuitThe Lime / Iron Track Race Speedsuit — the first season of the redrawn kit.300,00 €View piece →
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Same Cloth, New Name

We have one women's speedsuit from each season. The 2025 suit is tagged Track Race Speedsuit and coloured Lime / Iron. The 2026 suit is tagged Zero Speedsuit — Zero being the name of On's top racing range — and coloured White / Black, with Swiss Engineering on the label. Put the two labels next to each other and the change is smaller than the names suggest.

The two labels (table)
Line2025 suit2026 suitStatus
Name on the tagTrack Race SpeedsuitZero SpeedsuitChanged
Colour on the labelLime / IronWhite / BlackChanged
Fabric71% polyamide, 29% spandex71% polyamide, 29% spandexSame
ClosureZip at the chestZip at the chestSame
Made inPortugalPortugalSame

The fabric is identical: 71% polyamide and 29% spandex in both years. Both close with a zip at the chest, and both were made in Portugal. What moved is the name and the colour. On issues each season in two colourways, and neither label says which of the two a given suit belongs to, so we will not claim either one for the individual athletes or for the club. What the pair does show is a race suit that On kept on the same cloth for two years while it renamed the line around it.

03

On's 2026, Race by Race

The 2026 season went in two directions at once. On the roads, Obiri ran the London Marathon for the first time on 26 April and finished second in 2:15:53, a personal best, behind Tigst Assefa — six months after she had won New York for a second time in 2:19:51, a course record that stood since 2003. On the track, the miler Yared Nuguse was second at the Prefontaine Classic in 3:46.61 on 4 July and second again in London on 18 July, in 3:45.69, the night Josh Kerr ran 3:42.66 for a mile world record; Robert Farken was fourth in that race in 3:46.82, a German record.

Ludovica Cavalli in On racing kit celebrating her 1500 metres win at Weltklasse Zurich, 27 August 2026
Ludovica Cavalli wins the 1500 m at Weltklasse Zurich, 27 August 2026, in On's black and green racing kit. Photo: Quejaytee, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The women's wins came late. At Weltklasse Zurich on 27 August, the Italian Ludovica Cavalli of OAC Europe won the 1500 m in 4:03.27, and in the steeplechase Doris Lemngole, racing in On kit, was second in 8:55.94, twelve hundredths behind Faith Cherotich. Cavalli won in a crop top and briefs, not a one-piece. In On's range the speedsuit is the option, not the default — one reason so few of them reach the second-hand market.

Doris Lemngole in On racing kit after the steeplechase at Weltklasse Zurich, 27 August 2026
Doris Lemngole after the steeplechase at Weltklasse Zurich, 27 August 2026, where she was second in 8:55.94. Photo: Quejaytee, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One contract is new. In February 2026 On signed the Italian athletics federation, FIDAL, as its technical sponsor — the first major athletics federation we know of that On has dressed. That kit belongs to Italy and to our country pages; at a Diamond League meeting such as Zurich, an athlete like Cavalli races in On's own kit.

04

The Two Suits in the Archive

Both suits are size XS and new with their tags. The 2025 suit: Lime / Iron, tag name Track Race Speedsuit, 71% polyamide and 29% spandex, aerodynamic fit, zip at the chest, made in Portugal. The 2026 suit: White / Black, tag name Zero Speedsuit, the same blend and the same chest zip, made in Portugal, with Swiss Engineering on the label. Women's race suits are the rarest On pieces we see.

Construction follows the athlete-issue rules our authentication guide covers: competition cloth and race cuts, issued through the team rather than a shop. For the other side of the same summer — Nike dressing its athletes by the meeting — see Nike Pro Elite 2026.

ON Running Team Pro Elite 2026 Women SpeedsuitFrom the 2026 cycle · in the archiveON Running Team Pro Elite 2026 Women SpeedsuitThe White / Black Zero Speedsuit — same cloth and chest zip, new name and colour.350,00 €View piece →
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Every On Piece in the Archive

Every On piece we hold — the two women's suits and three pairs of racing shorts, all in stock, refreshed against live stock. The brand story is in the On pillar; how the one-piece suit got onto the track is in our anatomy of the speedsuit.

5 pieces · 5 in stock · grouped by edition
Frequently Asked Questions

What is the On Running Pro Elite speedsuit?

A one-piece women's race suit from the kit On issues to its sponsored athletes and the On Athletics Club. Our archive holds the 2025 version, tagged Track Race Speedsuit in Lime / Iron, and the 2026 version, tagged Zero Speedsuit in White / Black.

What changed between the 2025 and 2026 On speedsuits?

On the labels, the name and the colour. The fabric (71% polyamide, 29% spandex), the zip at the chest and the country of manufacture (Portugal) are the same. We compared labels, not patterns.

Why does On make two versions of its race kit?

Since at least 2025, and as in earlier seasons by On's own account, one colour version is reserved for On's individually sponsored athletes and one for members of the On Athletics Clubs.

When did On launch the 2025 race kit?

On 24 April 2025, together with a redrawn On Athletics Club logo. Hellen Obiri had raced in it first at the Boston Marathon on 21 April, where she finished second.

Does On sponsor national teams?

Its model is the brand club. In February 2026 it signed the Italian athletics federation, FIDAL, as technical sponsor, the first major athletics federation we know of that On dresses.

Do On's women race in speedsuits?

The suit is one option in a range that also has crop tops, briefs and shorts. At Weltklasse Zurich on 27 August 2026, Ludovica Cavalli won the 1500 m in a crop top and briefs.

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