Athletic shoe

An athletic shoe comprising:

• an interior member adapted to be in contact with a surface of a foot;
• and
• a loop-shaped wrap covering a portion of the interior member and formed by a material less stretchable than the interior member, wherein the wrap includes:
• a heel portion adapted to continuously cover a medial side, a back surface and a lateral side b of a calcaneal bone;
• a twisted portion having a band-shaped and/or cord-shaped configuration continuous with a front end portion of the heel portion on the medial side of the heel portion, the twisted portion adapted to extend toward under a foot sole while being twisted on the medial side of the foot;
• a medial bottom portion continuous with a front end portion of the twisted portion, the medial bottom portion adapted to extend along a medial side portion of the foot sole to a ball of a big toe under the foot sole;
• and
• a diagonal transverse portion having a band-shaped and/or cord-shaped configuration continuous with a front end portion of the heel portion on the lateral side of the heel portion, the diagonal transverse portion adapted to cover at least a portion of a cuboid bone and/or at least a portion of a tuberosity of a fifth metatarsal bone, and adapted to further extend across an upper surface of an instep in a diagonally forward direction so as to cover a portion of an upper surface of the big toe and at least a portion of a side surface of the ball of the big toe.