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Speed Skating athletes' clothing can prevent the cutting 2010-07-19
Short track speed skating is a dangerous sport, especially in athletes caused by collisions and falls for cuts and stab wounds, so before the race, each contestant will be "armed to the teeth" to protect their own safety. As often occurs in athletes in competition injuries, so after years of observation, the ISU study suggests that high-risk areas of speed skater, including neck, abdomen thigh, axilla, buttocks, lower arm, hand, knee. So ISU from July 1, 2003, the requirement that all athletes participating in the game, he must be wearing cut resistant clothing to protect their own safety. According to regulations, short-track athletes to participate in the competition, have to wear the following protective equipment: safety helmet, short track, cut-resistant gloves or mittens made from leather, cut by the anti-anti-bar made of durable materials Leggings security competition clothing, long sleeve pants jumpsuit with padded hard shell knee pads, to protect the neck artery Neck. Meanwhile, all the athletes of the skate tube must be closed, the root must be the arc-shaped knife, the minimum radius of 10 mm. Knife possession at least two points fixed on the shoe, there is no movable parts.
