Olympic Wrestling – Equipment

Wrestling is a sport played between two players. The players fight unarmed with each other. In wrestling, a player is declared winner when he pins the opponent down. Wrestling is one of the most demanding athletic sports physically and mentally. Wrestling technique is a combination of incredible strength, speed and conditioning. At the Olympic Games, men compete in two disciplines, Greco-Roman and freestyle, while the women's events are in freestyle only.

Olympic Wrestling – Equipment

Every wrestler wears a blue or red Lycra singlet, a combination of mid-thigh shorts and tank top all in one. It looks like a clingier version of a men's Coney Island bathing suit from a silent movie, but the singlet has an important purpose: to keep an opponent from grabbing it for leverage. In a tradition perhaps best left behind, the men must also carry handkerchiefs to wipe away bodily fluids, including blood. They usually tuck them into their jockstraps. Women's singlets have a more modest cut on top, and they are often accompanied by sports bras.

Women's Singlets

Wrestling shoes are snug-fitting high-tops, often made of synthetic mesh or leather uppers with gum rubber soles. Perhaps the most important footwear decision a wrestler makes is choosing between a split sole, in which separate pieces make up the sole under the heel and ball of the foot, which covers the entire bottom of the foot. A unisole provides full contact with the mat for better traction, while a split sole is said to decrease the weight of the shoe for perhaps better quickness.

Wrestling Shoes

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