Orienteering clothing

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Orienteering clothing: suit, gaiters and orienteering shoes

Orienteering clothing (or orienteering for short ) is sportswear that is specially adapted to the requirements of orienteering . It usually consists of an orienteering suit , gaiters and orienteering shoes .

Clothing is relatively unimportant in orienteering. Nevertheless, special suits are made for this sport, mostly made of polyamide (nylon) or similar materials. As a result, they should be light and tear-resistant and protect against injuries caused by nettles, thorns or branches. For this reason, even at high temperatures, long clothes are often worn during orienteering, so many orienteering suits designed for high temperatures are particularly thin and air-permeable. Long orienteering trousers are more important than outerwear. In some runs it is even mandatory to wear long trousers, as wearing short trousers has already resulted in cases of hepatitis B transmission due to scratches and abrasions. For example, long trousers are compulsory for all races in Great Britain. Reinforced gaiters often serve as additional protection on the shins .

In addition, an orienteering suit must offer the runner a lot of freedom of movement. It has to be water-permeable and quick-drying and still be comfortable to wear when wet. While traditional orienteering suits made of nylon are mostly loosely cut, tight-fitting pants or suits made of Lycra are often used today.

At times there were restrictions on the color of the suits for some races. Red suits were banned in order to avoid confusion with the red and white checkpoints , which could have led to disadvantages for the runners concerned. Today such regulations are no longer common. In its guidelines, the International Orienteering Association gives runners the freedom to choose their clothing and footwear or leaves the relevant rules to the national associations.

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  • various orienteering suits

  • Orienteering suits must be waterproof

  • Orienteering suits protect against thick vegetation

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Günter Kreft: Orienteering . Hermann Schmidt, Mainz 1988, ISBN 3-87439-178-7 , p. 51 .
  2. ^ A b Ian Bratt: Orienteering. Training - technique - competition . 1st edition. Pietsch, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-613-50447-2 , p. 12 (English: Orienteering. The essential guide to equipment and techniques . Translated by Hermann Leifeld).
  3. ↑ British Orienteering (Ed.): British Orienteering Rules . 2010, p. 19 ( britishorienteering.org.uk [PDF; accessed December 7, 2010]).
  4. ↑ Foot Orienteering. (No longer available online.) International Orienteering Federation , archived from the original on November 26, 2010 ; Retrieved November 18, 2010 .
  5. ↑ Steve Bird, C. Bingham: A Comparison of the Effects of Two Types of Orienteering Kit (Lycra or Loose Fitting) Upon Selected Physiological parameters During Sustained Running . In: International Orienteering Federation (Ed.): Scientific Journal of Orienteering . tape 11 , no. 2 , 1995, p. 51–63 ( ( page no longer available , search in web archives: orienteering.org ) [accessed December 7, 2010]).@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.orienteering.org
  6. ↑ International Orienteering Federation (Ed.): Competition Rules for International Orienteering Federation (IOF) Foot Orienteering Events . 2010, p. 18 ( ( Page no longer available , search in web archives: orienteering.org ) [accessed December 7, 2010]).@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.orienteering.org