Wrestling singlet
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A wrestling singlet (or simply singlet) is a one-piece, tight-fitting, colored, lycra uniform used in amateur wrestling. The uniform is tight fitting so as not to get grasped accidentally by one's opponent, and allows the referee to see each wrestler's body clearly when awarding points or a pin. Unlike judo, it is illegal to grasp an opponent's clothing in all styles of amateur wrestling. Image:Wrestler in Singlet.jpg
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[edit] Look of a singlet
In most high school and college wrestling matches, the competitors wear singlets in their team colors. To designate a competitor's color for scoring purposes a red or green anklet is also worn.
Outside school competition (i.e., international wrestling) wrestlers bring a red and a blue singlet (or reversible singlet) and are told before the match which color to wear.
[edit] Other clothing
A new style of singlet has recently emerged in high school and college wrestling that covers more of the upper body. Made of the same lycra material, this singlet has more of a t-shirt covering than the traditional thin-strap singlet more commonly worn.
Only with special permission are wrestlers allowed to wear a t-shirt under their singlet, most commonly for sanitary reasons involving excessive acne on the chest or back.
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