More than 40 types of leather footwear and approximately 20 rubber-fabric types are manufactured. Some sports shoes have special features, such as spikes, reinforcements, shock-absorbing inserts, and coverings. In some types of sports, for example hockey, alpine skiing, scuba diving, automobile and motorcycle racing, and fencing, protective and safety gear, such as helmets, masks, goggles, and gloves (including boxing gloves), vests, and weight lifter’s belts, are considered part of the required clothing.įootwear for various sports differs in design, materials used, and weight.
More than 40 types of sports suits and jackets are manufactured, more than 20 types of blouses and shirts, and more than 40 types of pants, shorts, and trunks. There are approximately 200 types of sports clothing and more than 60 types of footwear designed for competition and training all meet the requirements of health, safety, and aesthetics. Sports equipment is divided into the following principal groups: clothing (uniforms), footwear, apparatus, and equipment for sports structures and facilities and for officiating. Articles used in physical training and sports, manufactured in conformity with standards approved by international or national (in the case of national sports) sports federations and registered with international or state organizations governing standards, for example, Gosstandart (State Standard Administration of the USSR).
