Equipment
Mat
The required new FILA approved mat has a 9m diameter which is surrounded by a 1.5m protection area of the same thickness. A red band of 1m wide and forming an integral part of the wrestling area is drawn along the circumference on the inside of the circle of 9m in diameter. The central circle indicates the middle of the mat (1m of diameter). The inside part of the mat which is inside the red circle is the central surface of wrestling (7m of diameter). The red strip is 1m wide. The mat shall be installed on a platform not higher than 1.1m or lower than 0.5m. The diagonally opposite corners of the mat are marked out in the wrestlers’ colours, red and blue.
Uniform
Contestants must wear a FILA approved one-piece singlet of the colour assigned to them (red or blue). It is forbidden to have a mixture of red and blue colours on the singlet. The wrestlers may also use light knee pads containing no metal parts and must have a cloth handkerchief with him during the whole of the match. For those wrestlers who wish to wear ear protectors, they must be approved by FILA and must not contain any metal or have hard shells. The referee can oblige a wrestler whose hair is too long to wear ear protectors.
Shoes
Contestants must wear wrestling shoes providing firm support for the ankles. The use of shoes with heels or nailed soles, shoes with buckles or with any metallic part, is prohibited. Shoes may be without laces. Shoes with laces should be wrapped with sticky tape or a system which hides laces so that they
do not come undone during the match.