The fingers of a competitor getting caught in a loose fitting clothes and causing injury is a legitimate concern and is not be trivially dismissed. Practice in sweat pants and tee shirt with familiar teammates is not the same as real match with opponents who are suddenly having to adjust to your very loose fitting clothes for the first time in real-time in a formal match, is not the same nor fair. The sikh man could make a similar case that he must not only keep his long beard, but also the heavy iron wrist band, and his kripal for religious reasons during a wrestling match, thereby escalating the risk factor even more. This is a slippary slope, unfair and risky to every party. There is no reason why pan american officials should have to accommodate this. They have clear and definite rules based safety and other paramount factors. Maybe she could compete in female wrestling competitions in iran where every competitor is similarly dressed as her.
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The fingers of a competitor getting caught in a loose fitting clothes and causing injury is a legitimate concern and is not be trivially dismissed.
Practice in sweat pants and tee shirt with familiar teammates is not the same as real match with opponents who are suddenly having to adjust to your very loose fitting clothes for the first time in real-time in a formal match, is not the same nor fair.
The sikh man could make a similar case that he must not only keep his long beard, but also the heavy iron wrist band, and his kripal for religious reasons during a wrestling match, thereby escalating the risk factor even more.
This is a slippary slope, unfair and risky to every party.
There is no reason why pan american officials should have to accommodate this. They have clear and definite rules based safety and other paramount factors.
Maybe she could compete in female wrestling competitions in iran where every competitor is similarly dressed as her.