SlingShot rule change

These rules only apply to the 2022 WUAP World Championship in Germany.

After the championship, a decision will be made to use RAM F8 and SlingShot in WUAP in 2023

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This topic became very hot and very controversial. In the end, the following provisions for the use of SlingShot and F8 were unanimously determined:

 

1. The use of a SlingShot, or a RAM F8, will only be permitted in the Individual Bench Press Equipped division.

 

2. A bench press shirt or a SlingShot/F8 may be used, but not both.

 

3. SlingShot and F8 are precisely regulated as follows: - only SlingShot from an original manufacturer may be used in the original, - self-made products or modifications to the original are not permitted,

 

- the number of layers for the SlingShot is limited to a maximum of 3 layers,

 

- the support (number of layers) on the chest must not exceed/below the number of layers that the SlingShot consists of,

 

- a sleeveless t-shirt must be worn under the SlingShot,

 

- when using an F8, no t-shirt may be worn under the F8,

 

- with the F8, the shoulders and the chest and stomach area must be covered by the F8,

 

- the F8 must be closed on the back with Velcro or otherwise,

 

4. All other regulations specified for the BP EQ in the WUAP rule book also apply when using a SlingShot and F8.