How much is the “bra” worn by Tien Linh in the semi-final of the SEA Games that caused a fever in the online community?

May 20, 2022 14:26 GMT+7

This shirt can be worn outside when training and has become familiar with world football.

If anyone follows European football, it is easy to see players wearing this “crop top” shirt every time they practice on the field. This is a device that has long been familiar to the players, it is like a “virtual assistant” to help the coaching staff monitor the player’s fitness. The parameters are transmitted to the mobile device connected to the shirt, thereby creating a training plan suitable for each player.

However, for the majority of Vietnamese people, the first time we see a Vietnamese player wearing this shirt is striker Tien Linh. Vietnam’s No. 9 excitedly celebrated the only goal scored in the SEA Games semi-final against U23 Malaysia by taking off his shirt. From there, the “bra” was revealed, and immediately this shirt caused a fever in the online community.

Tien Linh celebrates a goal after scoring the only goal to seal a 1-0 victory for U23 Vietnam.

However, in that celebration, what most fans are more interested in is the black shirt Tien Linh wears inside. This shirt looks very similar to the “crop top” – a line of sports bras favored by young women. However, this shirt is a modern “weapon”, used for a long time by many strong football backgrounds in the world.

According to the rules of the World Football Federation (FIFA), when playing, players are not allowed to wear items such as watches, necklaces, rings, etc. because they can cause danger to others when they collide. touch.

Therefore, instead of having players wear smartwatches, sports scientists invented a “crop top”, which looks like a bra, to track players’ stats such as cadence. heart rate, number of steps, movement speed.

Although not popular in Vietnam, anyone can equip themselves with this shirt through websites specializing in selling sportswear. On a website specializing in selling foreign sportswear, this shirt is sold for 159.99 USD, equivalent to 3.6 million VND. This price is much cheaper than the price of a smart watch with similar functions (the common selling price of a smart watch ranges from 5-15 million VND).

The Catapult shirt sells for $159.99.

It is known that the shirt is made from neoprene (a synthetic rubber with flexible properties) and manufactured by Catapult Sports – a scientific and sports performance analysis company from Australia. On this shirt is a device called Electronic Performance and Tracking System (roughly translated: Electronic Performance and Tracking System, abbreviated as EPTS). The EPTS comes in a small bag with a GPS chip and sensors like a heart rate monitor or an accelerometer.

Through the GPS navigation system, every player’s parameters are recorded by the shirt and connected to an electronic device.

Athletes often wear Catapult Sports jerseys when competing and training. When they put on this shirt, EPTS will record parameters related to speed, strength, exercise volume, distance traveled on the field… Then, those data will be transmitted by EPTS to the device. monitored by the coaching staff.

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