Gates for football will be subject to mandatory certification – Russian newspaper

Gates for football, indoor football, hockey and handball are now subject to mandatory certification. This decree was signed by Dmitry Medvedev. Homemade or low-quality gate is now outlawed. This is done to reduce injuries among children.

In August and September 2014 in Moscow there was once two cases where soccer goal fell on the children. Since August 22 year-old boy was killed and seven in August received a seven-year athlete open craniocerebral trauma, rupture of the tympanic membrane and basal skull fracture. Last season, such cases have occurred in Omsk, Murmansk and Vladimir region, Krasnoyarsk, Republic of Tatarstan and Yakutia.

“In 2014, the media recorded 13 reports of injuries and deaths that have occurred as a result of the fall unfastened football goal on rural stadiums, school yards and sports grounds, sports halls. According to these reports, killing five children and one adult, “- said in a statement on the government website.

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To change the sad statistics, the government introduced mandatory requirements for the design of all football goal. They must be officially certified. And the organization that issued the certificate, will be responsible for accidents with approved gates.

“The decision will ensure the safe operation of hockey, football and handball goal at the expense of processing the mandatory certification” – believe in the government.

Now requirements for athletic goal defined the requirements of GOST, operating since 2013. They determined that the football and hockey gates should be very stable and does not have sharp corners. Now in order to save many schools or sports organization bought the heavy steel gates, roughly welded from steel bars with sharp edges and protruding hard hooks to the grid.

According to the rules of football goals should be inserted in a special sleeve, dug in land, or firmly fixed counterweights and maintain near horizontal crossbar pressure of 1100 newtons. It’s about the power that should make the 110-pound man, fell on her with all his weight. Hockey goal, this requirement also concerns.

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