Heated by batteries

In fact, it is an insulation and heat insulation cloth, which has a "heating strip" inside, which can keep the athlete's thigh muscles warm.

Including Olympic gold medalist Chris Chris Hoy wore these hot pants before the game.

Loughborough University's research team said that keeping the muscles warm "hot pants" on the performance of the players "practical help."

Muscle insulation

Before the competition was officially started, athletes wore hot pants to keep muscles warm.

The researchers said, "for athletes' muscle insulation, athletes can have more explosive power, which is of substantial help to British cyclists."

The function of this hot pants is similar to that of F1 formula racing car for tire insulation, which is used to improve performance.

British Cycling and sporting goods provider Adidas (Adidas) also help develop the technology.

Slow down

Loughborough University professor Ha Feeney Te (George Havenith) said, "we studied the phenomenon of muscle cooling after the end of warm-up for cyclists."

"We can prove that the use of thermal insulation devices can slow down the muscles of athletes waiting for the start of the competition."

Professor ha Fei Ni, who spent three years researching and developing technology with other experts, hopes that "hot pants" can help the British Olympic team get good results.