Fascinating article, thanks OP! Loved this bit, hadn't thought about it before;
Lorraine Lambert, who hopes to win a medal at the Paralympics in September, has been fitted with a bespoke bra which she hopes will improve her performance by keeping her breasts out of the way and preventing the tiny movements of her heartbeat being transferred to her rifle.
“Unlike the dynamic sports where they’re trying to minimise [breast] bounce, I just need to be really still, because when I shoot, we’re talking millimetre precision,” she said. “I’ve also got quite a large chest, so my bra is all about flattening me.”
To achieve this, the Clover designers used mesh panels, and the strategic placement of darts to redistribute Lorraine’s breast tissue, pushing it down, and then forwards, so that when she’s shooting, the gun doesn’t have any contact with her body. This is important, because she could be awarded penalty points if her rifle touches her breasts. “The gun is allowed to touch my hands because I’m holding it, and I’m allowed to support my arms on to my torso, but the gun physically cannot touch me anywhere on my body,” she said.
Optical sensors attached to Lorraine’s gun suggest that her accuracy has improved, as a result of the new bra. She also feels more comfortable wearing it during shooting. “It’s not only the support and how it flattens me, I just feel better in it,” she said.