Can weightlifters use straps, wraps or tape?

• Bandages: non-adhesive wraps of gauze, crepe, neoprene, rubber or leather. No limit on length.
• Knees: bandages may cover as much of the leg as the lifter wants. One-piece elastic or neoprene knee supports that allow free movement may be worn. They may not be reinforced with buckles, straps, whalebone, plastic or wire.
• Hands and wrists: bandages and tape may be worn on the inner and outer surface of the hands and may be attached to the wrist.
• Fingers and thumbs: tape and plasters must not protrude in front of the fingertips.
• Never on the bar: bandages, plasters and tape "must not be attached to the barbell at any time".
• Elbows: no bandages, plasters, tape or substitutes on the elbows or within five centimetres of the elbow joint with the arm straight.
• Torso: bandages may be worn under the costume.
• Gloves: fingerless gloves and palm guards are allowed and may cover only the first knuckle of the fingers. Tape on the fingers must be visibly separate from the glove.
• Prosthetic limbs: permitted, provided they are not powered and cannot store energy that is released during the lift.

Straps, which tie the wrist to the bar, are a training aid. The ban on attaching anything to the bar keeps them out of competition.

The referees have to see the elbow, since a press-out or an unlocked arm is a common reason for a no lift. And a lift must be held by the lifter's own grip. Support for joints is allowed, and anything that does the lifting for the lifter is not.