It was noon when marathon runner Sandra Seilz was assaulted by three men as she finished her training at a park in Germany.
Pinned down, she managed to escape when a passerby came to her aid as the drunk men tried to pull down her running shorts.
The assault prompted Seilz to create a line of ‘anti-rape’ shorts that use cut and tear-resistant fabric and cords. The clothing is impossible for attackers to pull down, she said.
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Seilz said her tights minimize the risk of assault in a country where she believes fears are heightened since a series of sex attacks on women in Cologne on New Year’s Eve in 2015.