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Abstract

A shoe with an upper made of resiliently flexible materials has a central rotary closure on an instep cover in an instep area of the upper, and a tightening element that is connected to the central rotary closure and which is guided from the instep cover laterally in the form of loops at each side of the upper. At each side of the upper, each of the loops is guided over a deflecting element of a respective guide element, so that the central rotary closure is able to shorten the tightening element, by rotating the central rotary closure, to close the shoe and to lengthen the tightening element to open the shoe. In accordance with a preferred embodiment of the invention, the deflecting element of each guide element is provided on a separate strap, a rear strap at each of medial and lateral sides of the shoe running obliquely downward and to the rear from instep cover toward the heel, a front strap on a medical side of the shoe running obliquely downward and to the rear toward a part of the shoe receiving the arch of the a wearer's foot and a front strap on a lateral side of the shoe running obliquely downward and to the rear toward a part of the shoe receiving the metatarsal outer ball of the wearer's foot.

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First Claim