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Webinar Schedule on UWW Event Management

Monday, November 9, 2020 - 15:26 By United World Wrestling Press

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In November 2020, the United World Wrestling IT Department will hold a training series about its On Venue Result Management System, called "Arena."

Arena is used to help organize wrestling competitions with computed aided technology by automating the whole competition event lifecycle from the registrations through weigh-in, fights and final reports. Everything is running on computers and supporting the most recent rules. And more ...

The training is designed for new users, who would like to learn how to use Arena and implement this infrastructure in their country, but for existing Arena users may benefit as well by learning advanced techniques.

More about Arena @ arena.uww.io and arena.unitedworldwrestling.org.

Details of the webinars
 
Time: 14:00 - Zurich | 08:00 - New York (Check your local time)
Language: English
Subject level: from Beginner to Advanced
 
Meeting platform: Microsoft Teams
Join: click on the upcoming "Join from here" link below,
or visit https://unitedworldwrestling.org/webinars

Week #1

Chapter 1-2 – Overview & Install
10-Nov-2020 (Tue)
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  • High level overview on Arena features, infrastructure and components
  • How to install Arena, Scoreboard, LGTV applications
  • Hardware/software requirements

Chapter 3 – Running events
11-Nov-2020 (Wed)
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  • Introducing Arena interfaces (admin, referee, onvenue, etc)
  • Going through a complete event lifecycle

Week #2

Chapter 4 – Arena advanced features – Part I
17-Nov-2020 (Tue)
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  • Person management, how to import people
  • Blockchain drawing
  • Referee management

Chapter 4 – Arena advanced features – Part II
18-Nov-2020 (Wed)
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  • Synchronization
  • Administrative operation (upgrades, beta testing, customize setup, flags)
  • Non-Olympic style support

Week #3

Chapter 5 – Companion applications
24-Nov-2020 (Tue)
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  • How to use Scoreboard (UWWtiming)
  • How to use LGTV application

Chapter 6 –REST API for developers
25-Nov-2020 (Wed)
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  • How to integrate external applications with Arena via REST API


 

UWW Lifts Restrictions on Belarus, Russia Wrestlers

Friday, May 15, 2026 - 03:02 By United World Wrestling Press

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CORSIER-SUR-VEVEY, Switzerland (May 15) -- United World Wrestling will allow Belarusian and Russian wrestlers to compete without restrictions at upcoming UWW competitions with immediate effect.

Under the updated participation guidelines, wrestlers from Belarus and Russia will compete under their respective national flags at all age-group levels, including senior. Athlete and staff uniforms may now bear the country initials “RUS” and “BLR,” while the national anthems of both countries will be played during medal ceremonies at UWW events if their wrestlers win gold medals or a team wins a championship.

All other standard UWW competition protocols will remain in effect in accordance with international wrestling rules.

In January, UWW had approved the participation of all wrestlers from the two countries up to the U23 age-group level under their respective national flags following an IOC recommendation that youth athletes holding Belarusian or Russian passports should no longer face restrictions on participation in sports events, including team competitions.

UWW first issued a statement on the geopolitical situation surrounding Ukraine in March 2022 and aligned with measures recommended by the IOC. At the time, UWW decided that wrestlers and officials belonging to affiliated and associated federations in Belarus and Russia would not be invited or allowed to participate in international competitions on the UWW calendar.

In April 2023, UWW formed an independent panel to verify the eligibility of wrestlers from Belarus and Russia based on the IOC’s recommended conditions of participation. At the same time, UWW approved wrestlers in the U15 and U17 age categories to compete as neutral athletes in international competitions.

UWW issued another update to the eligibility criteria for Belarusian and Russian wrestlers in September 2024. In February 2025, UWW announced that all eligible wrestlers from Belarus and Russia would compete under the UWW flag, removing the “Individual Neutral Athletes” designation. However, UWW did not authorize the use of national anthems or references to the flags, symbols, or coats of arms of Belarus and Russia.