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Wallpaper Wednesday Offers Free Images to Fans

Wednesday, April 8, 2020 - 14:24 By United World Wrestling Press

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CORSIER-SUR-VEVEY, Switzerland (April 8) -- With little action on the mats United World Wrestling has created a free weekly wallpaper to ensure that fans can relive the action on the mat.

Distributed on Instagram and Facebook via their "Stories" feature, the wallpapers can be used as the backdrop to a user's phone. When the athlete you lick comes up simply screenshot and then load it as the backdrop using your android of iPhone.

Last week's Wallpaper Wednesday included Olympic champions Risako KAWAI (JPN), Mijain LOPEZ (CUB), Abdulrashid SADULAEV (RUS) and world champion David TAYLOR (USA). Additional wallpapers will be made available every Wednesday for the next several months.

For an archive of the images you can visit the archived stories on the United World Wrestling Instagram page.

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UWW Academy launches new course on Takedown and Control

Thursday, December 18, 2025 - 11:35 By United World Wrestling Press

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CORSIER-SUR-VEVEY, Switzerland (December 18) -- United World Wrestling has launched a new course for Takedown and Control that will replace the existing one. The course demonstrates various takedowns and controls that occur in wrestling.

The course will follow a similar format to the other rules courses under Programs for Referees. This course covers the specifics of what determines a takedown and control. There are video examples of several situations along with explanations for how each was scored. The participants will also have an opportunity to practice 10 situations before taking a quiz over the course.

To access the course, follow the link -- UWW Academy New Course on Takedown and Control.

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About UWW Academy

The UWW Academy can found at academy.uww.org. The Academy is an online learning portal designed to provide information, tools and resources to support and develop wrestling. To access all the content including the Takedown and Control course, please go to the website and create your free account.