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UWW announces launch of UWW+

Wednesday, September 6, 2023 - 06:13 By United World Wrestling Press

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CORSIER-SUR-VEVEY, Switzerland (August 14) -- United World Wrestling has launched UWW+, a new subscription-based video platform built for wrestling fans around the world.

As a UWW+ subscriber, an individual will get access to video on demand, the biggest wrestling events of the season -- including the world and continental championships and the Ranking Series events -- captivating docuseries, exclusive off-the-mat content and much more.

With three different subscription models, a subscriber will be able to tailor the subscription plans to their needs. The three subscription plans include a daily pass, pay-per-match, or a tournament pass.

The UWW+ aims to bring wrestling closer to its fans and audience. The model will give wrestling fans an experience like no other. Follow the action from the upcoming World Championships, and enjoy the best wrestling content all in one place.

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Austria hosts U14/U15 women's wrestling camp

Monday, October 16, 2023 - 11:55 By United World Wrestling Press

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WALS-SIEZENHEIM, Austria (October 16) --- The UWW High Performance Training Center and the Austrian National Wrestling Center in the sports community of Wals-Siezenheim hosted an U14/U15 girls wrestling camp of the Austrian Wrestling Federation, where 14 young women's wrestlers and 6 coaches took part in the camp.

The camp was led by the women's junior national coach Arsen FEITL. In addition to seven hard and varied training sessions, there were also several alternative activities on the programme. Parallel to the training camp, an international freestyle training camp of the seniors took place at the Austrian National Wrestling center, which the young athletes followed with great interest and which presented them with wrestling at the highest international level during the training competitions.

GEROlympic champion Aline ROTTER-FOCKEN (GER) was in attendance for the U14/U15 women's wrestling camp in Austria (Photo: United World Wrestling)

In the camp of the UWW-Europe women's project, the German Olympic champion Aline ROTTER-FOCKEN was a guest as a role model for the young athletes. The enthusiasm of the girls was very high from the beginning and Aline made a lot of effort and communicated with everyone.

In addition to the training sessions with the young athletes, Aline did a workshop with the girls where she talked about her life, her career and her Olympic victory. Afterwards, the girls got autographs from her and had the opportunity to admire her Olympic gold medal and take photos with her. The young athletes were thrilled and overwhelmed. For the Austrian Wrestling Federation, it was the first one-week training camp in the age group of U14/U15 for girls and for next year, several more training camps in the age group U14/U15 are planned.

In summary, it was a very successful camp and the participation of Aline Rotter-Focken was very good and it was a great thing for all involved People. The project has been an absolute success and the Austrian National Federation hopes that the UWW Europe will also benefit from the project.