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Wrestling Releases Fan and Press Guide; Announces Documentary Series ‘Wrestling 360’

Wednesday, October 17, 2018 - 12:47 By Tim Foley

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CORSIER-SUR-VEVEY, Switzerland (October 17) – With the 2018 Wrestling World Championships kicking off in three days, United World Wrestling has released its first Fan and Press Guide and announced its new documentary series, “Wrestling 360'.”

[La version française est disponible ici : Guide Presse & Fans.]

The Fan and Press guide is a full account of the past year in wrestling; providing statistics, results and link-rich text to allow fans and press from around the world to gather a better sense of matchups, rivalries, weight categories, and team races in all three styles.

The Fan and Press Guide is available for download at the World Championship event page, which will also include full, updated entry lists for each of the 90+ nations set to attend the World Championships as well as updated individual and team results, livestreams, and news wraps from the event. 

In another first, United World Wrestling is also offering free photo downloads from the world championships. The open access to United World Wrestling’s images allows fans, press, national federations and the wrestlers to download and share images from their favorite moments during the eight days of the championships. The link also includes access to all the images from the 2017 World Championships in Paris.

In addition to the press and fan-friendly items, United World Wrestling’s media team has released Episode 1 of its documentary series, “Wrestling 360.” The first installment, “From Many, One – United States Men’s Freestyle”, takes viewers inside the minds of the American freestyle wrestling team as they reflect on their 2017 team title and state their intentions to repeat as world champions in 2018.

Episode 2, scheduled to be released at the end of 2018, concentrates on the wrestling culture of Dagestan and includes interviews with Olympic champion Abdulrashid SADUALEV and UFC lightweight champion Khabib NURMAMAGOMEDOV. Dagestan’s rich wrestling culture, and the positive affects it has on the region, was recently documented by the New York Times and AFP.

The 2018 Senior Wrestling World Championships will run from October 20-28 at the Papp Laszlo Arena in Budapest, Hungary. Livestream coverage of the event will be on the United World Wrestling homepage with TV coverage available worldwide.

A detailed schedule of events can be found in the Fan and Press Guide as well as on the event page for the championships.

Development

New Referee and Rules Courses coming to the UWW Academy

Monday, December 9, 2024 - 13:34 By United World Wrestling Press

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CORSIER-VEVEY, Switzerland (December 9) --- The Development Department and Referee Commission will launch a series of courses centered around Olympic wrestling and refereeing rules. Evaluating holds and situations are not always easy and can be very complex.  These courses are designed to highlight specific and more complicated rules in hopes of providing a better understanding of how situations are being evaluated. Over the next year, will be 10 courses developed and published on the UWW Academy site.

“We are excited to announce new courses on the UWW Academy Platform, designed to elevate refereeing standards and promote excellence across all levels. These courses cover essential topics such as attack-counterattack actions, evaluation of holds, takedown and control, and out-of-bounds situations," said Antonio Silvestri. "As Head of the Refereeing Commission, I encourage all referees—experienced or starting out—to take advantage of these courses. Continuous learning is key to our success, and these courses will help us maintain the highest standards of integrity, fairness, and professionalism in every match. Let's keep raising the bar together." 

The first course on Attack vs Counterattack situations has been published on the Academy site. Attack vs Counterattack situations are referees' most complicated and challenging situations to evaluate. This course will try to highlight how these situations are evaluated and what questions referees must answer during an action. While this course and the others are centered around referees, they are available and encouraged to be completed by all wrestling stakeholders.

The Attack vs Counterattack course will begin with background information and the rules which include video examples.  Then the course will provide 10 specific video examples along with explanations. Next the participants will practice their video analysis with 10 videos.  The course will finish with a 15-video quiz. All the courses that will be published will follow a similar format.

The UWW Academy is the official educational platform for United World Wrestling. It offers numerous courses on coaching, referees, rules, sports administration, and beach wrestling. The academy also offers additional resources, performance analysis metrics from major UWW events, videos, and the Wrestle4Fun curriculum. It is free and available to all participants. To get started and create your free profile, please visit  https://academy.uww.org/.