#Webinar

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


 

#GrecoRoman

'Thank you, wrestling': Tokyo Olympic medalist Elsayed, 27, retires

Monday, July 14, 2025 - 10:34 By Vinay Siwach

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EGYPT (July 14) -- Tokyo Olympic bronze medalist Mohamed ELSAYED (EGY) has announced his retirement from wrestling, concluding a distinguished career that included two Olympic appearances and two world U23 gold medals.

Elsayed posted on Instagram about his struggles with injuries and shared that the decision to retire was the "most difficult" for the 27-year-old wrestler.

"After many years of hard work, challenges, and victories [and] after I honored my country and raised its flag in internationally, and was able to achieve my dream and win an Olympic medal in Greco-Roman wrestling, I have reached the most difficult decision in my sports career.  I have decided to officially announce my retirement," Elsayed wrote in an emotional post.

Having won five gold medals at the African Championships, Elsayed was a trailblazer in Greco-Roman and was Egypt's new-found hope for the Olympics. He did not disappoint in Tokyo, where he had a surprising run to the semifinal, which he lost to Parviz NASIBOV (UKR), 7-6.

He bounced back in the bronze-medal bout and defeated Artem SURKOV (ROC), 1-1 to capture bronze, Egypt's first medal since 2012 London Olympics and only the third since 1960.

"Wrestling has always been more than just a sport to me," he wrote. "It was my life, my passion, and my support in the most difficult times. I thank God for every moment I lived on the mat and every moment of pride, and every encouragement I heard from my family, fans, and country."

One of the biggest achievements of Elsayed, apart from the Olympic medal, was winning successive world U23 gold medals in 2018 and 2019 at 67kg.

Elsayed expressed gratitude to various individuals who supported him throughout the journey including coaches and trainers. He also thanked wrestling.

"I thank every coach who helped me, every colleague who stood by me, and everyone who supported me with a kind word or a prayer from the heart. Thank you to everyone who was part of the journey.

"Thank you to wrestling, which taught me to be a man before being a champion."