WSWCF and World Obstacle (FISO) Partnership and how does it benefit calisthenics Olympic integration
On April 9, 2025, World Street Workout & Calisthenics Federation and World Obstacle, the Fédération Internationale de Sports d’Obstacles (FISO) signed a memorandum of understanding regarding mutual assistance and work to integrate calisthenics under an Olympic Multi-Sport Federation.
FISO was recognised by GAISF, AIMS and all Olympic and international sports federations in 2021 as the world governing body and international federation for Ninja Competitions, Obstacle Racing and Adventure Racing.
After their first face-to-face meeting in the Olympic Museum, Lausanne, Switzerland, June 2024, during Hosts & Federations Summit, WSWCF President Mr. Rolands Kikors, CAMS and FISO President Mr. Ian Adamson agreed un mutual cooperation in order to help each other to bring their sports to Olympic Games one day.
Within the signed MOU, it was intended to establish a unified international multi-sport federation (IF) as the international umbrella federation and world governing body for Calisthenics, Ninja Competitions, Obstacle Racing, and Adventure Racing.
Nevertheless, WSWCF would retain its autonomy regarding governance of the calisthenics discipline under the discretion of its current management and structure.
It was also discussed that in future WSWCF shall open its management structure towards official voting and that all associate members (meaning, all member federations, associations or committees in national countries, who don’t have voting rights and now are only associate members) would become managing members with official voting rights. However, this can happen only when there is a clear pathway on global recognition in national countries.
In March 14-15 FISO 12th Congress took place, where a historic vote regarding integration under UIPM has been achieved, establishing a unification of Obstacle Sports in the Olympic movement. https://www.uipmworld.org/news/uipm-and-fiso-communities-celebrate-historic-vote-dissolve-fiso-paving-way-organisational
Obstacle under UIPM will be in LA 2028 Olympic Games.
The Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne (UIPM) is the world governing body of the Olympic sport of Modern Pentathlon and five other multi-discipline sports – Laser Run, Tetrathlon, Triathle, Biathle and World Schools Biathlon. And now also for Obstacle sports.
Why it matters for WSWCF and global calisthenics community? We are next in line and have already started to prepare for calisthenics integration under Olympic movement. Now, it is time for our national members to get ready and execute recognition of calisthenics as an official sport in their national countries.
WSWCF sincerely congratulates all of the Obstacle Sports community, World Obstacle and Ian Adamson for this historical achievement and wishes good luck in the upcoming Summer Olympics 2028!
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WSWCF Communication Department
