World Athletics has been recognised for world-leading innovation within the ‘greatest digital know-how’ class at The Sports Technology Awards for its Web Competition Information System (WebCIS).
WebCIS – developed by World Athletics and content material advertising and marketing company Wonderly – is a ground-breaking, online resolution that provides real-time occasion knowledge, video, athlete profiles, infographics and automatic commentary to content material producers comparable to broadcasters, commentators and journalists, growing accessibility whereas decreasing carbon footprint.
The bespoke know-how resolution is at the moment getting used for all World Athletics Series occasions, together with the World Athletics Championships, and was additionally accessible for the athletics competition through the Tokyo Olympic Games.
Replacing a legacy system of bodily {hardware} (VLAN cables) and tablets, the brand new system is accessible wherever on this planet in actual time.
“The crew may be very happy that the game trade awarded our Web Competition Information System within the very disputed class of ‘greatest digital know-how’,” stated An Dang Duy, Chief Information Officer at World Athletics.
“It has been a really transversal mission, taking enter from communications, competition and broadcast. It additionally leverages the good work from the statistics crew and the brand new efficiency knowledge we’re amassing.
“We are nonetheless firstly of our digital journey, however we’re already proud that options comparable to dwell era of sport commentaries and knowledge infographics have been acknowledged as world premier improvements with a shiny future for upcoming main championships.”
Recognised because the main, worldwide mark of excellence, The Sports Technology Awards celebrates tech-led innovation in sports activities. The judging panel consists of greater than 50 trade consultants.
“This entry is thrilling for many causes, however its sustainability affect alone is extremely commendable,” the judges concluded. “This is intelligent and offers a wise and sustainable resolution to a problem which all occasions face. We look ahead to seeing its progress.”
Six nominees – World Athletics and Wonderly, Bayes Esports, Kiswe, SponsorUnited, ViewLift, and WSC Sports – had been shortlisted in the very best digital know-how class, earlier than World Athletics and Wonderly had been introduced because the winners through the awards ceremony in New York.
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