The IPSF is set to launch its online streaming service, IPSF TV ©IPSF

The International Pole Sports Federation (IPSF) is set to launch its online streaming service, IPSF TV, on Saturday (March 4) when it will broadcast the Swedish National Championships live.

The live-stream will start at 11am Swedish time with the nation's best athletes hoping to win a place at this year's World Pole Sports Championships. 

Action will take place in capital city Stockholm at the Fryshuset in Hammarby Sjöstad.

The governing body has committed to developing IPSF TV over the next three years to include live coverage of all endorsed competitions.

More than 3,500 athletes from 35 countries are set to compete at various competitions for exclusive entry into the sixth annual World Championships.

These will take place in the Dutch city of 's-Hertogenbosch between June 30 and July 2.

Three days of competition, as well as a convention, are due to take place at Marathonloop, a venue that holds 2,500 spectators.

The IPSF have already confirmed changes to previous editions.

Previously, the competition has been held across two days but this year's edition has been extended to three with athletes competing in pole sports, ultra pole, artistic pole and Para-pole categories.

A new ultra and artistic scoring system will be used throughout the event.

The Swedish National Championships are set to take place in Stockholm on Saturday ©Svenska Poleforbundet
The Swedish National Championships are set to take place in Stockholm on Saturday ©Svenska Poleforbundet

On February 1, IPSF President Katie Coates and vice-president Kate Whitley attended a meeting with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to discuss their application for recognition in Lausanne.

The IPSF missed out on achieving recognition in December, with the IOC Executive Board instead provisionally recognising Muay Thai and cheerleading.

It followed applications from 16 International Federations, with pole sports among those to have submitted a bid.

The meeting was described by Coates as "extremely successful".

"The work of the pole sports community and the IPSF have been acknowledged at the highest sporting level with this historical meeting," the President said in a statement.

"The advice given to us has been invaluable and we now have conformation that we are moving in the right direction."

The IPSF was also turned down for membership of umbrella organisation SportAccord last year but they were given a boost after they were officially confirmed as a signatory of the World Anti-Doping Agency Code.

Currently, there are 23 members of the IPSF but the governing body are hopeful they can reach 40 before the conclusion of 2017.