Inclusion of full medal events in the 2019 Southeast Asian Games was approved in December 2018.

Four nations medaled,[7] Philippines (10), Malaysia (4), Indonesia (3) and Laos (1) World Obstacle signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the International Parkour Federation (IPF) in August 2020[8] to unify Obstacle Sports worldwide under a governance structure similar to Aquatics (FINA),[9] and constitution modeled on FINA and the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC).

This provided a more inclusive name for the core sports of Ninja, OCR and Adventure Racing.

[11] World Obstacle is a member of the Alliance of Independent Recognized Members of Sports[12] and was officially granted Observer Status by the Global Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF) Council which convened in Lausanne on 27 September 2021.

The Congress meets annually at a date and venue specified by the Executive Board and is the platform for representation of the needs and interests of the athletes.

The organization of World Obstacle includes the following Commissions:[20] Athletes, Governance, Legal, Medical, Para-athlete, Technical and Women's.

The organization of World Obstacle includes the following Committees:[21] Development, Ethics, Finance, Masters, Media, Officials, Safe Sport and Technology.