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UIPM 2023 Pentathlon World Cup Sofia: Men’s Qualification

Modern Pentathlon

UIPM 2023 Pentathlon World Cup Sofia continued today with 70 athletes taking part in the Men’s Qualification.

The top-scoring athlete of the day (1,154 points) and first across the line in Qualification Group B was Linbin Zhang of China, followed by Taishu Sato of Japan, Todor Mihalev of host nation Bulgaria and European champion Woojin Park of Korea.

The best performer in Qualification Group A was Eslam Hamad of Egypt, who finished 1sec ahead of a group comprising Jihun Lee (KOR), Stefano Frezza of Italy, Tokyo 2020 Olympic champion Joseph Choong of Great Britain, Shuai Luo (CHN) and Lorenzo Macias of Mexico.

Also among the successful qualifiers were France team-mates Valentin Prades and Christopher Patte, Balazs Szep and Richard Bereczki of Hungary and the Germany duo of Marvin Dogue and Christian Zillekens.

Pentathlon World Cup Sofia continues tomorrow (May 11) with the Women’s Semi-finals, followed by the Men’s Semi-finals on May 12, the Finals on May 13 and the Mixed Relay on May 14.

Live stream of the Semi-finals and Finals is available on UIPM TV and all competition results are available at the UIPM website.

The list of 36 qualified athletes for the Men's Semi-final is:

Rank Name Nation MP Points
1 ZHANG Linbin CHN 1154
2 SATO Taishu JPN 1153
3 HAMAD Eslam EGY 1152
4 MIHALEV Todor BUL 1152
5 PARK Woojin KOR 1152
6 LEE Jihun KOR 1151
7 FREZZA Stefano ITA 1151
8 CHOONG Joseph GBR 1151
9 LUO Shuai CHN 1151
10 MACIAS Lorenzo MEX 1151
11 DEJARDIN Pierre FRA 1150
12 SVECHOTA Ondrej CZE 1150
13 DOGUE Marvin Faly GER 1150
14 ZILLEKENS Christian GER 1150
15 GRYCZ Marek CZE 1149
16 BERECZKI Richard HUN 1148
17 MITTERRAND Fernand GER 1148
18 REGOS Gergely HUN 1147
19 SZEP Balazs HUN 1147
20 FLEUROT Ugo FRA 1147
21 PATTE Christopher FRA 1146
22 MICHELI Roberto ITA 1146
23 CHAMIZO Cristian ESP 1145
24 SHINOKI Kaoru JPN 1145
25 KHIJAKADZE Gaga GEO 1145
26 MUELLER Vital SUI 1145
27 MOHAMED Moutaz EGY 1144
28 KOLEV Denis BUL 1144
29 PRADES Valentin FRA 1144
30 PILLAGE Myles GBR 1144
31 PURONAS Titas LTU 1143
32 PADILLA Manuel MEX 1143
33 TAMAS Jozsef HUN 1140
34 XIE Yushan CHN 1140
35 TUMA Matous CZE 1139
36 HERNANDEZ Emiliano MEX 1136

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