UIPM 2022 Pentathlon Junior World Championships: Czech duo take ‘smooth’ Men’s Relay gold

The standard was set by Czech Republic on the second day of the UIPM 2022 Pentathlon Junior World Championships as they enjoyed a “smooth” success in the Men’s Relay in Zielona Gora (POL).

Matous Tuma (CZE) and Filip Houska (CZE) combined to great effect to end the day with a 16sec victory over silver medallists Paulius Vagnorius and Titas Puronas of Lithuania, crossing the finish line in convincing style.

The bronze medal was won by Juan Ochoa and Andres Fernandez of Guatemala, who held off a brave challenge by Great Britain duo Sam Cobb and Guy Anderson.

Winners’ reaction

Houska (CZE) said: “Everything was quite smooth. We started with the best Fencing, it was amazing, but then we were a little bit scared of the Riding.”

Tuma (CZE) added: “But we drew good horses, and we managed to jump over all the obstacles, and then in Swimming we did what we know we can. In Laser Run we kicked home and performed a good shooting, and that was the key.”

Houska (CZE) added: “I had such a big advantage over the others because of Matous’ amazing run and shoot, so I could control it and even slow down on the last lap, so it was very comfortable.

“We would like to thank all our coaches, and we would like to keep Riding and change the rules, because Riding is amazing and we don’t want to have any obstacle racing.”

Fencing

With 14 competing nations, only two rotations were needed in the Fencing Ranking Round and Czech Republic (Tuma/Houska) made sure they all counted with a top score of 19V/7D. They also added the four points available in the Bonus Round.

With 16V/10D, two teams immediately put themselves into podium contention – Lithuania (Vagnorius/Puronas) and Guatemala (Ochoa/Fernandez).

Riding

After the turbulence of the Women’s Relay 24 hours earlier, the scene was remarkably serene during the Riding element of the Men’s Relay, and four nations performed immaculately to obtain a score of 300.

Clear rounds enabled Czech Republic (Tuma/Houska) and Lithuania (Vagnorius/Puronas) to protect their positions, while Emilien Maire and Pierre Dupuy of France and Maciej Klimek and Michal Jablonski of Poland also took the maximum points.

Swimming

Finally there came a discipline that proved challenging for Czech Republic (Tuma/Houska), and it was Guatemala (Ochoa/Fernandez) who best took advantage with an excellent swim of 1min 51.80sec to move 9pts closer to the overall leaders, who in turn stretched their lead over Lithuania (Vagnorius/Puronas) by 9pts.

France (Maire/Dupuy) impressed with a 1:53.68, with Federico Alessandro and Giorgio Micheli of Italy third-fastest (1:54.21).

Laser Run 

With a 28sec starting cushion over Guatemala (Ochoa/Fernandez), it was always going to take a major incident to deprive Czech Republic (Tuma/Houska) of the world title, and they duly completed the circuit without alarm to earn the gold medal.

Lithuania (Vagnorius/Puronas) showed impressive conviction to turn bronze into silver, finally finishing 10sec ahead of Guatemala (Ochoa/Fernandez).

The fastest time of 12min 13sec was set by Omar Mohamed and Youssef Alyan of Egypt, with two teams timing 12:24 – Great Britain (Cobb/Anderson) and France (Maire/Dupuy).

Watch and follow

The UIPM 2022 Junior World Championships runs from October 2-9, continuing on Tuesday, October 4 with the Women’s Qualification.

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Competition schedule

UIPM 2022 Pentathlon Junior World Championships

October 2: Women’s Relay

October 3: Men’s Relay

October 4: Women’s Qualification

October 5: Men’s Qualification

October 6: Women’s Semi-finals

October 7: Men’s Semi-finals

October 8: Women’s Final; Men’s Final

October 9: Mixed Relay

 

Rank	Team	Nation	MP Points
1	HOUSKA Filip TUMA Matous	CZE	1409
2	PURONAS Titas VAGNORIUS Paulius	LTU	1393
3	FERNANDEZ Andres OCHOA Juan	GUA	1383
4	ANDERSON Guy COBB Sam	GBR	1377
5	CHEKAN Vladyslav SOROCHUK Bogdan	UKR	1365
6	KLIMEK Maciej JABLONSKI Michal	POL	1361
7	DUPUY Pierre MAIRE Emilien	FRA	1349
8	ROMANELLI Matheus MEDEIROS  Nicholas	BRA	1348
9	MOHAMED Omar ALYAN Youssef	EGY	1344
10	LEMKEN Christoph LEH Tim	GER	1334
11	ALESSANDRO Federico MICHELI Giorgio	ITA	1319
12	CSAK Milan BARANY Peter Andras	HUN	1315
13	STADNIK Kirill SYCHOV Konstantin	KAZ	1282
14	CHERRY Robert COSTELLO  Caolan	IRL	1220