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UIPM 2023 Pentathlon World Cup Final: Jun (KOR) and Choong (GBR) star in Men’s Semi-finals

Modern Pentathlon
  • Top fencer Shaban (EGY) leads going into Men’s Final
  • Tokyo 2020 Olympic champion and bronze medallist in hot pursuit
  • Thriller awaits as world’s top athletes chase Paris 2024 qualification

The stage is set for an epic duel between the world’s top-ranked male pentathletes, Tokyo 2020 Olympic Joseph Choong of Great Britain and bronze medallist Jun Woongtae of Korea, at the UIPM 2023 Pentathlon World Cup Final.

World No.1 Jun (KOR) crossed the line together with Emiliano Hernandez of Mexico at the end of Semi-final A, with Mohanad Shaban of Egypt 4sec behind them.

World No.2 Choong (GBR) then cruised home after an early slip in Semi-final B, which was won jointly by Changwan Seo (KOR), Pavlo Tymoshchenko of Ukraine and Balazs Szep of Hungary.

Shaban (EGY) will be the early leader on Super Saturday after another fine Fencing Ranking Round performance, with Jun (KOR) and Linbin Zhang of China trailing by five points and Choong (GBR) by 15.

The full list of qualifiers for the Men’s Final is as follows:

Rank Name Nation Points
1 HERNANDEZ Emiliano MEX 1459
2 JUN Woongtae KOR 1459
3 SHABAN Mohanad EGY 1455
4 DOGUE Marvin Faly GER 1454
5 GUTKOWSKI Lukasz POL 1454
6 BOHM Csaba HUN 1454
7 ZHANG Linbin CHN 1454
8 GRYCZ Marek CZE 1453
9 PARK Woojin KOR 1452
10 SEO Changwan KOR 1441
11 TYMOSHCHENKO Pavlo UKR 1441
12 SZEP Balazs HUN 1441
13 CICINELLI Matteo ITA 1438
14 BELAUD Valentin FRA 1438
15 CHOONG Joseph GBR 1438
16 KUF Jan CZE 1437
17 VLACH Martin CZE 1432
18 LUO Shuai CHN 1429

Road to Paris 2024

The first direct qualification quota places for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games will be won on 3 June – the individual finals day at the UIPM 2023 Pentathlon World Cup Final.

There are another 14 competitions taking place in 2023 and 2024 where points count towards the dream of competing in the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad in Paris (FRA). Discover the Modern Pentathlon qualification pathway.

 

Watch and follow

Live coverage of the UIPM 2023 Pentathlon World Cup Final is available to subscribers on UIPM.TV where annual packages cost €14.99.

The competition reaches a climax on June 3 with the Women’s and Men’s Finals, before concluding with the Mixed Relay on June 4. Visit the UIPM website or download the “UIPM Central” app to keep track of competition results.

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Competition schedule

UIPM 2023 Pentathlon World Cup Final

Times denote start of UIPM.TV live coverage (CEST)

June 3: Women’s Final (9am) | Men’s Final (3pm)

June 4: Mixed Relay (11.30am)

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