UIPM 2025 Pentathlon Junior World Championships: Women’s Qualification

The UIPM 2025 Pentathlon Junior World Championships began in Székesfehérvár (HUN) today with teenage sensation Farida Khalil of Egypt breaking yet another world record.

There were a total of 78 athletes split into three groups attempting to grab one of Friday’s 36 semi-final places.

And who else to dominate the headlines than 14-year-old superstar Khalil (EGY), who smashed the Junior Obstacle world record by nearly 3sec on a hot summer’s day where temperatures went over 30C at the Székesfehérvár Regional Athletics Centre.  

Zora Zeman of Hungary’s time of 00:30.346 set a high standard but the Egyptian ran the course in an astonishing 00:27.581, gaining 363 points from the discipline and contributing to her overall qualifying score of 1398.

This accumulation put Group A leader Khalil – fresh from winning her second senior Pentathlon World Cup of the 2025 season in Pazhardzhik (BUL) - as the undoubted favourite heading into the Fencing Seeding Round.

Malgorzata Karbownik of Poland was the only other pentathlete on the day to get sub 30 seconds in obstacle (00:28.17) and the recently crowned European junior champion led qualification Group C racking up 1367 points whilst Anastasiya Malashenoka (AIN) topped Group B with 1370 points. 

Valentina Martinescu of Italy and Vivienne Meyer of Switzerland from group A also stood out, Martinescu garnering 1380 points and Meyer 1377.

Click here for a full list of the athletes who qualified for the Women's Semi-finals.

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

The UIPM 2025 Pentathlon Junior World Championships continues until June 29, based on the following schedule (YouTube live coverage times in Central European Summer Time).

• Thursday June 26: Men’s Qualification | Women’s Fencing Seeding Round
• Friday June 27: Women’s Semi-final A (LIVE from 09:30); Women’s Semi-final B (LIVE from 13:00) | Men’s Fencing Seeding Round
• Saturday June 28: Men’s Semi-final A (LIVE from 13:00); Men’s Semi-final B (LIVE from 16:30)
• Sunday June 29: Women’s Final (LIVE from 13:00); Men’s Final (LIVE from 17:30).