UIPM 2026 Pentathlon U17 World Championships: Turkish delight in Women’s Relay
The second day of the UIPM 2026 Pentathlon U17 World Championships belonged to Türkiye, who celebrated a gold medal in the Women’s Relay in Kaunas (LTU) thanks to a dominant performance by Tuana Ozgur and Tulya Kesebir.
The Turks achieved an impressive 20sec victory margin over silver medallists Egypt, who survived a brave challenge by Great Britain to beat them across the line by a single second.
For much of the day it looked like Ukraine would be the team to beat. After winning 22 Fencing bouts with only six defeats, they also topped the standings in Swimming with a time of 55.25sec. Ultimately their struggles in Obstacle and Laser Run allowed others to capitalise.
To the delight of the host nation, Lithuania set the standard in Obstacle with a top time of 1min 04.72sec at the Lithuania Sports University campus in Kaunas. The Turkish duo also caught the eye with a 1:06, and they went into Laser Run with an overall lead that they protected smartly.
British pair Kiki Fletcher and Ava Chappell recorded the best Laser Run time of 8:58.04 to push Egyptians Ghazi Mahmoud and Mariam Abdelnaser all the way to the line.
- UIPM 2026 Pentathlon Junior & U17 World Championships: All You Need to Know
- Competition results
- Photography via Flickr
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The UIPM 2026 Pentathlon Junior & U17 World Championships take place from July 23-29, with livestream of the Junior Semi-finals and Finals available to watch free on YouTube based on the following schedule (TV times listed in Central European Summer Time):
Saturday July 25
- U17 Men’s Qualification
- Junior Women’s Semi-finals
- Semi-final A (09:00)
- Semi-final B (15:00)
Sunday July 26
- U17 Women’s Qualification
- Junior Men’s Semi-finals
- Semi-final A (09:00)
- Semi-final B (15:00)
Monday July 27
- U17 Men’s Final
- Junior Finals
- Women’s Final (09:00)
- Men’s Final (14:00)
Tuesday July 28
- U17 Women’s Final
- Junior Women’s Relay & Men’s Relay
Wednesday July 29
- U17 Mixed Relay
- Junior Mixed Relay
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