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After announcing her retirement from competition earlier this year, UIPM are pleased to announce that France’s triple World Champion will take on an ambassadorial role with the International Federation and will be an Athlete Role Model (ARM) at this summer’s Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, China.
The 29-year-old French legend will be mentoring young athletes and will be participating in the Culture and Education Program (CEP).
With the help of the Olympic solidarity development program in Africa and with the participation of more than 50 promising coaches from the 6 African nations of Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast , Kenya, Mauritius, Senegal and Egypt, the EMPF is currently holding a coaches workshop in Cairo.
After competing at the Budapest Indoors earlier this year, 56-year-old Canadian pentathlete Bob Noble (pictured above, first from left) now has his eyes firmly set on making the team for the Pan Am Festival where Modern Pentathlon will be one of 23 sports on show.
This weekend saw the Polish National Ranking Competition take place in Drzonków. It was third such an event this year in modern pentathlon and the second to hold a triathle event. The competitions were won by Remigiusz Golis and Paula Markowska in pentathlon respectively as Piotr Dziurski and Agnieszka Skowyrska took the triathle crowns.
(Words by Wojciech Nowakowski)
The UIPM World Cup #2 opening press conference was held yesterday at the packed 5-star Sonesta Hotel with both local and international media out in force to cover the highly anticipated competition.
Around 1600 young people will follow in the footsteps of the world’s finest athletes when Pentathlon GB’s British Schools’ Modern Biathlon Championships are held in the inspirational setting of the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. The championships are set to take place Saturday 5 April and Sunday 6 April with competitors swimming in the London 2012 Olympic pool at the iconic London Aquatics Centre and running on a course just outside the centre.
Following a string a quality performances which culminated in victory at the World Championships last year, 28-year-old Justinas Kinderis etched his name in the pages of history and realised a childhood dream by becoming World No.1. This however seems to be only the start of a new chapter in the career of the unassuming Lithuanian.
As the Modern Pentathlon World Cup Series returns to African soil this week, with Egypt hosting the second leg of the competition from 2-6 April in Cairo, we give you the lowdown on which women to look out for during the competition. Some star-studded names and some fledgling talent have arrived in the Egyptian capital to fight for early season honours in what will surely be a top-class event.
All LIVE scores can be found on www.pentathlon.org
It was the Women’s semi-finals at the UIPM Modern Pentathlon World Cup #2 Cairo today with two qualification groups deciding the 36 who would make into Friday’s Final. Perfect conditions at the Police Academy in the Egyptian capital made for an exciting and intriguing day with one a big upset on the cards.
After 36 Women qualified for the UIPM Modern Pentathlon World Cup #2 Final yesterday, the Men will now take centre stage at the Police Academy in the Egyptian capital Cairo as they battle it out with the aim of progressing from their semi-final Groups.
All LIVE scores can be found on www.pentathlon.org
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