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12 nations battled it out in the World Cup #3 Mixed Relay at the Pierre de Coubertin Stadium in Chengdu yesterday with Korean pair Soojin Yang and Woojing Hwang taking gold on a day that had seen them dominant in the fence and victorious in the swim.
UIPM President Dr h. c. Klaus Schormann was this month reelected to the IOC Culture and Olympic Education Commission. Dr Schormann has been on this Commission since 1994 when it was the the Culture Commission. In 2001, the Culture Commission was expanded to include Olympic Education.
International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach announced the composition of the IOC commissions for 2014, with an increase in female members (23 per cent) and a much broader geographical representation.
26-year-old Canadian star Shauna Biddulph came back from a marathon trip to Australia last week with her first international winner’s medal after she took gold at the Oceania Championships in Melbourne.
Split over two days, the equestrian event of this Oceania Championships was held first, on the Saturday, with the rest of the disciplines being played out the day after.
After having successfully hosted the Youth B European Championships last year, the city of Minsk will in 2014 welcome the some of the continent's most accomplished pentathletes for the Junior European Championships from 17-23 June.
The Belorussian capital has been one of the most welcoming and its state of the art facilities have proven to give athletes the best possible environment to perform at the very top level. It is an occasion not to be missed. For this wishing to enter, please find all entry forms below.
Held last week in the capital Minsk, the Belarus Open Competition decided which athletes would represent the country at next month's Junior Worlds in Drzonkow, Poland. Pavel Schkrob was victorious in the men's event whilst Margarita Maseykovoy took gold in the woman's draw.
Pavel Schkrob was joined in being selected for the Junior World's squad by Dzianis Zeliankevich and Ilya Palazkov who took silver and bronze medals respectively at the Open. The final place went to Kirill Kasyanik.
2013 Youth A World Champion Christian Zillekens from Germany confirmed his status as one of the fledgling young talents in Europe after he took gold at the Zbigniew Majewski Memorial in Poland this weekend. The competition, held in Drzonków, also saw Lithuania's Emilija Serapinaite take the women's title. The National Ranking Competition in triathle was also held in parallel.
2012 World Champion Mhairi Spence will make her long-awaited return from injury at World Cup #4 this week as she competes at World Cup #4 in Kecskemet, Hungary.
International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach and United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon signed a historic agreement today at the UN Headquarters in New York aimed at strengthening collaboration between the two organisations at the highest level.
The agreement underlined that the IOC and the UN “share the same values of contributing to a better and peaceful world through sport.”
The European leg of the World Cup Series is set to begin tomorrow in the Hungarian city of Kecskemet with some of the planet’s best pentathletes expected to take part in what will be the last opportunity to qualify for June’s World Cup Final in Sarasota, USA. Five days of competition, top class facilities, real pressure and an expectant crowd guarantee a great show.
69 women from 25 countries lined up today in the World Cup #4 qualification phase to battle it out for the 36 places available for Saturday 3 May’s Final. Full results can be found below.
Group A