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Robert Kasza (Hungary) took the silver medal and, to the delight of the home crowd, Pierpaolo Petroni (Italy) fought off a late challenge from Kasza's compatriot Adam Marosi to secure bronze.
Mr. Joël Bouzou, UIPM Vice President and President & Founder of Peace and Sport, was in Bamako today at the invitation of Her Excellency Mrs. Keïta Aminata Maiga, First Lady of the Republic of Mali, to gift the National Olympic and Sports Committee of Mali with a shipment of sports equipment for local organizations that lead community sports projects.
While the Modern Pentathlon world is looking forward to the World Cup #4 starting tomorrow in Hungary, there are also significant happenings in the development of the sports – particularly in South Africa.
Through various initiatives leaded by the UIPM Instructor Bernhard Petruchinski (GER), the UIPM is helping the South Africa Modern Pantathlon Association to broaden the horizons, develop their skills and promote the growth of the sport.
The initiative involves courses to qualify judges and coaches, and focused training sessions to athletes to improve their abilities.
KECSKEMET, HUNGARY The fourth and penultimate stage of the UIPM 2015 World Cup series was officially launched during an impressive opening ceremony in the centre of Kecskemet, Hungary this evening. Over the next five days the best Modern Pentathletes in the world will do battle in the Men’s Individual, Women’s Individual and Mix Relay categories as they bid to rack up qualifying points for the UIPM 2015 World Cup Final. This is the fourth stage of the 2015 UIPM World Cup series and the fifth leg will be the World Cup Final, held in Minsk, Belarus in June.
KECSKEMÉT, HUNGARY The beautiful city of Kecskemét hosted today an exciting day of top-class competition were some of the best female Pentathletes in the world competed for 36 places in Saturday's Final of the UIPM 2015 World Cup #4 in Kecskemét, Hungary.
KECSKEMÉT, HUNGARY - The Men's Individual Qualification day ended today with three thrilling Combined Events were 86 of the best male Pentathletes in the world competed for 36 places in Sunday's Final of the UIPM 2015 World Cup #4 in Kecskemét, Hungary. The UIPM 2015 World Cup #1 winner James Cooke (GBR) and the recent UIPM 2014 World Cup #3 winner Pavlo Tymoshchenko (UKR) are some of the athletes qualified to the Final that will also have 4 athletes from the home country, the Hungarians Soma Tomaschof, Adam Marosi, Bence Demeter and , Tamas Bence Frohlich.
KECSKEMET, HUNGARY - Valentin Belaud (France) showed a cool head and a blistering final run to clinch Men's Individual gold in the fourth stage of the 2015 UIPM World Cup Series in Kecskemet, Hungary. The 22-year-old overcame a 22-second gap on Ilia Frolov (Russia) to beat the former World Champion into second place in a dramatic Combined Event. The two athletes were neck-and-neck going into the final shoot, but a nerveless display from Belaud (FRA) saw him race out of the pistol range seconds ahead of his more experienced rival.