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MINSK, BELARUS - Laura Asadauskaite (LTU) will defend her Olympic title at the Olympic Games in Rio next summer after being crowned Women's Individual World Cup Winner at the 2015 UIPM World Cup Final here in Minsk, Belarus. The Lithuanian was always in a strong position during the event, but it was in the final Combined Event where her experience and class counted and she easily overcame a seven second handicap to cross the line finish securing Gold and her seat on the plane to next summer's Olympic spectacle. She said: "I am very happy today, it is a great day.
The 37th Tartu Masters tournament and European Masters Cup stage was held on June 5-7 in Tartu. There were 29 participants from eight countries; 14 in pentathlon and 15 in tetrathlon.
Since being welcomed as a member of the FISU family in May 2014, the Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne (UIPM) has been actively engaged with FISU regarding its integration into the World University Championships programme.
Friday, the 18th of September will be the opening day of the 2015 UIPM Biathle/ Triathle World Championship. The event will bring together to the city of Batumi, Georgia, a number of 300 athletes of various age groups and several countries to compete.
While preparations for this UIPM flagship competition are continuing picking up pace, the Local Organizing Committee received this weekend the official visit of UIPM Evaluation group Bernard Petruschinski, Technical Delegate, Leandro Pontes, Communications and Media Assistant, and Howard Jones, member of UIPM Biathle working group.
BERLIN, GERMANY - Olympiapark in Berlin is preparing for a week of great sporting drama as the most versatile athletes in the world grace the UIPM Senior World Championships (June 29 to July 5).
The World Championships, attended this year by more than 220 athletes from 34 countries, is the highlight of the 2015 Modern Pentathlon calendar and this year there is an extra incentive for the elite athletes clamouring to get on to the podium.
BERLIN, GERMANY - Germany made home advantage count to pick up the first medal of the 55th UIPM Senior World Championships today in Berlin.
Alexander Nobis and Marvin Faly Dogue (GER) topped the podium in the Men's Team Relay as a week of live top class Modern Pentathlon sporting action got underway at Berlin's Olympic Park.The duo were in contention from the off winning the Fencing and were always in or around the top three as the event progressed.
BERLIN, GERMANY - China dominated the women's relay for a second year in a row. The 2014 World Championship winning duo of Liang Wanxia and Chen Qian repeated their performance of less than twelve months ago to add another title to their collection.
Chen Quian said: "We are very happy as we won for a second time this World Champion title."
Liang Wanxia said: "The competition was very close. All teams made a very strong competition so we were surprised that we would get this result."
Last Sunday the First Prime Minister of Poland, Ewa Kopacz, and the Polish Minister of Sport, Adam Korol met with young local pentathletes at the Polish Olympic center in Wladyslawowa during the Youth National Championships. UIPM Sports Director Janusz Peciak attended the event and was inducted into the city's Hall of Fame.
BERLIN, GERMANY, July 1, 2015 - The beautiful city of Berlin hosted today an exciting day of top-class competition were 90 of the best male Pentathletes in the world competed for 36 places in Friday's Final of the UIPM 2015 Senior World Championships in Berlin, Germany.
The highlight of today's event was Logan Storie's new Modern Pentathlon world record in the the Swimming event (50m pool).
Storie (USA) swam the 200m in 1:53.08min, a performance that beat the previous record he owned in Sarasota during the UIPM 2015 World Cup #1.
UIPM provides a dedicated live streaming for the World Championship.