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BERLIN, GERMANY - Lena Schoneborn (GER) has been crowned World Champion here in Berlin at the 55th UIPM Senior World Championships after winning gold in the Women's Individual Event. Home advantage was crucial - as it was the Men's Relay on the Opening Day - as the German, and 2008 Olympic Champion came out on top in the 36-strong field to book her place in next summer's Olympic Games in Rio.
BERLIN, GERMANY - Pavlo Tymoshchenko (UKR) is the new World Champion after winning gold in the Men's Individual event at the UIPM 2015 Senior World Championships in Berlin today.
Tymoshchenko shrugged off a 27-second deficit in the Combined Event to beat defending champion Aleksander Lesun (RUS), who claimed silver ahead of bronze medallist Andriy Fedechko (UKR).
UIPM provides a dedicated live streaming for the World Championship. See schedule and links below:
14:15 (CET) - Fencing Bonus Round - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-AskSRnttQ
15:45 (CET) - Riding - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ew85XFv7HIY
18:30 (CET) - Combined Event - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTzSYTCOJWY
18:45 (CET) - Award Ceremony - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MRUKmPdkTA
UIPM provides a dedicated live streaming for the UIPM 2015 Senior World Championships - Team Mixed Relay. See schedule and links below:
12:00 (CET) - Fencing Bonus Round - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0CgW4YC3X0
14:30 (CET) - Riding - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOWpYpMIhxQ
BERLIN, GERMANY, July 5, 2015 -The Czech Republic picked up the final medal of the 55th UIPM Senior World Championships today here in Berlin.
Natalie Dianova and Jan Kuf (CZE) were crowned Mixed Team Relay World Champions after another exciting day of live Modern Pentathlon action.
They overcame a four second handicap heading into the Combined Event to pip Anna Burjak and Maxsim Kustov (RUS) and leave the Russians - who had led the Mixed Team Relay for most for the day - with Silver.
Between November 6 and 8, 2015, Modern Pentathlon coaches will hear from the man who counselled Sir Chris Hoy to three gold medals in Bejing at the annual World Modern Pentathlon Coach`s Conference.
This year’s theme, Rio 2016 and Beyond, will provide thought provoking and insightful content designed to stimulate discussion and reflection.
Colombia has stated its intention to include Modern Pentathlon in the program of the Barranquilla 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games and thus creating the Colombian Modern Pentathlon Federation till the end of this year. The agreement was built on June 22 during meetings between Andres Botero, IOC member and Colombia’s Sport Minister, Baltazar Medina, President of the Colombian National Olympic Committee, Ivar Sisniega, UIPM First Vice President and Jorge Salas, President of the South American Modern Pentathlon Confederation.
The 2015 UIPM Senior Modern Pentathlon World Championships in Berlin showcased the sport to new audiences across the globe.
As the Women's Individual gold was won on Saturday by Lena Schoneborn of Germany, 1.3 million viewers in the host nation tuned in to the live TV coverage on the ARD network. With a 9.8% audience share among viewers aged over 3, this was a bigger audience than that which tuned in to Tour de France and football transmissions on the same channel on the same day.
The International German Masters Championships in Modern Pentathlon and Tetrathlon have been hailed as a major milestone in the history of Masters Pentathlon.
As well as some top class action on the field of play from the athletes, there were a number of aspects which made this particular event that little bit more special.
Women`s Individual
Athletes from Brazil, Mexico, Canada, Guatemala and Cuba secured qualification for the Women’s Individual event at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games with stand-out performances at the 2015 Pan American Games.
In front of a capacity crowd of 1,000 in Toronto, Yane Marques (BRA) won gold ahead of Mexican team-mates Tamara Vega (silver) and Mayan Oliver (bronze). With one Olympic place per nation up for grabs, the other berths were secured by Donna Vakalis (CAN), Isabel Brand (GUA) and Leydi Laura Moya (CUB).