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DOHA, QATAR - Leading pentathletes from across the world have gathered in Doha, Qatar to battle for the prestigious title of UIPM 2015 Champion of Champions.
With the 2016 Olympic Games now very much on the horizon, the 2015 elite season comes to an end with a high-class competition between 36 invited athletes from 17 countries in one of Modern Pentathlon’s newest and most exciting venues.
DOHA, QATAR, November 27, 2015 - Annika Schleu (GER) demonstrated that she will be a force to be reckoned with in Olympic year after being named UIPM Champion of Champions and picking up the last major title of the 2015 Modern Pentathlon season.
Annika Schleu, ranked 22 in the world, surprised herself with a highly accomplished performance in good conditions in Doha. Having come out on top in the Riding, she maintained her form through the Combined Event to win Women's Individual gold.
DOHA, QATAR, November 28, 2015 - The 2015 Modern Pentathlon season closed with a vision of the future as 20-year-old Woongtae Jun claimed the title of UIPM Champion of Champions after a captivating Men's Individual competition.
Jun, the World No.9 from Korea who won silver at the 2015 Junior World Championships in August, confirmed his burgeoning potential to compete for the big prizes at senior level by beating a strong field to gold at the Qatar Foundation Recreation Centre and Al Shaqab arena.
The Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne (UIPM) has written to the Russian Modern Pentathlon Federation to express its deep sorrow after the death of Alexander Kukarin, one of the country’s most accomplished pentathletes.
Kukarin was only 22, and he had helped Russia to win medals at both the Senior World Championships and the European Championships in 2015. The loss of an elite athlete in his prime has sent shockwaves through the global Modern Pentathlon community.
Usman Anwar, Director General of Sports Punjab, has reported that the sport of Modern Pentathlon has achieved rapid growth in Pakistan.
The sport was introduced just two years ago but now athletes from across the country are taking keen interest, Mr Anwar said at a prize ceremony held by the Pakistan Modern Pentathlon Federation (PMPF) at Punjab Stadium on November 20.
Members of the Modern Pentathlon community are united in grief after the death of John Holland, one of the great champions of our sport across the Americas.
John Holland was one of the founding members of the Pan American Modern Pentathlon Confederation (PAMPC) and served the body as Secretary General and President, before becoming President of UIPM-NORCECA and serving on the UIPM Executive Board.
The development programmes UIPM runs world-wide is well-known and Afghanistan is a testament to how much can be achieved in a relatively short space of time with focused work. Around 180 pentathletes, 60 female and 120 male, were selected from the program with the ultimate dream to participate in international modern pentathlon competitions. The country also reports an increasing interest of media with a remarkable coverage during the three-day seminar that took place from 23 to 25 December in the National Olympic Committee Conference Hall.
You can start to put your plans in place for the 2016 Biathle/ Triathle season. The first stage of the World Tour, in June, will see Austria hosting again a Biathle/ Triathle competition. Dates for Argentina and India will be announced in the next days as talks with LOCs are still ongoing.
2016 confirmed stages are:
– Graz, AUSTRIA : 03-05 June 2016
– Havana, CUBA : 08-10 July 2016
– Hurghada, EGYPT : 07-09 October 2016
– Goa, INDIA : dates to be confirmed
– Mar del Plata, ARGENTINA : dates to be confirmed
The Afghanistan Pentathlon Federation (APF) held a successful seminar in the capital city of Kabul which resulted in TV coverage on multiple channels.
The seminar, held in the Kabul Paris Hall on January 11, was attended by 138 delegates including leading Afghan pentathletes, coaches and administrators, National Olympic Committee chiefs, officials from other sporting governing bodies, leading businessmen and public officials including representatives from the Vice-President’s office.
The Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne (UIPM) is delighted to announce the launch of UIPMTV.org, a new digital platform for Modern Pentathlon.
With the 2016 Olympic Games less than 200 days away UIPM TV has a programme of exciting TV events in store to reach Modern Pentathlon fans no matter where they are in the World.
UIPM has a struck up a TV partnership for the 2016 season with production firm Sunset+Vine and a digital partnership with Digotel, which will run UIPMTV.org.