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The Rio 2016 Olympic Games venues for Modern Pentathlon have now been tested by the majority of the world's leading pentathletes after the Men's Individual Qualifying took place at World Cup #2 in Rio de Janeiro today.
A day after their female counterparts christened the venues at Deodoro Park, in the wake of an official inauguration, the leading men competed for places in the final of the second event of the 2016 UIPM World Cup season, which doubles as an official Olympic Test Event.
Claudia Cesarini conquered a tropical downpour and dozens of higher-ranked pentathletes to secure Women's Individual gold in the second instalment of the UIPM 2016 World Cup series.
Woongtae Jun of Korea continued his impressive rise through the elite Modern Pentathlon ranks by securing Men's Individual gold at the second stage of the 2016 UIPM World Cup. At 20, Jun (ranked 7th) is the youngest man in the top 10 of the senior World Rankings and his success at this official Olympic Test Event closely followed his victory in the season-ending 2015 Champion of Champions in Doha, Qatar.
Lena Schoeneborn asserted her class once again when she teamed up with Patrick Dogue to win gold for Germany in the Mixed Relay at the second stage of the 2016 UIPM World Cup. The final act of this official Olympic Test Event in Rio became an intriguing tussle between Germany and Egypt, two countries that have already stamped their mark on this year's World Cup with medals both here and in Cairo at World Cup #1 last month.
Please find in the following links the UIPM World Rankings for the UIPM 2015 World School Biathlon. (WSB 2015 – World Ranking) In the following link, you can find the statistics of this 2015 edition showing the popularity of this competition in schools. You can also find the Top 8 of each category per gender.
Laura Leidis Moya from Cuba and Nathan Schrimsher from the USA captured the international headlines in 2010 as they teamed up to compete in the Mixed Relay in the Singapore Youth Olympic Games. This weekend in Buenos Aires they both made news again as they became Pan American Champions.
The third round of the 2016 UIPM World Cup got up and running today with 85 athletes taking part in the qualifying round for the Women's Individual Final.
Many of the participants at World Cup #3 are still pursuing Rio 2016 Olympic Games qualifying points as well as trying to secure a place on the podium in Rome and a place at the World Cup Final in Sarasota/Bradenton, USA (May 6-8).
Qualifying for the Men's Individual Final will take place tomorrow (March 31) before three days of finals: Women's Individual (April 1), Men's Individual (April 2) and Mixed Relay (April 3).
The third round of the 2016 UIPM World Cup continued today with 97 athletes taking part in the qualifying round for the Men's Individual Final.
Many of the participants at World Cup #3 are still pursuing Rio 2016 Olympic Games qualifying points as well as trying to secure a place on the podium in Rome and a place at the World Cup Final in Sarasota/Bradenton, USA (May 6-8).
Tomorrow (April 1) marks the first of three finals, the Women's Individual event, followed by the Men's Individual (April 2) and Mixed Relay (April 3).
It was a day of dominance for France on the UIPM World Cup circuit as Valentin Prades and Christopher Patte finished in first and second place in the Men's Individual Final at World Cup #3 - with Valentin Belaud not far behind in 6th.
Pavlo Tymoshchenko took a break from his World Cup and World Championship preparations to receive a very special award in his native Ukraine.
Tymoshchenko, the 2015 UIPM World Champion and current World No.1, was named “Sportsperson of the Year” at the prestigious Person of the Year awards.