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Prof Fabio Pigozzi, Chairman of the UIPM Medical Committee, has been appointed Chairman of the UIPM Doping Review Panel.
The fourth and penultimate round of the 2016 UIPM World Cup got under way today with 86 athletes taking part in the qualifying round for the Women's Individual Final. Many of the participants at World Cup #4 in Kecskemét, Hungary are still pursuing Rio 2016 Olympic Games qualifying points as well as trying to secure coveted World Cup medals and a place in the World Cup Final in Sarasota/Bradenton, USA (May 6-8).
The fourth and penultimate round of the 2016 UIPM World Cup continued today with 93 athletes taking part in the qualifying round for the Men's Individual Final. Many of the participants at World Cup #4 in Kecskemet, Hungary are still pursuing Rio 2016 Olympic Games qualifying points as well as trying to secure coveted World Cup medals and a place at the elite World Cup Final in Sarasota/Bradenton, USA (May 6-8).
After placing 35th in Swimming, 7th in Fencing and 17th in Riding, nobody expected Anastasiya Prokopenko (Belarus) to be a podium contender at the fourth round of the 2016 UIPM World Cup.
Twelve astonishing minutes later, she was heading for the top step.
James Cooke of Great Britain became the second athlete in two days to come between Hungary and glory at UIPM World Cup #4. A day after Anastasiya Prokopenko (BLR) consigned Zsofia Foldhazi (HUN) to silver, Cooke (GBR) refused to give the home crowd the gold they craved as he narrowly beat Hungarian duo Adam Marosi (silver) and Bence Demeter (bronze) to the line.
KECSKEMET, HUNGARY: April 18, 2016 - Guatemala's preparations for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro were given a real boost in Hungary when their leading duo of Isabel Brand and Charles Fernandez won Mixed Relay gold at the fourth round of the 2016 UIPM World Cup. On the final day of competition in Kecskemet, the powerful Central American pairing timed their campaign to perfection as they surged to the front of the field with a near faultless Riding performance.
After another successful World Cup event, the Hungarian Modern Pentathlon Federation is looking to the future.
Large crowds in Kecskemét cheered three Hungarians to podium finishes at World Cup #4, as Zsófia Földházi and Adam Marosi earned silver medals and Bence Demeter claimed bronze.
The country’s strong Modern Pentathlon heritage looks to be in good hands with so many athletes currently competing for prizes at the highest level. So what is Hungary doing to safeguard the future?
With the UIPM 2016 Senior World Championships fast approaching, the Local Organizing Committee in Moscow (RUS) has launched a dedicated website for the event at www.moscowwch2016.ru. This website can be used by all media outlets and individuals seeking accreditation for the World Championships (May 23-29), and the accreditation process is now open with a deadline of May 16. There is useful information about the visa process and a link to ticket sales as well as background information.
Reigning UIPM world champions Lena Schoeneborn (GER) and Pavlo Tymoshchenko (UKR) lead an all-star field at the 2016 UIPM World Cup Final this week (May 6-8). The event returns to the resort of Sarasota-Bradenton on the west coast of Florida, USA, where it was successfully staged in 2014 and the established calibre of the venue is reflected in the quality of the 72 pentathletes taking part.
Lena Schoeneborn was crowned winner of the UIPM 2016 World Cup Final after summoning all her experience to top the podium in the Florida sunshine. The 30-year-old German, Olympic champion in 2008, will aim to defend her world title in Moscow (RUS) later this month knowing she is in fantastic shape with the Olympic Games in Rio only three months ahead. This victory came five years after her last World Cup Final gold, in London in 2011, which followed Schoeneborn's breakthrough success in Moscow in 2010. But her task today was made complicated by a very impressive Lithuanian.