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From left: Philipp Waeffler, FISU TD; Paulo Ferreira, FISU WUC Director; Istvan Gallai, Hungarian MP Association Secretary General, Host of MP WUC 2018; Alexandre França, UIPM Operations Manager
FISU’s World University Championships department hosted its biennial WUC Seminar, aimed at preparing future championship hosts, from 26-28 April in Lausanne (SUI).
Around 100 delegates from the Organizing Committees of 31 WUCs to be staged in 2018 were present.
It is with great sadness that one of the true greats of Pentathlon in Australia has passed away a little over a week ago.
Cornel Vena first came to Australia for the 1956 Olympics held in Melbourne representing his home country of Romania.
Following the Olympics, Cornel stayed in Australia and continued competing in both Pentathlon and Fencing.
A brief summary of his career is as below :
The latest Laser-Run City Tour in Rostov-on-Don (RUS) was held on 1 May, 2017 with 15 sets of medals for different age categories. There were 219 participants ranging from the age of six (the youngest was Spiridon Valaev) to 55 (the oldest was the Minister of Sport of Rostov-on-Don, Samvel Arakelyan).
- Olympic medallists Lesun (RUS) and Tymoshchenko (UKR) renew rivalry
- Kovacs (HUN) to defend territory against Clouvel (FRA) and French (GBR)
- Stellar line-up includes more than half of Rio 2016 field
The 2017 modern pentathlon season is poised to explode into action this week with more than half of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games field meeting in one of the sport’s traditional strongholds.
The 2017 UIPM World Cup season resumed today with 68 athletes taking part in the qualifying round for the Women's Individual Final at World Cup III.
Kim Sunwoo (KOR), Sarolta Kovacs (HUN), Laura Asadauskaite (LTU) and Kate French (GBR) were among the pacesetters. Rio 2016 Olympic silver medallist Elodie Clouvel (FRA) did not qualify for the final.
The Women’s Individual Final takes place on May 6, followed by the Men’s Individual Final on May 7 and the Mixed Relay on May 8.
The 2017 UIPM World Cup season continued today with 77 athletes taking part in the qualifying round for the Men's Individual Final at World Cup III.
Pavel Ilyashenko (KAZ), Jun Woongtae (KOR), Pavlo Tymoshchenko (UKR) and Valentin Prades (FRA) were among the pacesetters.
The Women’s Individual Final takes place on May 6, followed by the Men’s Individual Final on May 7 and the Mixed Relay on May 8.
- Former Olympic champion comes from behind to win gold at World Cup III
- Home favourite Kovacs (HUN) holds on to bronze after losing Laser-Run lead
- First World Cup medal for silver starlet Gubaydullina (RUS)
Any time Laura Asadauskaite enters the Laser-Run stage of a pentathlon with the leader in her sights, that woman is going to come under serious pressure.
So it proved during the Women's Final at World Cup III when Asadauskaite (LTU) made light work of a 43-second deficit to deny Sarolta Kovacs (HUN) victory in front of her home crowd.
- World No.2 wins thrilling battle on day France votes for new President
- Home favourite Demeter (HUN) claims silver in sprint finish
- Tymoshchenko (UKR) secures third consecutive World Cup medal
On the day France went to the polls to elect a new President, "La Marseillaise" rang out at World Cup III after Valentin Prades gave his country an early cause for celebration.
- Individual medallists Kovacs & Demeter team up to win gold
- Belarus win silver and Czech Republic beat Russia in sprint finish
- Fourteen nations take part in event proposed for 2020 Olympic Games
It was Hungary's turn to enjoy a day of patriotic pride as Sarolta Kovacs and Bence Demeter won the gold medal in the Mixed Relay to bring World Cup III to an exciting close.
The Modern Pentathlon Federation of Malaysia successfully completed an inaugural Laser-Run with obstacles competition on April 30.
The course at the Havil International School in Kuala Lumpur comprised of nine obstacle stations which included laser shooting, jumping, crawling, running and others.
Young athletes from various schools participated in the Under 17 category, where the winner was Sean Ho Ka Wai, and Under 12, where the winner was Lim Eu Xuan.