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- Masterful Laser-Run performance brings first World Cup success for 26-year-old
- Podium places for Rio 2016 top two Lesun (RUS) and Tymoshchenko (UKR)
- Successful season-opening final in 2024 Olympic candidate city Los Angeles
Bence Demeter (Hungary) came from behind to claim Men's Individual gold at the opening event of the 2017 UIPM World Cup season in the 2024 Olympic Games candidate city of Los Angeles.
- World No.1 signals intent for 2020 Olympic bid with 9th individual World Cup success
- French (GBR) defeats Khuraskina (RUS) in thrilling battle for silver
- Tomonaga (JAP) impresses with career-high finish in 2024 Olympic candidate city Los Angeles
Lena Schoeneborn (Germany) shook off her Rio 2016 Olympic Games setback with a stylish victory in the Women's Individual Final at the opening event of the UIPM 2017 World Cup season.
- Yang and Jung overcome Japanese duo to secure World Cup success
- Kazakhstan complete all-Asian podium with bronze
- Season-opener in 2024 Olympic candidate city of Los Angeles draws to close
The experienced duo of Yang Soo Jin and Jung Jinhwa led Korea to a decisive gold medal in the Mixed Relay as UIPM 2017 World Cup I drew to a close.
The Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne (UIPM) has completed a successful first demonstration event of Laser-Run with obstacles, which the federation is planning to incorporate into Modern Pentathlon’s Mixed Relay event.
Eight specially-designed obstacles of varying shape and difficulty were put to the test by volunteer athletes from both the UIPM and OCR (Obstacle Course Racing) in a special race that took place after the Women’s Final at World Cup I at Fairplex, Los Angeles on February 25.
As Japan prepares to host the Olympic Games in 2020 in Tokyo, the UIPM is currently developing and delivering specific judging programmes for Modern Pentathlon in Japan to assist Japanese NF to train more officials at international level.
At the end of 2016, the Japanese International Judges passed an official judges seminar and on the road to Tokyo, the group will attend various World Cup and World Championships in order to learn more about international competition.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) wrote to the Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne (UIPM) on February 27, 2017 to communicate a Disciplinary Commission decision regarding the athlete Viktoriya Tereshchuk (Ukraine), winner of a bronze medal in the Women's Modern Pentathlon at the XXIX Olympiad in Beijing in 2008.
Viktoriya Tereshchuk has been disqualified from the XXIX Olympiad in Beijing in 2008 and instructed to return her bronze medal, diploma and medallist pin.
Great Britain’s Olivia Green and Spain’s Cristian Chamizo started their seasons in fine style by claiming victories at the GB Youth International in Solihull today (Saturday 4th March). The competition, hosted in Solihull by Pentathlon GB, was the first youth international event of the year and saw over 50 athletes from across Europe competing.
The first International Egyptian Masters Championship (IEMCH2017) was held in the Red Sea resort of Hurghada (EGY) from March 3-6, 2017.
The Senzo Sporting Club was the main venue with the Riding event held at the Egyptian Riding School (ERS) in the capital Cairo.
There were 1576 young athletes competing during 2016 in the UIPM World Schools Biathlon from 6 countries and the competition has been tough. Certificates awarding the Top 3 athletes will be sent in digital version to the respective National Federations of awarded athletes. They will be available within April latest.
We hope to see you competing again in 2017 as more and more countries will integrate this UIPM competition which will be of a different format than before!
UIPM has assembled a panel of Laser-Run City Tour (LRCT) experts to supervise the roll-out of the new global venture.
The inaugural LRCT Experts took part in a workshop in Monaco on March 13/14 aimed at preparing them for a busy run of competitions during the inaugural 2017 season.
LRCT is designed to spread the sport of Laser-Run through cities and communities around the world, offering a new pathway into the Olympic sport of Modern Pentathlon and increasing the sustainability of the UIPM sporting movement.