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Kim Sunwoo retained her Women's Individual title with another commanding performance as Korea picked up their second gold medal of the 2017 UIPM Junior World Championships.
Daniele Colasanti was an unexpected winner of Men’s Individual gold at the UIPM Junior World Championships as Italy proved once again they have young talent in abundance.
Twenty-four hours after the Italians claimed team gold in the women’s event, they were on top of the podium again and this time their success included the ultimate individual prize.
Russia wrapped up the UIPM Junior World Championships with their first gold medal of the week as Xeina Fralcova and Nikolai Matveev proved unstoppable in the Mixed Relay.
Modern Pentathlon will again be beamed out to a global audience of millions during the 2017 UIPM Senior World Championships, held for the first time on African soil.
The championships in Cairo will run from August 22-28, with 21 medals on offer to 169 athletes from 29 nations. The 2017 event marks the 20th anniversary of the first combined male and female World Championships, held in Sofia (BUL).
Eurosport, which has a reach of 154 million TV homes, will televise the championships across Europe and beyond, as a result of a new deal struck with UIPM in 2017.
The pentathletes of Korea are starting to become increasingly comfortable when wearing the crown.
In 2016, Jun Woongtae and Hwang Woojin proved their calibre at the highest level with gold in the UIPM World Championships Men’s Relay in Moscow (RUS).
Today in the searing heat of Cairo the duo enjoyed another impressive victory as they defended their title under extreme pressure from a mass of athletes from pentathlon’s traditional stronghold.
Another day, another successful title defence at the 2017 UIPM World Championships as Germany claimed gold in the Women’s Relay.
Lena Schoeneborn and Annika Schleu (GER) have established themselves as the leading female duo in pentathlon and a masterful performance today saw them finish 33sec ahead of the chasing pack.
The 2017 UIPM Senior World Championships continued today with 77 athletes taking part in the qualifying round for the Men's Individual Final.
Among the 36 qualifiers were the Rio 2016 Olympic gold and silver medallists, Alexander Lesun (RUS) and Pavlo Tymoshchenko (UKR) and the reigning world champion, Valentin Belaud (FRA).
The championships run from August 22-28 and continues tomorrow (August 25) with qualifying for the Women’s Individual Final.
The winners of the 2017 UIPM Senior World Championships will be decided over the next three days and sports fans in 163 countries will have an opportunity to view the action on TV.
Viewers around the world will be able to see live coverage from the following continental and national TV channels:
The 2017 UIPM World Championships continued today with 62 athletes taking part in the qualifying round for the Women's Individual Final.
Among the 36 qualifiers were the 2008 and 2012 Olympic champions, Lena Schoeneborn (GER) and Laura Asadauskaite (LTU), the 2016 Olympic silver medallist Elodie Clouvel (FRA), the 2017 World Cup Final winner Tamara Alekszejev (HUN) and the reigning world champion, Sarolta Kovacs (HUN).
The action at the UIPM Senior World Championships runs from August 22-28 and continues tomorrow (August 26) with the Men’s Individual Final.
A ceremony was held in Cairo (EGY) during the UIPM 2017 Senior World Championships to recognise the first group of UIPM Level 4 elite-level coaches and to launch UIPM's first coaching handbook, “Start Coaching Modern Pentathlon”.
In 2015 UIPM created the Coaches Certification Programme (CCP) with a core belief that human resources are the most important part of an institution.
The UIPM intends to guarantee that better overall conditions continue to lead to a sustainable sport in the future and coaches are a fundamental part of that.