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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.
Jung Jinhwa fulfilled his promise and confirmed his status as a major contender for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games by becoming Korea’s first individual world champion in the Men’s Individual Final.
The 28-year-old, a bronze medallist in Rome (ITA) in 2012 and Moscow (RUS) in 2016, led from the front after the withdrawal of Olympic champion Alexander Lesun (RUS) and made the gold medal his own with a highly composed performance.
- Decisive Laser-Run leads 25-year-old to long-awaited success
- Silver medallist Foldhazi leads Hungary to team gold
- Bronze medallist Prokopenko (BLR) keeps Schoeneborn (GER) off podium
Gulnaz Gubaydullina ended Russia’s 20-year wait for a women’s world champion after a commanding Laser-Run display in a hotly contested final.
· Steinborn & Nobis add fourth medal to German haul
· Morsy & Hamad (EGY) bring joy to home crowd
· Belhamri & Belaud (FRA) make a break for bronze
Ronja Steinborn and Alexander Nobis drove Germany to finish a successful UIPM Senior World Championships on a high with gold in the Mixed Relay.
India held its 3rd Laser-Run City Tour in the capital city of Delhi on August 27, with 292 athletes taking part.
The event, organized by the Modern Pentathlon Federation of INDIA (MPFI), took place at the Chhatrasal Stadium where there is a synthetic 400m track with eight lanes.
The athletes comprised all age groups from Under-11 to Masters (50+) and included 51 females. Spectators and parents in the stands clearly enjoyed the Laser-Run format.
A group of 23 coaches from seven nations took part in a Level 2 Coaches Course during the American qualifying competition for the 2018 Youth Olympic Games.
Coaches from Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama and Venezuela attended the course, delivered by Nilton Rolim (BRA), from August 29 to September 3 in Merida (MEX).
Australia held its first Laser-Run City Tour event on the outskirts of Melbourne as the country seeks to engage a new generation in the UIPM movement in the wake of Chloe Esposito’s Olympic gold at Rio 2016.
The event, hosted by Victoria Modern Pentathlon at the Kardinia International College in Geelong, drew athletes from across the state of Victoria.
The UIPM Doping Review Panel has imposed a four-year suspension on the athlete Qian Chen (China) following her disqualification from the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
The athlete was found to have committed a doping violation during the Rio Games after testing positive for the banned substance Hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ), a diuretics or masking agent. The 4th place she achieved in the Women’s Final has been removed from the records.
Lina Batuleviciute of Lithuania beat a world-class field to become gold medallist in the Women's Final at the 45th CISM World Military Championships in Drzonkow (POL).
Batuleviciute (LTU) was a consistent performer all day and held off the challenge of silver medallist Ekaterina Khuraskina (RUS), who had been top scorer in Fencing, and bronze medallist Sarolta Kovacs (HUN).