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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).
Adam Marosi led Hungary to an exceptional clean sweep of the medals in the Men’s Final at the 45th CISM World Military Championships in Drzonkow (POL).
Marosi, the 33-year-old who won bronze at the London 2012 Olympic Games, took gold ahead of compatriots Robert Kasza (silver) and Soma Tomaschof (bronze). Inevitably their combined efforts enabled Hungary to add the team gold to their haul, with Egypt taking silver and Korea bronze.
A late surge allowed France (Elodie Clouvel & Valentin Belaud) to become gold medallists in the Mixed Relay at the 45th CISM World Military Championships in Drzonkow (POL).
France had begun the Laser-Run with a 15sec deficit to leaders Argentina (Iryna Khokhlova & Emmanuel Zapata) but the class of Clouvel and especially Belaud proved decisive and they ended up winning by 2sec ahead of silver medallists Hungary (Sarolta Kovacs & Robert Kasza) and 6sec ahead of third-placed Poland (Anna Maliszewska & Szymon Staskiewicz).