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The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has published its 2018 List of Prohibited Substances and Methods, an important resource for anyone involved in the UIPM Sports and the wider international sporting movement.
The list, which comes into force on January 1, 2018, is accompanied by the 2018 Summary of Major Modifications and Explanatory Notes, which serves to help athletes, coaches and other support personnel to understand the latest changes.
The Laser-Run craze that is sweeping the world is about to hit one of the capital cities of world sport and tourism.
Cape Town becomes the third host of the UIPM Laser-Run World Championships after Perpignan (FRA) in 2015 and Lisbon (POR) in 2016, and hundreds of athletes of all ages from about 20 countries have gathered in this beautiful harbour city where racing will take place in Cape Town Stadium, in the shadow of the iconic Table Mountain
The 3rd UIPM Laser-Run World Championships in Cape Town, South Africa exploded into life with hundreds of athletes from around the world taking part in the individual events.
Athletes from countries as diverse as Ivory Coast, Thailand and Monaco collected medals alongside more established UIPM member nations across 10 categories from Under-11 to Masters 60+.
The 3rd UIPM Laser-Run World Championships has been hailed as a success by the UIPM President Dr Klaus Schormann after today’s second and final day.
Hostile weather made life difficult for the organisers but hundreds of athletes from around the world did their countries proud in today’s Mixed Relay events and the individual races on October 14.
For the fourth time in five years the world’s leading pentathletes have congregated in the magical city of Doha for the season-ending UIPM Champion of Champions.
After a busy 2017 there will be one last race for one of Modern Pentathlon’s most sought-after prizes, and the seasonal climax is sure to be dramatic with 18 male and female athletes invited based on their ranking.
· New world military champion claims second title of 2017
· Sotero (ITA) ends excellent year on a high with silver
· Olympic medallist Clouvel (FRA) loses lead but salvages medal
- New title for former European champion and World Cup winner
- Dogue (GER) adds silver medal to 2016 gold
- Belaud (FRA) keeps Colasanti (ITA) off the podium
Riccardo de Luca of Italy enjoyed one of the finest wins of his career as he took home the title of UIPM Champion of Champions after dominating the men’s event.
Argentina held its second Laser-Run City Tour in the city of Magdalena, 150km from Buenos Aires where the 2018 Youth Olympic Games will take place.
The event marked the latest part of a development drive by the Argentina Modern Pentathlon Federation, which is seeking to engage new generations in UIPM Sports.
One of the strategic aims of Laser-Run is to increase participation in the time-honoured Olympic sport of Modern Pentathlon and there was a meeting of old and new worlds in Olympia (GRE) when the Laser-Run City Tour took place in the Athens 2004 Olympic Games venue on October 22.
The 69th Congress of the Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne (UIPM) will take place in three weeks’ time (November 24-26) and anticipation is growing in the host city of Tbilisi (GEO).
The annual gathering of UIPM’s global membership will be hosted for the first time by the Modern Pentathlon and Triathlon Federation of Georgia, whose officials have been working closely with Mamuka Khabareli, Vice-President of the Georgian Olympic Committee, as well as officials from City Hall and the Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs.