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A new Modern Pentathlon event for sufferers of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) has won praise from the 2000 Olympic champion Dr Stephanie Cook (GBR).
The inaugural PentUp Challenge took place on October 14, 2017 at the Royal Military Academy in Sandhurst (GBR) and attracted 36 competitors.
Pent Up was founded by Dr Simon Thompson (a veteran and combat stress psychiatrist) and the competition was organised by Sue Hyde, former competitions director for Pentathlon GB.
Guatemala City hosted a Level 2 UIPM Coaches Certification Course from October 30 to November 4 in which 18 coaches from schools, clubs and other federations had the chance to learn and better prepared themselves to train Modern Pentathlon athletes of all levels, ages and athletic ability.
More information about registration will be provided by the UIPM Operations Manager, Alexandre França.
Pentathlon GB hosted last weekend in Manchester the 2017 World Modern Pentathlon Coaches Conference. UIPM Secretary General Shiny Fang opened officially the event on November 11th.
UIPM's newly-created Equipment Commission met for the first time in Frankfurt (GER) in November 2017.
The commission was created to ensure UIPM, its member federations and its athletes have access to the latest cutting-edge sports equipment - complying with all the prescribed international rules and regulations.
Modern Pentathlon Indonesia hosted its first course under the Judges Certification Programme (JCP) in the capital city of Jakarta as the country’s technical officials continued preparations for the 2018 Asian Games.
The UIPM President, Dr Klaus Schormann, has planted an oak tree in Tbilisi (GEO) during a symbolic ceremony ahead of the 2017 UIPM Congress (November 24-26).
Oak trees have been planted in all corners of the world by UIPM since the 50th anniversary of the Union in 1998. The origin of the tradition goes back to 1912 when an entire forest was planted surrounding the Olympic Stadium in Stockholm (SWE), where Modern Pentathlon was inaugurated as an Olympic sport thanks to Baron Pierre de Coubertin, founder of the Modern Olympic Games and Modern Pentathlon.
- Laser-Run to join Modern Pentathlon in UIPM Senior World Championships in 2019
- International Modern Pentathlon Day to be created
- Congress approves updated WADA Anti-Doping Rules and Procedures
The 69th UIPM Congress, attended by National Federations from six continents, has decided on a number of progressive initiatives aimed at integrating and strengthening the UIPM sporting movement.
Following the decision of the UIPM 2017 Congress in Tbilisi (GEO) to approve an enhanced level of global promotion of Laser-Run, the Modern Pentathlon Federation of Russia held a short but breathtaking Laser-Run tournament "Pentathletes against Military Forces Officers" on December 2.
The new year 2018 is almost upon us and one of the most exciting and important events on the calendar will be the Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires (ARG).
Nowhere is there more anticipation than in the host nation itself, and UIPM contacted three key individuals in Argentina to find out their impressions and feelings with less than a year to go until the opening ceremony.