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A new annual celebration of sport will be born on September 9, 2018 – and the whole world is invited.
Pierre de Coubertin Pentathlon Day will be introduced this year following a unanimous vote at the 2017 UIPM Congress.
A wide range of activities aimed at celebrating the history, present and future of the Modern Pentathlon movement will take place in all countries represented by the UIPM’s 120-plus National Federations.
The 2018 UIPM Pentathlon World Cup kicked off today in Cairo (EGY) with 66 athletes from all continents taking part in the qualifying round for the Women's Individual Final.
The Olympic gold and silver medallists from Rio 2016, Chloe Esposito (AUS) and Elodie Clouvel (FRA) respectively, were among the pacesetters along with 2017 world champion and world No.1 Gulnaz Gubaydullina (RUS).
UIPM 2018 Pentathlon World Cup Cairo continued today with 70 athletes taking part in the qualifying round for the Men's Individual Final.
The Olympic silver medallist from Rio 2016, Pavlo Tymoshchenko (UKR) and 2016 world champion Valentin Belaud (FRA) were among the pacesetters.
The Platinum Club is hosting the Pentathlon World Cup Cairo, where the finals begin tomorrow (March 2) with the Women's Individual Final, followed by the Men’s Individual Final (March 3) and Mixed Relay (March 4).
Elodie Clouvel (France) opened the 2018 season in style with a commanding victory in the Women's Individual Final at UIPM 2018 Pentathlon World Cup Cairo.
The Rio 2016 Olympic silver medallist performed consistently throughout the day and immediately took control of the Laser-Run after starting 1sec behind the leader, Iryna Khokhlova (Argentina).
A stunning start to the season by France continued as their athletes won gold and silver in an action-packed Men’s Individual Final at UIPM 2018 Pentathlon World Cup Cairo.
Christopher Patte stormed to gold and was closely followed by compatriot Valentin Belaud, who advanced rapidly in the Laser-Run to move up to the silver medal position, with Pavel Ilyashenko (Kazakhstan) taking bronze.
- Tocchi and Micozzi too consistent for European rivals
- Clouvel and Belaud fall 18sec short of third gold medal
- Potapenko and Sukharev claim bronze for Kazakhstan
Italy prevented France from winning a clean sweep at UIPM 2018 Pentathlon World Cup Cairo as Gloria Tocchi and Gianluca Micozzi claimed gold in the Mixed Relay.
Kitty Chiller, President of the Oceania Modern Pentathlon Confederation, has been appointed as the Oceania representative to the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) Executive Committee.
Ms Chiller, who this year took up a new position as chief executive of the Australian Gymnastics Federation, attended her first meeting of FIG in Lausanne (SUI) in February.
After the rapid growth of 2017, a new season of Laser-Run City Tour began in Alexandria (EGY) with a competition that gave 525 disabled and able-bodied athletes from Under 9 to Masters a taste of Laser-Run.
The UIPM Masters community has lost one of its most active participants after Edy Weber (SUI), died suddenly on February 20, aged 75.
Eduard Weber served an apprenticeship as a painter before enrolling the police service where he was stationed in Davos (SUI) for more than 30 years.
The UIPM Para-Sports movement is gaining momentum all the time and the latest sign of progress is the appointment of Paul Baudet (FRA) as Head of Classification.
This newly-created role is part of the UIPM Para-Sports Regulations and the Head of Classification will be responsible for the direction, administration, coordination and implementation of all classification matters for the remainder of the Tokyo 2020 cycle.