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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.
As host of the 2019 UIPM Pentathlon World Championships, Budapest staged an event recently to mark 500 days to go until what promises to be an unforgettable week in the capital of Hungary.
The 2019 World Championships will be unique in that the best pentathletes in the world will compete alongside the best Laser-Runners, as Budapest will be hosting the 2019 UIPM Laser-Run World Championships at the same time.
The 2018 Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires (ARG) is now less than 200 days away and it’s not only the athletes and organisers who are deep in preparation for this quadrennial celebration of global youth sport.
There are also 47 UIPM judges who are working hard to ensure the competition is the best possible showcase for Olympic sport and the UIPM movement, and the group gathered in Buenos Aires from March 5-10 to undertake a certification programme course.
After a dominant performance by France at Pentathlon World Cup Cairo, the rest of the world is poised to start playing catch-up at Pentathlon World Cup Los Angeles when the series resumes tomorrow (March 26).