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A group of 57 judges gathered in Almaty (KAZ) from April 17-22 to gain the qualifications they need to officiate at the 2018 UIPM Pentathlon World Cup Final and other major competitions.
The World Cup Final takes place in Astana (KAZ) from June 21-24 and many of the judges (six UIPM International Judges, 27 UIPM Judges and 24 UIPM Assistant Judges) will be involved now that they have their UIPM Judges Certification Programme (JCP) credentials.
Two Olympic champions go up against the world’s six top-ranked pentathletes in what promises to be an incredible Women’s Individual competition at Pentathlon World Cup Kecskemét.
Laura Asadauskaite of Lithuania (London 2012) and Chloe Esposito from Australia (Rio 2016) compete against each other for the first time since the Rio Games and their renowned Laser-Run speed raises the prospect of a battle that retains suspense right to the end.
UIPM 2018 Pentathlon World Cup Kecskemét kicked off today with 76 athletes taking part in the qualifying round for the Women's Individual Final.
Senior world champion Gulnaz Gubaydullina (RUS) and Olympic champions Chloe Esposito (AUS) and Laura Asadauskaite (LTU) were among the 36 successful qualifiers.
Representing host nation Hungary, Zsofia Foldhazi and Tamara Alekszejev also qualified for the Women’s Final.
UIPM 2018 Pentathlon World Cup Kecskemét continued today with 88 athletes battling to qualify for 36 places in the Men's Individual Final.
Olympic champion Alexander Lesun (RUS), Olympic silver medallist Pavlo Tymoshchenko (UKR) and world champion Jinhwa Jung (KOR) were among the 36 successful qualifiers.
Five athletes will represent host nation Hungary in Sunday’s final: brothers Bence and Gergely Demeter, Gergely Regos, Balasz Szep and Norbert Horvath.
- Rio 2016 Olympic champion enjoys first-ever World Cup victory
- Prokopenko (BLR) pinches silver after thrilling Laser-Run
- Bronze for Kim (KOR) after outstanding Fencing performance
Olympic champion Chloe Esposito of Australia secured another career first as she claimed her first Pentathlon World Cup gold medal after a dramatic Laser-Run comeback.
- Rising star, 22, builds on 2016 and 2017 World Cup glory
- Palazkov (BLR) enjoys career high with solid silver
- Demeter (HUN) delights home crowd with dramatic bronze
Jun Woongtae of Korea confirmed his status as one of the Modern Pentathlon’s most consistent winners as he claimed his third Pentathlon World Cup gold medal with a dominant performance.
The third Pentathlon World Cup of the season came to a fairytale conclusion for the host nation as Sarolta Kovacs and Bence Demeter won Mixed Relay gold for Hungary.
Kovacs, the 2016 individual world champion, teamed up with Demeter to dominate the final day of action with a commanding performance that brought delight to the home crowd ... and gave the other 16 competing nations no chance.
Ten female and eight male coaches earned their UIPM Level 1 Coaches Certificates in the first UIPM educational initiative to take place in the Republic of Moldova.
The course took place in the capital city of Chisinau from April 30 to May 4 and was run by four-time Olympic pentathlete Deniss Cerkovskis (LAT), a member of the UIPM Instructors Group.
The city of Rostov-on-Don in Russia hosted its second Global Laser-Run City Tour on May 1, 2018 – with more than 250 participants experiencing UIPM’s fastest-growing development sport.
People of all ages took part, from children of six to 63-year-old Igor Solimentsev from Luhansk. There was a noticeable surge in numbers aged 13 to 15, thanks to the work of two local coaches who visited a number of schools to give a presentation on Laser-Run to pupils. This aroused a huge interest in the sport in the city.
Following the success of the UIPM Laser-Run City Tour in Olympia (GRE) in 2017, the Hellenic Modern Pentathlon Federation (HFMP) staged another special Laser-Run event in the ancient home of the Olympic Games.
More than 60 schoolchildren took part in a Laser-Run race at the International Olympic Academy on April 28, many of them experiencing the UIPM’s fastest-growing development sport for the first time. But Laser-Run was not the only UIPM Sport on the itinerary.