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Laser-Run was created to make the UIPM Sports movement more accessible to people from communities across the world, increasing participation numbers and giving more aspiring athletes a pathway to Modern Pentathlon.
Every time an established Modern Pentathlon country embraces Laser-Run for the first time, it proves the effectiveness of this integrated approach and, on June 10, the Global Laser-Run City Tour arrived in Germany.
All over Portugal, the legacy of the UIPM Laser-Run World Championships continues to be apparent with more and more people embracing the sport.
In 2016, the world’s best Laser-Run athletes of all ages gathered in the capital city of Lisbon to compete for global titles.
The UIPM Court of Arbitration has reviewed the decision taken by the UIPM Doping Review Panel in the case of Qian Chen (China) after the athlete registered a complaint through her national anti-doping body (CHINADA).
The climax of the 2018 UIPM Pentathlon World Cup season will be beamed out around the world with 21 international networks relaying the action across all continents.
The action from Pentathlon World Cup Final Astana will be televised live by 18 networks including delayed live coverage appearing on two of these. TV highlights will be shown on a further four networks with one network broadcasting live via a digital platform.
Rio 2016 Olympic champion Chloe Esposito of Australia won Women’s Individual gold at the UIPM Pentathlon World Cup Final for the first time after a typically determined fightback.
Sarolta Kovacs of Hungary had started the Laser-Run with a lead of 13 seconds but Esposito (AUS) gradually reduced the deficit and then overtook her rival on the final visit to the shooting range.
First the world, now the World Cup is in the hands of Jung Jinhwa of Korea after he won Men’s Individual gold at the UIPM 2018 Pentathlon World Cup Final.
The good news continued for Korea when Jun Woongtae followed his team-mate across the line to win silver after a stunning Laser-Run.
After winning two of the four gold medals on offer during the regular season, it was no surprise to see Italy emerge on top in the Mixed Relay on the final day of the UIPM 2018 Pentathlon World Cup Final.
The country’s highest-ranked pentathletes, Alice Sotero and Riccardo de Luca, joined forces to make sure the strong “Azzurri” performances around the world earlier in the year would not be overshadowed.
Teenage athletes from six countries took part in a successful Under 19 Pan American Championship in San Antonio (USA) from June 17-19.
This is a momentous year for teenage pentathletes right across the world and especially in the Americas, with the 2018 Youth Olympic Games taking place in Buenos Aires (ARG) in October.
Two of the first three Global Laser-Run City Tours in Ukraine have been marked by a number of common features. Hundreds of people participating in a parkland venue, entrants drawn from all over the country, strong organization … and heavy rain.
After wet weather greeted participants in Kiev in 2017, and the latest City Tour in Zhitomir on June 23 was also affected by high rainfall – but it did not deter anyone involved from enjoying a spectacular day of Laser-Run.
After three events in the north of the country in 2017, the Global Laser-Run City Tour has now been launched in southern India after a successful edition in Chennai on June 22, 2018.
The Chennai Institute of Technology hosted 231 athletes spanning all age groups from Under-11 to Masters 50+, most of them sampling Laser-Run for the first time.