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The growth in popularity of Laser Run will be underlined from August 30 to September 2 when the sport makes its debut at the national finals of the UK School Games in Loughborough (GBR).
Eleven sports will be on the programme and Laser Run joins the established Olympic sports of canoeing, rowing and triathlon as well as netball in appearing for the first time.
The Modern Pentathlon was born during the 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm and still today, 106 years later, the sport is enjoying its first exposure in some countries.
Colombia is one such country. In the city of Cali, on July 15, Laser Run was presented for the first time, giving communities an introduction to the UIPM Sports movement and – potentially – an entry point to the Olympic sport of Modern Pentathlon.
They already produced a Laser Run world champion in 2017 and now Finland can claim to have hosted not one but two editions of the Global Laser Run City Tour.
The double-header began in Veikkola on August 16 and concluded on August 18 in the capital city of Helsinki, which hosted the Finnish Laser Run Championships in conjunction with the GLRCT. The field was international, with athletes from five countries taking part.
The UIPM 2018 Pentathlon World Championships are heading to Mexico City (MEX) in September and UIPM has certified a group of senior judges to oversee the competition.
A UIPM Judges Certification Programme (JCP) course was held from August 20-26 in the Mexican capital, which will host the best pentathletes in the world from September 6-15.
Pentathlon coaches from Chile, Bolivia and Uruguay joined Argentinian neighbours in Buenos Aires (ARG) for the first UIPM Coaching Certificate Programme course held in South America.
The Level 2 course took place from August 13-17 under the instruction of Marian Gheorghe of Guatemala.
Almost 400 athletes turned out for the ECMP 2018 European Biathle-Triathle Championships in Weiden (GER) from July 27-29.
A total of 389 athletes competed, hailing from 17 countries (Germany, Italy, Portugal, Belarus, Russia, Ukraine, Monaco, Spain, France, Great Britain, Latvia, Austria, Hungary, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Czech Republic and, making a guest appearance from Asia, Japan).
Korea and China shared all six medals at the 2018 Asian Games Modern Pentathlon competition in Jakarta, Indonesia, winning one title each.
Global television viewers on a record number of networks will have the opportunity to watch Modern Pentathlon’s flagship annual competition when the UIPM 2018 Pentathlon World Championships take place in Mexico City (MEX) this week.
The 2018 championships will run from September 6-13, with 21 medals on offer to the best pentathletes and pentathlon teams on the planet.
The new and innovative Pentathlon Stadium concept is unveiled to the world today as the UIPM 2018 Pentathlon World Championships begin.
Modern Pentathlon’s finest elite athletes from almost 40 countries are primed to compete in Mexico City over the next seven days and there is a collective sense of excitement about the unique venue which has been created at the Campo Marte sports complex.