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Brightly-coloured clothing, a wide range of participants and clear progression were all in evidence as Sri Lanka staged its latest Global Laser Run City Tour in Bandaragama on August 19.
This was Sri Lanka’s first City Tour held outside of the capital Colombo, and the aim was to enable members of the public from rural communities to have the same opportunity to participate in UIPM Sports as their urban neighbours.
Another Global Laser Run City Tour in Ukraine, another day of adverse weather conditions, another example of hundreds of racers refusing to be denied their chance to try UIPM’s fastest-growing development sport.
A storm warning was issued by the local meteorological office on September 9, the day of the event in Dnipro, and for the third time this year in Ukraine, the weather could hardly have been worse for a Global Laser Run City Tour.
The Singapore Modern Pentathlon Association (SIMPA) teamed up with local authority, ActiveSG, to promote the benefits of UIPM Sports as a lifestyle choice during the Global Laser Run City Tour in Singapore on August 5, 2018.
Singapore’s second City Tour was held in conjunction with a month-long calendar of activities to celebrate the 53rd National Day of Singapore.
A fantastic season for Belarus continued with victory in the 2018 Kremlin Cup for Anastasiya Prokopenko and Ilya Palazkov in Moscow, Russia on September 23.
Prokopenko, the new women’s individual world champion and world No.1, and Palazkov (world No.5) entered the competition as the top-ranked athletes but they only prevailed after a dramatic race.
Russia hosted one of the biggest Laser Run gatherings to date when 460 athletes flocked to Novosibirsk for the Global Laser Run City Tour on September 8, 2018.
The occasion formed part of the global celebration of the 1st Pierre de Coubertin Pentathlon Day, and large groups of participants aged from seven to 73 came from Novosibirsk, Chelyabinsk, Omsk, Barnaul, and neighbouring Kazakhstan to take part in Lenin Square.
Ekaterina Khuraskina of Russia maintained her impressive record at the CISM Military World Championships with a gold medal in the Women’s Individual event of the 46th instalment in Budapest (HUN).
- First UIPM event in Dublin (IRL) attracts 400+ athletes from 28 nations
- UIPM President Schormann hails growing popularity of Laser Run
- Defending champion Eevi Bengs (FIN) determined to retain title
Two of the world’s leading pentathletes joined the UIPM President and the Lord Mayor of Dublin at a special reception to mark the beginning of the UIPM 2018 Laser Run World Championships.
Patrick Dogue of Germany emerged from a high-class field to win Men’s Individual gold at the 46th CISM Military World Championships in Budapest (HUN).
Dogue (GER) came from behind in the Laser Run to prevail ahead of silver medallist Zhang Linbin of China, and there was a huge roar when local hero Adam Marosi of Hungary came home in 3rd position to win bronze.
Jessica Varley of Great Britain and Bence Kardos of Hungary scooped the big individual prizes on the opening day of the 4th UIPM Laser Run World Championships in Dublin, Ireland.
Varley (GBR) fought off competition from local favourite Kate Coleman Lenehan of Ireland, who secured silver in the Senior Women’s Individual event ahead of bronze medallist Barbora Ciprova of the Czech Republic.
Blanka Guzi and Bence Kardos brought the UIPM 2018 Laser Run World Championships to a happy conclusion for Hungary as they won gold with a strong performance in the Mixed Relay.