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Bulgaria will be one of the epicentres of UIPM Sports in 2019, with UIPM Pentathlon World Cup Sofia taking place in April and the UIPM U17 & U19 World Championships also heading to Sofia in July.
To ensure that the level of judging will be as high as possible for these and other competitions, UIPM held a Judges Certification Programme (JCP) course in the capital city from February 5-10.
The pentathlon movement in Africa has made further progress with the first UIPM Level 2 Coaching Certification Programme (CCP) course in the continent.
A group of 38 coaches from four countries – Egypt, South Africa, Afghanistan and Bahrain –attended the five-day course in Cairo (EGY) from February 9-13, ahead of the African Championships and UIPM 2019 Pentathlon World Cup Cairo.
The first two qualifiers for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games were confirmed in February 2019 – and all the celebrations took place in Egypt.
Thanks to their individual victories in the 2019 African Championships, Haydy Morsy (EGY) and Sherif Nazeir (EGY) became the first pentathletes to put their names on the list for the Olympic Games – and the first Egyptians to qualify for Tokyo in any sport.
The world’s best pentathletes will renew hostilities this week with Olympic qualification adding competitive intrigue at UIPM 2019 Pentathlon World Cup Cairo.
The season-opener in the Egyptian capital promises to be a mouth-watering affair as Anastasiya Prokopenko of Belarus comes up against Annika Schleu of Germany, who she defeated to win gold at the UIPM 2018 Pentathlon World Championships in Mexico City (MEX).
The 2019 UIPM Pentathlon World Cup kicked off today in Cairo (EGY) with 67 athletes taking part in the qualifying round for the Women's Individual Final.
The 2019 UIPM Pentathlon World Cup continued today in Cairo (EGY) with 75 athletes taking part in the qualifying round for the Men's Individual Final.
Bakhromjon Gaviez, the new President of the Modern Pentathlon Federation of Uzbekistan, travelled to Moscow (RUS) on February 15 to sign a memorandum of friendship and cooperation with Viacheslav Aminov, President of the Modern Pentathlon Federation of Russia and UIPM Vice-President for Business Affairs.
The meeting, attended by European Confederation of Modern Pentathlon President Dmitry Svatkovsky and Secretary General Tatiana Ardabieva, took place at the headquarters of the Russian Olympic Committee.
Uliana Batashova of Russia opened the season in the perfect style by winning her first UIPM Pentathlon World Cup gold medal.
A dramatic Laser Run saw Batashova (RUS) advance gradually from 4th to 1st place as the early leaders became stuck on the shooting range.
Sarolta Kovacs of Hungary had started the Laser Run in pole position but was immediately overtaken by Elodie Clouvel of France, who then froze on the third shoot and saw her hopes of a second consecutive gold medal in Cairo disappear.
If winning is a habit, it is a habit that Ahmed Elgendy of Egypt can’t seem to kick.
Another golden moment for Egypt ended a memorable fortnight of success for the host nation of UIPM 2019 Pentathlon World Cup Cairo.
A gold medal in the Mixed Relay achieved in style by Haydy Morsy and Ahmed Elgendy came on the back of an exceptional victory for Elgendy (EGY) in the Men’s Individual Final and a double individual success at the African Championships that made Morsy (EGY) and Sherif Nazeir (EGY) the first qualifiers for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.