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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.
03.02.-04.02.2019, Lucerne, SUI
UIPM President Dr Klaus Schormann met Pierre Portmann, CEO of UIPM sponsor Ram Watches, in the company’s head office in Cham/Lucerne. They discussed their continuing partnership for the coming years.
06.02.2019, Darmstadt, GER
A delegation from the Asian Modern Pentathlon Confederation (AMPC) attended the 38th General Assembly of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) in order to raise awareness of the 2019 Southeast Asia Games in the Philippines.
With the busiest season in the history of UIPM Sports now under way, many countries have been using the wide array of opportunities in development sports to build a platform for the activities to come.
Here are some examples of what has been happening around the world in advance of the UIPM Global Laser Run City Tour and other landmark development competitions.
After a thrilling start to the UIPM Pentathlon World Cup season in Cairo, Egypt cut the ribbon on the UIPM 2019 Global Laser Run City Tour in the historic Mediterranean city of Alexandria.
Athletes of all ages from 27 clubs in Cairo, Alexandria and Tanta gathered at Alexandria University to compete, with almost 600 people taking part.
After two events in Africa kickstarted the season, Spain hosted the first European leg of the UIPM 2019 Global Laser Run City Tour in the Catalan city of Tarragona.
Using the facilities created for the 2018 Mediterranean Games, Tarragona (ESP) created excellent conditions for Laser Run with more than 150 participants competing, many of them experiencing the UIPM’s fastest-growing sport for the first time.
A year and a half since it hosted an unforgettable UIPM Laser Run World Championships, the iconic destination of Cape Town welcomed UIPM’s fastest-growing sport back to South Africa on March 9.
Many of the biggest names in Pentathlon gathered at the French sports institute (INSEP) near Paris to compete in the National Open Tetrathlon Criterium on March 16-17.
It was another landmark moment for the French pentathlon community in the run-up to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, and the competition was attended by students of the OISE Olympic Classes.