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On the dusty red terrain of Kampala, Uganda provided more evidence of the sustained growth of Laser Run worldwide when hosting its third UIPM Sports event.
The largest lake in the Caucasus was the ideal location for one of UIPM’s most exciting development competitions as Armenia hosted the second Biathle-Triathle National Tour (BTNT) of 2019.
More than 100 young athletes got a taste for UIPM Sports at Lake Sevan, a freshwater lake which sits at an altitude of about 1900 metres, on July 21.
In the centre of Cheboksary, the capital of the Chuvashia region, Russia staged another highly successful edition of the Global Laser Run City Tour on August 17
The event kicked off celebrations for the 550th anniversary of Cheboksary, an important port on the Volga River. More than 250 people aged seven to 80 took part and all finishers were presented with a medal bearing a duckling, the main symbol of the anniversary.
The UIPM Laser Run World Championships was born in France in 2015, when Perpignan staged the inaugural event around the fountains of the southern city.
Four years later, France has become a regular venue for the Global Laser Run City Tour, which has turned Laser Run into a worldwide urban sports phenomenon.
In the summer of 2019, Argeles-sur-Mer and Latour-de-France became the latest French destinations for the GLRCT.
Tests have been completed on the exciting New Tetrathlon competition format proposed for introduction at the 2022 Youth Olympic Games.
The last of four tests took place in Weiden (GER) on August 23-24, following previous events in Buenos Aires (ARG), Cairo (EGY) and Perpignan (FRA).
Forty-eight male and female athletes took part after travelling from their bases in Germany, Hungary, Czech Republic, Egypt, Switzerland, USA and Ukraine.
Television viewers in 144 countries will have the opportunity to watch Modern Pentathlon’s flagship annual competition when the UIPM 2019 Pentathlon World Championships take place in Budapest (HUN) next week.
The 2019 championships will run from September 2-8, with the UIPM Laser Run World Championships incorporate alongside the Olympic sport of Pentathlon for the first time.
BUDAPEST, HUNGARY: September 1, 2019 – A 107-year-old core Olympic sport and one of the world’s most popular new urban sports will be brought together for the first time over the next seven days.
The UIPM 2019 Pentathlon and Laser Run World Championships is the biggest competition ever organised by the Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne (UIPM), with an estimated 1000 participants from more than 60 nations.
Last year Mexico hosted the UIPM Pentathlon World Championships in the capital Mexico City and the positive vibes seem to have been reverberating ever since.
In April Manuel Padilla (MEX) won a breakthrough gold at UIPM Pentathlon World Cup Sofia, and in July Mariana Arceo (MEX) became Pan American champion in Lima (PER) and qualified for the Tokyo Olympics.
– The Olympic champion stood between them and gold but Germany refused to be intimidated as they stormed to victory in the Men’s Relay on day two of the UIPM 2019 Pentathlon and Laser Run World Championships.