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They had the world champion and the female pentathlete of the year chasing them, but there was no stopping Egypt on the final day of the UIPM 2019 Pentathlon and Laser Run World Championships.
Wearing smiles as wide as the Danube, Salma Abdelmaksoud and Eslam Hamad (EGY) celebrated a mighty victory that was all the more impressive for the identity of the athletes who joined them on the podium.
Elodie Clouvel of France and Joseph Choong of Great Britain won the top prizes of Best Female and Male Pentathlete respectively at the UIPM 2019 Annual Awards Gala Dinner in Budapest on September 7.
Ahmed Elgendy of Egypt won the Best Junior Male Pentathlete for the second year in succession, while the Best Junior Female award went to Rebecca Langrehr of Germany.
A special ceremony took place on the podium during the UIPM 2019 Pentathlon and Laser Run World Championships to mark the 2nd Pierre de Coubertin Pentathlon Day.
This annual celebration in honour of the sport’s founder was approved at the UIPM 2017 Congress in Tbilisi (GEO) and was officially inaugurated in 2018 in Mexico City (MEX).
The best pentathletes on the planet will join sprint specialists as Laser Run is introduced to a whole new audience at the 1st World Urban Games over the next three days.
UIPM’s urban sports phenomenon, which has grown in popularity across all continents since it was launched as a standalone sport in 2015, is one of just eight sports on the programme for the inaugural competition in Budapest.
Two of the world’s leading pentathletes showed their Laser Run prowess by performing best in the individual races on day one of the 1st World Urban Games (September 13-15).
Laser Run, UIPM’s most popular development sport which has grown in popularity across all continents since it was launched as a standalone sport in 2015, encapsulated the spirit of this competition on its debut as a showcase sport, and the Sprint Laser Run format thrilled observers.
One of Hungary’s last Olympic champions in Modern Pentathlon has hailed the emergence of Laser Run as a “great foundation of our sport” during the 2019 World Urban Games in Budapest (HUN).
Attilla Miszer was part of the men’s team who won Olympic gold in Seoul in 1988, since when Hungary has only produced two Olympic medallists.
Laser Run has enjoyed a spectacular introduction at the 1st World Urban Games, a multi-sport festival created by the Global Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF).
UIPM’s most popular development sport was one of just eight sports on the programme at Budapest’s Great Market Hall (Nagyvasartelep) from September 13-15.
With 38 Tokyo 2020 Olympic qualification places still up for grabs, a high-quality field assembled in Drzonkow (POL) for the International Polish Open from September 12-15.
It has been another busy year for UIPM Sports in Egypt and the city of Banha hosted its first competition as the Global Laser Run City Tour visited Egypt for the third time.
A total of 315 athletes competed in eight age categories from Under 9 to Senior, with a large quota of 72 participants at both Under 13 and Under 15 level.
Racing at Banha Stadium was held in the evening due to the intense morning heat in the city, which lies 50km to the north of the capital Cairo.
The UIPM Sports community in Portugal has energetically participated in Laser Run ever since the 2nd UIPM Laser Run World Championships took place in Lisbon in 2016.