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The 2nd Pierre de Coubertin Pentathlon Day was celebrated right across the UIPM Sports world, but perhaps nowhere with more vigour than in Vitebsk (BLR) on September 8.
The Belarusian Federation of Modern Pentathlon seized the moment by organizing a Global Laser Run City Tour in the heart of one of the country’s most beautiful cities – attracting an incredible 500 participants.
Not one but three UIPM Sports were contested by international athletes on the beautiful island of Madeira (POR) this summer.
Shortly after the 2019 European Biathle-Triathle Championships, the city of Machico hosted Portugal’s latest Global Laser Run City Tour, encouraging crossover between the three development sports and enabling athletes from visiting countries to enjoy a ‘bonus’ competition and stay on Madeira that little bit longer.
As one of the busiest seasons in the history of UIPM Sports draws towards a close, UIPM President Dr Klaus Schormann reflects on the dramatic transformation the Modern Pentathlon movement has undergone in recent years.
A version of this Q&A article first appeared on Around The Rings.
Q: It's been quite a busy few months. How did the Pan American Championships go?
What do world champions do after becoming world champion? They immediately return to competition, aiming to extend that winning feeling.
The 2019 Kremlin Cup in Moscow (RUS) on September 22 attracted four athletes who had won gold medals at the UIPM 2019 Pentathlon World Championships in Budapest (HUN) only two weeks earlier.
Modern pentathlete Ilke Ozyuksel was honoured with the Mustafa V Koc Sports Award, one of the most prestigious prize in Turkish sport, at a glittering ceremony in Istanbul on September 24.
Ozyuksel, 22, won her fourth UIPM Pentathlon World Cup medal in 2019 and set a new women’s world record for the Laser Run component of Modern Pentathlon during the European Championships in Bath, Great Britain.
The first Olympic Games to take place in Africa is expected to create of surge of interest in sport across the continent – and the UIPM Sports community will be ready to seize the moment.
Following the International Olympic Committee’s historic decision to award the 2022 Youth Olympic Games to Dakar in Senegal, UIPM has already come up with a new format for the competition and now plans are being developed on the ground.
As the Laser Run craze continues to spread across all continents, another African nation has embraced the urban sports phenomenon for the first time.
Togo held its first Global Laser Run City Tour in Lome on September 7, on the eve of the 2nd Pierre de Coubertin Pentathlon Day.
Heavy rain made life difficult both for organisers and participants, who came from clubs across the city to perform at the venue in the eastern suburb of Baguida.
Laser Run may have established itself as one of the world’s most popular urban sports, but when the chance comes to align to other major sporting events, the benefits are obvious.
This was underlined when the Russian city of Novosibirsk hosted its second Global Laser Run City Tour on September 7, the eve of the 2nd Pierre de Coubertin Pentathlon Day.
The Biathle-Triathle National Tour moved to Asia for the fourth round of the 2019 circuit – and Sri Lanka’s sporting community welcome it with open arms.
Almost 200 athletes took part in age categories from Under 11 to senior, across Biathle, Triathle and even Laser Run at Central College in Piliyandala. Young people came from schools, clubs and villages from all around the country to take part.
Nearly 300 athletes from seven regions flocked to Lviv in the west of Ukraine on September 15 to join one of the world’s fastest-growing urban sports movements.
On the same day the World Urban Games was taking place 600km away in Budapest (HUN), with Laser Run on the programme as a showcase sport, 289 competitors gathered with their coaches, parents, teammates and friends for Ukraine’s latest Global Laser Run City Tour.