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New Asian champion Kim Sehee of Korea led a group of six athletes to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games on the opening day of the Asia & Oceania Championships and Olympic Qualifier in Wuhan (CHN).
Jim (KOR) won gold by 8sec from silver medallist Natsumi Tomonaga (JPN), with her compatriot Kim Sunwoo (KOR) securing bronze a further 14sec behind.
With only one Tokyo 2020 qualification available to each nation, champion Kim Sehee claimed the place for Korea ahead of Kim Sunwoo and 4th-placed Jeong Mina.
Lee Jihun of Korea became Asian champion and sealed a place at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games on the second day of the 2019 Asia/Oceania Championships & Olympic Qualifier.
Lee (KOR) won a convincing gold medal ahead of China athletes Luo Shuai (silver) and Zhang Linbin (bronze). With only one qualification spot available to each nation, that meant Lee (KOR) and Luo (CHN) could be added to the provisional entry list for the Olympic Games, along with 4th-placed Pavel Ilyashenko of Kazakhstan, 7th-placed Shohei Iwamoto of Japan and 8th-placed Alexander Savkin of Uzbekistan.
2019 Asia/Oceania Championships: Double gold for China in relays
China emerged on top in the relay events at the 2019 Asia/Oceania Championships, becoming Asian champions in both the Men’s and Mixed Relay.
Korea continued their dominance from the individual finals by claiming the Women’s Relay title, but they were forced to settle for silver and bronze in the other relays as the host nation took control.
New Zealand secured a Tokyo 2020 Olympic qualification place in November, thanks to Rebecca Jamieson, completing a historic spring for the UIPM Sports community in the Oceania nation.
On October 26, Modern Pentathlon New Zealand (MPNZ) held its first edition of the Global Laser Run City Tour, drawing athletes of all ages to the city of Hamilton – including two from Singapore.
The revival of the Pentathlon movement in Armenia continued with a successful edition of the Global Laser Run City Tour in Gyumri on October 6, 2019.
Several athletes who participated in the UIPM Biathle/Triathle National Tour in Sevan (ARM) in July took part in Laser Run racing in the country’s second largest city, which is 1,550m above sea level.
Many of the world’s leading coaches gathered in Manchester (GBR) from November 15-17 for the 7th World Modern Pentathlon Coaches Conference.
It was the seventh edition of the conference in Manchester, which was set up in 2013 to give coaches from all countries and continents the chance to meet and discuss best practice and innovation in coaching.
Young athletes from four neighbouring countries in West Africa demonstrated the power of collective intent as they gathered for the first edition of the Brotherhood Tournament in August 2019.
Athletes aged from eight to 18 from Mali, Niger, Togo and host nation Burkina Faso competed in the historic competition, which had its origins in a memorandum of understanding signed by seven nations.
Jim Fox, a four-time Olympian and Montreal 1976 gold medallist for Great Britain, has received his OLY certificate in recognition of his achievements in Modern Pentathlon.
Fox (GBR) won team gold in 1976 having already competed at the Games in Tokyo (1964), Mexico City (1968) and Munich (1972). He also made headlines in Montreal by exposing the tampered sword of Boris Onishenko of the Soviet Union, leading to his disqualification.
Indonesia and host nation the Philippines shared the spoils as Triathle and Laser Run combined to enrich the 30th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Manilla (PHI).
Six women and six men have taken their second step on the UIPM coaching ladder after gaining a Level 2 Coaches Certification Programme (CCP) qualification in Chisinau, Moldova.
Funding from Olympic Solidarity enabled UIPM to offer the course, which ran from November 11-15 and followed the Level 1 CCP course that took place in 2018.