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All around the world, members of the UIPM Sports community have responded in positive ways to the profound changes to life – and the suspension of organised sport – caused by the COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic.
In March we brought you news of the athletes in Cairo (EGY) working to support disadvantaged members of the community with aid packages. In the first of a monthly series, here are some of the activities that took place in April.
The global UIPM Sports community has given the seal of approval to #LaserHomeRun.
“From Ecuador to Singapore,” as commentator James Tzanoudakis said memorably during the live broadcast of the finals on UIPMTV, the world came together for the first-ever virtual Laser Run.
- Pentathlon World Cups in Budapest (HUN), Sofia (BUL) and Seoul (KOR) confirmed
- Dates fixed for Pentathlon and Laser Run World Championships in Minsk (BLR)
- UIPM 2020 Biathle/Triathle World Championships in Weiden (GER) moved to 2021
The road to Tokyo for the Olympic Games in 2021 is now fully mapped out for modern pentathletes after UIPM published dates for the remaining qualification competitions.
In the first part of a new series, the holder of the women’s Laser Run world record explains how she did it - and why the Laser Run climax has become such an integral part of the Modern Pentathlon.
Ilke Ozyuksel of Turkey is like a bolt of lightning around a Laser Run course.
There are only a handful of athletes on the women’s Modern Pentathlon circuit who know they can cut through the pack from the most distant starting position.
Haydy Morsy had only just turned 14 when, at the qualification competition for African athletes in Abidjan (CIV) in November 2013, she earned the right to compete at the 2014 Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing (CHN) – where she finished 7th.
Now 21, it feels like Morsy has been on the scene for a long time. The sight of her smile has been a common sight on podiums at the UIPM Under 19 World Championships (five medals from 2015-2017) and increasingly on the UIPM Pentathlon World Cup circuit (four Mixed Relay medals since 2015).
Team Korea have yet to win the coveted prize of an Olympic medal in Modern Pentathlon. A generation of athletes who have become dominant in Asia and prolific at world level suggests that it will only be a matter of time before this is rectified.
Woongtae Jun, 24, has all the hallmarks of a great champion. A big-match performer, he is one of those all-round athletes who, on the days when it all falls into place, makes winning look easy.
The Athens 2004 Olympic Modern Pentathlon bronze medallist, Georgina Harland of Great Britain, has continued her rise in sports leadership by being appointed Chef de Mission for Team GB at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games.
A multiple Pentathlon World Cup champion and Pentathlon World Championships medallist, Harland (GBR) was Deputy Chef de Mission at the Rio 2016 Olympic Summer Games and will play this role again when the rescheduled Tokyo 2020 Games take place in 2021.
The Russian Modern Pentathlon community is in mourning after the loss of one of its most popular figures to the COVID-19 Coronavirus.
Valery Ilyin, who died on April 28 aged 72, was a fencer who became an accomplished coach – initially within his own sport and later in Modern Pentathlon.
Ten members of the global UIPM community have been appointed to sit on Commissions of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for 2020.
UIPM President Dr Klaus Schormann once again takes his seat on the Culture and Olympic Heritage Commission alongside two members of the UIPM Pierre de Coubertin Commission – Alexandra de Navacelle Coubertin and Prof Dr Norbert Muller.
Anyone who has attended a Modern Pentathlon competition in the world’s largest country will testify to the size and scale of the event.
Russia also does Laser Run competitions on an impressive scale – with 11 editions of the Global Laser Run City Tour illustrating the ambition of the Russian Modern Pentathlon Federation (RMPF) to embrace the worldwide phenomenon.