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Ed Fernon’s Modern Pentathlon career appeared to have peaked when he competed at the London 2012 Olympic Games for Australia and finished 27th. Three years later, he retired from competition, clearing the path for the young pretender – Max Esposito (AUS) – to join his sister Chloe on the Olympic stage.
The unexpected disruptions of 2020 may have put the sporting world on pause, but Laser Run has been a catalyst for growth of the UIPM Sports movement across South Asia that will continue once the restrictions on mass-participation sport have been eased.
From Kabul to Colombo, this part of the world has energetically embraced the simple plug-and-play format that enables Laser Run to support development in communities right across the planet.
- Leading laser shooters from 33 countries summoned to compete in virtual knockout
- Top-10 athletes Prades (FRA) and Muir (GBR) and Pan American champion Fernandez (GUA) on invite list
- Line-up also includes Olympic champion Starostin (RUS) and Youth Olympic champion Elgendy (EGY)
Sharp shooters from 33 countries have today been offered the chance to become the first UIPM #LaserAllStars.
In the second part of the series, the Rio 2016 Olympic champion reflects on how he broke not one but two men’s world records in Modern Pentathlon – and explains why records mean less to him than the raw satisfaction of winning.
Alexander Lesun of Russia has towered over the men’s Modern Pentathlon scene for a decade, a dominant presence ever since winning his first of five UIPM Pentathlon World Cup gold medals in Budapest (HUN) in 2010.
The reigning Olympic Modern Pentathlon champion, Chloe Esposito of Australia, is celebrating another defining landmark in her life – the birth of her first child.
Rio 2016 gold medallist Esposito (AUS), 28, gave birth to a boy, Ted, on July 29 in her home city of Sydney.
Pentathlete Stephany Saraiva of Brazil, winner of a Fair Play Award from the International Committee of Fair Play in 2016, has given a moving interview about her life in lockdown and the hardship people are facing as a result of the COVID-19 Coronavirus in her home country.
A five-day series of webinars arranged by the Modern Pentathlon Federation of India (MPFI) has helped more than 250 people to advance their UIPM Sports education during the COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic.
More than 115 judges took part in India’s first National Judges Seminar, supported with advice and guidance from UIPM Headquarters, along with more than 150 athletes and coaches who participated in other sessions through the course of the week.
06.07.2020: Darmstadt, GER
UIPM President Dr Klaus Schormann welcomed a group of UIPM staff to the new UIPM archive, where UIPM / UIPMB documents dating back to 1948 and Modern Pentathlon documents dating back to 1909, as well as information about the ancient Pentathlon since 708 BC.
This week has a special significance for the UIPM movement. Not only because it is exactly one year until the Modern Pentathlon takes place at the rescheduled Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, but because we are introducing a new global initiative to connect our community online.
Sounds familiar, right?
Sondos Aboubakr of Egypt has become the first pentathlete to win a scholarship at the Russian International Olympic University in Sochi (RUS).
The 23-year-old came out on top of a selection process conducted by UIPM after the sport’s governing body signed a memorandum of understanding with the University to provide international scholarship candidates for its Master of Sport Administration course.