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The New Tetrathlon format proposed for the 4th Youth Olympic Games (YOG) will be tested for the fifth and final time in Budapest, Hungary next month.
The format, designed to make Tetrathlon more dynamic and spectator-friendly, had already been approved by the UIPM Executive Board for the Dakar 2022 YOG, subject to one final test.
The global Modern Pentathlon community is in mourning after the death of experienced technical official Prof Dr Ivan Popov at the age of 87.
Prof Dr Popov was made an Honorary Member of UIPM after a long period of service to the UIPM Technical Committee, which he served as Secretary and as a Member.
He played a very active role in Modern Pentathlon in Bulgaria, serving as a senior member of the local organising committee and working as a judge in international competitions.
- New standards designed to improve presentation of UIPM Sports
- Rules will be mandatory in 2022 after transitional season in 2021
- Publication of manual follows new visual identity unveiled in 2018
The evolution of the UIPM brand has continued with the release of the federation’s first-ever Uniform Guidelines.
Poland has become one of the first countries in 2020 to host an international competition – with the help of three of its neighbours.
Athletes from Austria, Czech Republic and Germany travelled to Drzonkow (POL) to take part in the Polish National Open 2020 and Polish Championship (Under 17).
Patrick Dogue has been a towering figure in Modern Pentathlon since his international debut as a 16-year-old youth athlete in 2008. It was in 2016 that he reached a competitive ascendancy.
In May of that year, the German won silver at the UIPM 2016 Pentathlon World Cup Final in Sarasota (USA), filling him with confidence for the debut Olympic Games that awaited him in Rio de Janeiro (BRA).
In 2012, a 21-year-old trainee police officer named Natsumi Tomonaga took up the Modern Pentathlon.
One year later, fate added vindication to that decision as her home city of Tokyo was awarded the right to host the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Hungary has an enviable heritage in the men’s Olympic Modern Pentathlon. Twenty-one medals, eight of them gold – and all but one of them already accumulated by the time a Hungarian woman travelled to the home of the Olympic movement aiming to join the pantheon.
Zsuzsanna Voros didn’t just join the pantheon, she carved her name on the ancient stone with a truly unforgettable display of athleticism at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games.
New Zealand has been praised internationally for its success in limiting the spread of the COVID-19 Coronavirus, and this has enabled Modern Pentathlon New Zealand (MPNZ) to continue much of its planned development work in 2020.
- Thirty-two athletes from five continents earn right to return in September
- Positive feedback for world’s first virtual laser shooting competition
- Large group of enthusiasts in Philippines cheer Princess Arbilon to success
The world’s first virtual laser shooting competition has ended with 32 athletes earning the right to compete in the UIPM #LaserAllStars Finals.
In times of darkness we look for light. In the context of UIPM Sports, we don’t have to look far into the future to be reminded about the exciting times ahead.
True, our whole global community has been starved of opportunities to compete – and, in many cases, to train – in the stadiums and parks, the pools and pistes and the roads and beaches where our events normally take place.