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The first Category A Modern Pentathlon competition held since the declaration of the COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic has been hailed as a resounding success by the UIPM President, Dr Klaus Schormann.
Dr Schormann was speaking after the final day of the competition, which saw Ukraine win the Mixed Relay with Lithuania winning silver and host nation Poland capturing bronze in Drzonków (POL).
UIPM Sports representatives from eight countries have taken part in the inaugural Virtual Youth Festival, with four female athletes reaching the finals of a global online exercise competition.
Competitors from Egypt, Guatemala, Israel, South Africa and Uzbekistan were selected by UIPM to take part in a competition designed to promote inclusion, health, equality and non-discrimination. The UIPM movement was also represented by youth ambassadors from Singapore and Egypt and judges from France and Japan.
As the global UIPM Sports community continues preparations for the 2021 season, a major organisational step has been completed.
The second UIPM Event Organisers Workshop was held online on November 19 and 20, bringing representatives of six National Federations together for 12 hours of coordination and preparation.
This article was written by Alan Hubbard and first appeared on insidethegames.biz.
To some the modern pentathlon may sound as if it has been plucked from Strictly Come Dancing, rather like the American smooth or the Boston two-step.
To the more discerning it is the ultimate sporting test in strength, skill, endurance and tactical nous, that is the very essence of Olympism.
The exciting development of UIPM Sports in Afghanistan has continued with the establishment of a UIPM Para Sports programme in the war-torn country.
On November 11, 2020, the Afghanistan Paralympic Committee and Afghanistan Modern Pentathlon Federation launched a training programme for the newly-formed UIPM para team – making the AMPF one of the first sports federations in the country to officially support para athletes.
- Video conference for National Federations follows sessions with athletes and coaches
- President Schormann stresses importance of unity ahead of IOC decision
- 1st Vice-President Samaranch praises ‘pioneering, innovative’ approach
Tributes have been paid from across the global UIPM Sports community to Frank Gosling, former President of Pentathlon Canada, who died on November 18, 2020 aged 88.
Frank was the elected leader of his National Federation for more than 15 years and was a popular figure on both the domestic and international Modern Pentathlon circuits.
The 2019 Asian Championships was a big deal. It wasn’t just the usual continental supremacy at stake, but a once-in-a-lifetime chance for athletes to earn the right to compete in an Olympic Games in Asia.
And in Wuhan (CHN), just a few months before the city became infamous as the origin of a global pandemic, Kim Sehee of Korea seized the moment better than anyone else.
No winner of a Modern Pentathlon medal at the Youth Olympic Games has yet achieved the same feat at the Olympic Games, but it would surprise few observers if the teenager who won gold in Nanjing in 2014 converted his potential in that way.
Alexander Lifanov has the pedigree, the support and, on the evidence of his career to date, the mentality to succeed at the highest level like so many male Russian athletes have before him.
The Egyptian Modern Pentathlon Federation (EMPF) has been hailed as the best sports federation in Egypt at ‘The Best’ annual awards held by the Egyptian Olympic Committee on November 29 in Cairo.
The Modern Pentathlon community in Egypt also celebrated success for two athletes, a coach and an administrator – the total haul of five awards for the EMPF was unmatched by any other federation.