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The UIPM 2021 Pentathlon World Cup Final got under way today with all 36 female and 36 male athletes taking part in the Fencing Ranking Round.
With a competition format that mirrors the rescheduled Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, there was an intense battle for positions ahead of the remaining disciplines in the Women’s Final (Friday May 14) and Men’s Final (Saturday May 15).
- World No.3 adds showpiece gold to medals won in regular season
- Schleu (GER) storms to silver as debutante Gulyas (HUN) claims bronze
- World record in Fencing Bonus Round for Langrehr (GER)
It started and finished with gold, sandwiched with silver. An extraordinary season for Kate French of Great Britain ended in victory at the UIPM 2021 Pentathlon World Cup Final.
- Third-time World Cup Final winner Prades (FRA) puts infamous defeat behind him
- First-time medallist Toolis (GBR) beaten to gold in final moments of Laser Run
- Bronze for Luo (CHN) as athletes give everything in chase of Tokyo 2020 places
He lost the title of world champion in a moment of infamy, but Valentin Prades of France seems determined to make sure his career is remembered for gold and not silver medals.
- Schleu and Zillekens (GER) combine to win team’s first gold of 2021 season
- Silver service again for Belarus as Silkina and Palazkov return to podium
- Guatemala grab bronze after heroics from Hernandez and Fernandez
Germany saved their best for last as Annika Schleu and Christian Zillekens won the Mixed Relay at the UIPM 2021 Pentathlon World Cup Final.
The new President of the Hellenic Modern Pentathlon Federation, Theodora Palli, became the first National Federation (NF) representative to visit UIPM’s new Headquarters in Monaco on May 12.
During the visit, which coincided with the UIPM 2021 Pentathlon World Cup Final in Szekesfehervar (HUN), Ms Palli met with UIPM Development Manager Maxime Papillon and became the first to sign her name on the visitors’ wall in a section dedicated to NF guests.
Andrey Kuzmanov, President of the Bulgarian Modern Pentathlon Federation, has been appointed Minister of Youth and Sports within the Government of Bulgaria.
President Kuzmanov makes his move into politics after a professional career that saw him gain managerial experience in the private sector in trade, manufacturing, services, marketing and advertising.
Laser Run has been embraced in Eastern Europe in recent years and the region was at the forefront of the revival of the Global Laser Run City Tour in May 2021, with high numbers attending editions in Russia and Ukraine as well as neighbouring Asian nation Uzbekistan.
Like every other aspect of the UIPM Sports movement, the highly successful GLRCT had to be paused for the majority of 2020 due to measures imposed to tackle the COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic.
Next week is going to be a very important week for many of the people who comprise our global UIPM Sports community.
With Egypt stepping in to host the UIPM 2021 Pentathlon and Laser Run World Championships – a competition which has been relocated twice, due to the COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic – we all have an opportunity to show the world once again that we can endure this crisis by working and standing together.
05.05.2021: New format task force meeting
UIPM President Dr Klaus Schormann joined fellow members of the task force appointed in December 2020 online for a follow-up meeting about the new Olympic Games Modern Pentathlon format designed for Paris 2024.
They discussed the experience of all three test events based on feedback from athletes, coaches and organisers and formed proposals for the UIPM Technical Committee and UIPM Executive Board. The task force members summarised that the reflection of athletes and coaches had been very positive.
- Modern Pentathlon’s elite athletes chase last six automatic Tokyo 2020 places
- Dozens of contenders aim to qualify through UIPM Olympic World Rankings
- Cairo (EGY) hosts flagship competition for almost 600 Modern Pentathlon and Laser Run stars
Twelve months later than anticipated, the world’s most versatile athletes have arrived at the final stop on the road to Tokyo.