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The UIPM 2021 Pentathlon Junior World Championships continued today with 69 athletes taking part in qualification for the Men's Individual Final in Alexandria (EGY).
Among the 36 successful qualifiers were the 2018 champion Ahmed Elgendy of Egypt and top 100-ranked Giorgio Malan of Italy and Kamil Kasperczak of Poland.
- New world champion surges through field with sub-13min Laser Run
- European champion Rinaudo (ITA) takes silver after slip by Adomaityte (LTU)
- Janusz Peciak (POL) pays tribute to ‘great talent’ emerging ahead of Paris 2024
An exceptional Laser Run performance enabled Rebecca Castaudi of France to become the first individual junior world champion in two years.
Members of the UIPM Executive Board have created a chorus of congratulations for UIPM’s long-serving President, Dr Klaus Schormann, on the occasion of his 75th birthday (July 17, 2021).
Dr Schormann, from Germany, has been President of UIPM since 1993, after a five-year spell as Vice President for Marketing and Public Relations. Between 1994 and 1996 he was President of the umbrella governing body, UIPMB (Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne et Biathlon).
- Tokyo Olympics-bound senior world medallist repeats 2018 junior success
- Hard-earned silver for Gromadskii (RUS) in Alexandria (EGY)
- Laser Run pace propels Bohm (HUN) from 9th to bronze
Ahmed Elgendy of Egypt warmed up for his Olympic Games debut in the perfect manner by becoming world junior champion for the second time in his home country.
- Etsina & Berazavik (BLR) replicate senior medal success on final day
- First medal for Poland as Pydyszewska & Klimek hold on to silver
- Guatemala take bronze thanks to Valencia Franco & Fernandez
Belarus have been one of the dominant nations in senior Modern Pentathlon in recent years and their juniors provided a golden climax to the UIPM 2021 Pentathlon Junior World Championships.
Portugal has won the right to host the UIPM 2022 Biathle-Triathle World Championships in Machico, on the island of Madeira.
- Olympic medallists and world champions meet in mouth-watering global contest
- Adapted Tokyo Stadium awaits 72 of the world’s most versatile athletes
- President Schormann encourages participants to enjoy ‘the experience of a lifetime’
Two days until showtime. The Olympic Modern Pentathlon, which has provided a dramatic climax to every Summer Games since Stockholm 1912, is finally about to begin at the rescheduled Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
The UIPM Executive Board met today in Tokyo (JPN) and made decisions around the awarding of competitions and events spanning the next three years.
COVID-19 Coronavirus travel restrictions permitting, the UIPM 2022 Congress will take place in Antigua (Guatemala), following the online UIPM 2021 Congress already scheduled for November 2021.
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