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08.07.2021: EMPC Congress
UIPM President Dr Schormann attended the virtual Congress of the European Modern Pentathlon Confederation, which took place in Nizhny Novgorod (RUS) during the European Championships (due to travel restrictions, he was not able to attend in person).
A new EMPC Executive Board was elected with Tatiana Ardabyeva, who has successfully managed EMPC activities very well for many years as Secretary General, elected as President.
The new military world champions are Gulnaz Gubaydullina of Russia and Bence Demeter of Hungary – and they had to overcome a lot of quality opposition to claim the individual crowns.
On day three of the CISM 2021 Military World Championships in Drzonkow (POL), Demeter (HUN) made up for the disappointment of his non-selection for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games by keeping his nerve to claim gold in a tense finale.
UIPM is pleased to open a bidding process to appoint a timing and scoring provider able to supply live data for the development of live TV graphics for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games cycle (2022-2024). Details of the process can be found here.
UIPM President Dr Klaus Schormann was present in Athens for days of celebrations leading up to the Pierre de Coubertin Pentathlon Day.
On September 7th, Dr Schormann attended an event called “The Journey of the Pentathlon and Olympic Values: from Antiquity to today”. The event took place in the Olympic Center Goudi, in Athens with 200 guests in attendance and a coverage on national television.
- New crop of global talent vie for coveted world champion crowns
- Host nation has high hopes as almost 130 athletes from 24 countries compete
- UIPM President hails first major UIPM competition after Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games
- Shaban and Mohamed (EGY) claim first gold medal of Championships
- Belarus and Russia take silver and bronze after pulsating Laser Run
- “We got the gold medal for all of Egypt,” say winners
A week of the next generation of Modern Pentathlon stars rising to the top got off to the perfect start for the host nation as Egypt took U19 Men’s Relay gold on the opening day of the UIPM 2021 Youth World Championships (U19 and U17) in Alexandria.
- Host nation makes it two from two with U19 Women’s Relay glory
- Pulsating Laser Run sees Soloveva and Sazonova (RUS) drop to silver
- Hungary gets first medal of Championships with bronze
Anything the men can do…the women can do just as spectacularly. Egypt took gold on the second day of the UIPM 2021 Youth World Championships (U19 and U17) as Malak Ismail and Amira Kandil combined brilliantly to take the U19 Women’s Relay title on home soil.
- Mira Buraya (BEL) races to U17 Women’s crown in Alexandria
- Belarus team also tops the podium in U19 Mixed Relay
- Medals for Russia, Hungary, Poland and Egypt on action-packed day
Alexandria turned red and green on day three of the UIPM 2021 Youth World Championships (U19 and U17) as Belarus took home gold at the double in dominant fashion.
- Botond Tamas (HUN) takes U17 Men’s crown in pulsating finish
- Mohamed Mohamed (EGY) claims silver medal for host nation
- Lithuania’s first medal of Championships as Lukas Gaudiesius wins bronze
The UIPM 2021 Youth World Championships (U19 and U17) passed the halfway mark with a spectacular sprint for U17 Men’s glory which saw Botond Tamas claim a first gold medal of the Championships for Hungary in Alexandria (EGY).
- Liashenka and Laurynovich (BEL) grab country’s third gold in U17 Women’s Relay
- Poland take second and Russia third on an impressive day for European competitors
- London 2012 Olympic champion Svoboda (CZE) cheers on his Czech Republic athletes
Belarus roared to the top of the medal table at the UIPM 2021 Youth World Championships (U19 and U17) as their Women’s U17 Relay team delivered the country’s third gold medal in Alexandria.