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- Facility will benefit Modern Pentathlon development in China and across Asia
- New altitude training centre and competition venue for global athlete community
- State-of the-art complex to be constructed in Yunnan Province
The Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne (UIPM) is delighted to announce that it has entered into agreement for the development of a ground-breaking new Modern Pentathlon facility in Kunming, China.
Sophia Hernandez of Guatemala and Marco Rojas of Cuba rose to the top to be crowned champions of the 2022 NORCECA Championships in the Dominican Republic.
The Modern Pentathlon movement in Asia continues to develop with athletes and officials making progress within a regional and global context throughout 2022.
The latest sign of progress was the election of Dr Mahdi Goudarzi, President of the Iran Pentathlon Association, as an Executive Board Member of the National Olympic Committee of Iran.
Dear athletes, dear coaches and trainers, dear guests and officials!
Welcome to the UIPM 2022 Junior World Championships, a competition that is paramount to the development of pentathletes who will soon reach the top level of our Olympic multi-sport Modern Pentathlon.
- All six Modern Pentathlon continents represented in Zielona Gora (POL)
- Castaudi (FRA) and Elgendy (EGY) shoulder high expectations
- Obstacle Discipline Test Event to feature on October 7/8
With the Paris 2024 Olympic Games less than two years away, many emerging hopefuls will use the UIPM 2022 Pentathlon Junior World Championships to measure their progress.
The UIPM President, Dr Klaus Schormann, joined fellow leaders of international sport at the Sport For All Summit in the Vatican City on September 29/30.
UIPM President Dr Schormann attended along with the President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Dr Thomas Bach, the President of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), Andrew Parsons, and numerous leaders of International Federations and National Olympic and Paralympic Committees.
France enjoyed the opening day of the UIPM 2022 Pentathlon Junior World Championships with success in the Women’s Relay in Zielona Gora (POL).
Rebecca Castaudi (FRA), who will be aiming to defend her individual junior world title later in the week, teamed up with Jessye Gomesse (FRA) to secure the gold medal with a 10sec cushion.
The standard was set by Czech Republic on the second day of the UIPM 2022 Pentathlon Junior World Championships as they enjoyed a “smooth” success in the Men’s Relay in Zielona Gora (POL).
Matous Tuma (CZE) and Filip Houska (CZE) combined to great effect to end the day with a 16sec victory over silver medallists Paulius Vagnorius and Titas Puronas of Lithuania, crossing the finish line in convincing style.
The UIPM 2022 Pentathlon Junior World Championships continued today with 47 athletes taking part in the Women’s Qualification.
This is the first Junior World Championships to feature the new elimination format for individual competitions, as designed for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Athletes must progress through Qualification and Semi-finals to earn one of 18 places in the Final.
The 36 athletes who qualified for the Women's Semi-finals are:
Having been Secretary General since the end of 2012 after the London Olympics, and involved in UIPM since 2008, I’ve never seen so many motions and proposals sent by so many National Federations ahead of a Congress.
While it means there will be a lot of discussions during the UIPM 2022 Congress on November 12-13, it is a vibrant sign that our stakeholders care about the sport and they are more and more active and engaged in the movement.