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Dear Modern Pentathlon athletes,
We wanted to write you a special letter to accompany today’s news about an historic change in our beloved sport. The news is that a consultation process will soon begin work on identifying a suitable replacement for Riding.
MONACO: November 4, 2021 – The Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne (UIPM) has opened a consultation process to identify a suitable replacement for Riding in the Olympic sport of Modern Pentathlon.
The historic move comes after the UIPM Executive Board (EB) unanimously endorsed a series of recommendations made by the UIPM Innovation Commission after a two-day meeting in Monaco last week.
The World Academy of Sports continues to provide athletes with opportunities from high school to postgraduate education with UIPM athletes part of the WAoS Academic Pathway programme.
Hope and despair, happiness and sadness, peace and panic, emergencies and new normal…
The Tokyo 2020 Olympic cycle was highly eventful – in fact the whole globe has gone through extraordinary and unbelievable experiences in recent times. We had to embrace new ways of life and adapt.
UIPM ATHLETES CALL
Modern Pentathlon athletes are invited to join members of the UIPM Executive Board for a video call on Friday November 12 at 3pm CET.
The call aims to provide an open dialogue ahead of the consultation process in order to provide more background information about the EB decision.
04.09.2021: Darmstadt, GER
The Hesse Federation of Modern Pentathlon, of which UIPM President Dr Klaus Schormann is President, organised its annual Global Laser Run City Tour in Darmstadt (GER).
Six members of UIPM’s Athletes Committee, Coaches Committee and Technical Committee met today to begin the consultation process announced by the UIPM Executive Board (EB) on November 4.
MONACO: November 12, 2021 – The world’s leading pentathletes took part in a conference call with UIPM leaders today, learning more about the background behind the UIPM Executive Board (EB) decision announced on November 4 and exchanging views.
- Readiness among nations to embrace process matched by all six Confederations
- Letters include a willingness to work together to grasp opportunity
- President Schormann: ‘Our global community always embraces innovation’
My fellow sport lovers and friends,
I write to address the misunderstandings caused by an inaccurate and wayward attack on our International Federation in recent days.