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With less than 100 days to go until the UIPM 2023 Pentathlon and Laser Run World Championships in Bath (GBR), the technical officials’ recruitment and training programme has got underway.
Of the five disciplines, the officials’ training course for Riding is arguably the most challenging to plan and deliver, requiring coordination of the trainee officials, athletes, horses and venue logistics.
The UIPM President, Dr Klaus Schormann, visited Riyadh (KSA) for a site visit and series of meetings with key stakeholders as UIPM Sports continues to develop in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
President Dr Schormann had a productive meeting with Prince Fahd bin Jalawi bin Abdul Aziz, Vice-President of the Saudi Arabian Olympic Committee (SAOC). They discussed the future of Modern Pentathlon in Saudi Arabia and explored avenues for collaboration between the SAOC and the Saudi Modern Pentathlon Federation (SMPF).
UIPM acknowledges receipt of a letter from six athletes sent via the UIPM Athletes Committee today (19 June 2023), and issues the following statement:
UIPM has a duty of care covering all participants in UIPM competitions and takes its responsibilities across athlete welfare and other safety aspects extremely seriously.
In a season of historic firsts, Lithuania is playing a lead role.
By hosting the 2023 European Youth Championships (U17 and U19) in Druskininkai in May and June, the Baltic nation became the first organiser to deliver a continental competition with the new Modern Pentathlon sequence of Fencing, Obstacle, Swimming and Laser Run.
- 45% of Gen Z and 41% of Millennials more likely to watch Olympics on TV following change
- Young Americans 42% more likely to follow Olympics on social media
- YouGov survey consulted 1,500 members of US general public
Nearly half of young people in the United States are more likely to watch and follow the Olympic Games once Modern Pentathlon has introduced Obstacle to the programme, a new survey has found.
The first two Modern Pentathlon qualification places at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games have been secured and now a rebranding initiative from UIPM aims to add prestige and relevance to all competitions on the road to Paris.
The UIPM Executive Board has agreed to a proposal – first tabled at UIPM 2022 Congress – for numerous competitions to be assigned the status of UIPM Pentathlon Challenger.
The International Olympic Committee’s first-ever Olympic Esports Week had Singapore (SGP) abuzz last week with UIPM’s E-Laser Run Game proving to be a big hit with participants across the three exhilarating days of action.
With live finals in the Olympic Esports Series taking place as well as a host of esports exhibitions at the Suntec Singapore Convention & Exhibition Centre, the inaugural event linked the physical and virtual sporting worlds like never before, promoting esports across the Olympic movement.
- Sotero (ITA) wins women’s gold ahead of Heredia (ESP) and Green (GBR)
- Men’s champion Malan (ITA) joined on podium by Choong (GBR) and Bohm (HUN)
- Czech Republic, France, Germany, Lithuania, Poland, Switzerland and Ukraine also claim Olympic places
KRAKOW, POLAND: July 1, 2023 – Sixteen athletes have earned their countries direct qualification quota places at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games with outstanding performances at the 3rd European Games.
Having made themselves very much at home on UIPM World Cup Relay podiums all season long, Mexico’s leading pentathletes showed their individual prowess as they emphatically dominated the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games in Santo Domingo (DOM) this week.
Organizers of the 2023 Pan American Games are leaving nothing to chance and understandably so — for the first time in its 72-year history the Pan Ams will this year be hosted by Chile when the capital city Santiago plays host to the best of North, South and Central America.
With Modern Pentathlon a fixture of the multi-sport event of the Americas, there will be so much at stake in Santiago with five men and five women clinching quota qualification places for the Paris 2024 Olympics.