Colombia includes Modern Pentathlon in the program of the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games

Colombia has stated its intention to include Modern Pentathlon in the program of the Barranquilla 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games and thus creating the Colombian Modern Pentathlon Federation till the end of this year. The agreement was built on June 22 during meetings between Andres Botero, IOC member and Colombia’s Sport Minister, Baltazar Medina, President of the Colombian National Olympic Committee, Ivar Sisniega, UIPM First Vice President and Jorge Salas, President of the South American Modern Pentathlon Confederation.

As in the top six sport nations in the American continent, Colombia presents excellent conditions to develop Modern Pentathlon. Indeed, the country has demonstrated its power and long tradition in each one of five disciplines of Modern Pentathlon.