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UIPM 2023 Pentathlon World Championships: Women’s Qualification

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Individual competition at the UIPM 2023 Pentathlon and Laser Run World Championships got underway today with 78 competitors taking part in Women’s Qualification. 

It was current World No.1 Alice Sotero of Italy who laid down the earliest marker as she finished top of the pile in Group A, a blistering swim of 2:09.40 the highlight of her day. Germany’s Rebecca Langrehr wasn’t too far behind and Jessica Varley of Great Britain enjoyed her run on home soil to finish third. With the top 12 from each of the three groups progressing to Friday’s Semi-finals, world No.6 Ieva Serapinaite of Lithuania had to work to the finish line to secure the final slot from Linzhi Xie of China

Group B featured another host of huge names including Hungary dynamo Michelle Gulyas who claimed silver at last year’s UIPM Pentathlon World Championships. However there was somewhat of a surprise when World No.50 Sunwoo Kim of Korea topped the group, bringing some of the form she has shown in Mixed Relay events this year, including gold at the UIPM 2023 World Cup Final in Ankara (TUR) in June. Gulyas (HUN) finished second in the group with Ilke Ozyuksel of Türkiye also among the leaders thanks to the day’s fastest Laser Run time of 11:02.80. Home favourites Olivia Green and Kerenza Bryson gave Great Britain fans plenty to cheer as they also progressed safely. 

In the day’s final action, Mariana Arceo of Mexico came out on top of a terrific Group C contest racking up the day’s highest score with 1150 points, with defending world champion Elena Micheli of Italy second with a total of 1133 points. French duo Marie Oteiza and Elodie Clouvel were also among the top performers but there was a shock when world No.15 Blanka Guzi of Hungary missed out on the Semi-finals in spite of a stunning Laser Run time of 11:06.90

Competition in Bath (GBR) continues Thursday with Men’s Qualification and the Women’s Fencing Ranking Round ahead of Friday’s Semi-finals.

 

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The UIPM 2023 Pentathlon World Championships runs from August 22-28, based on the following schedule (UIPM TV live coverage times in Central European Summer Time).

  • Thursday, August 24 | Men’s Qualification | Women’s Fencing Ranking Round
  • Friday, August 25 | Women’s Semi-final A (11.30am); Semi-final B (4pm) | Men’s Fencing Ranking Round
  • Saturday, August 26 | Men’s Semi-final A (11.30am); Semi-final B (4pm)
  • Sunday, August 27 | Women’s Final (11.15am) | Men’s Final (4.15pm)
  • Monday, August 28 | Mixed Relay (2.15pm)

The UIPM 2023 Laser Run World Championships took place from August 19-21. Click here to read reports.

Rank Name Nation Points
1 ARCEO Mariana MEX 1150
2 MICHELI Elena ITA 1133
3 JAWAID Marlena SWE 1132
4 KIM Sunwoo KOR 1122
5 OTEIZA Marie FRA 1117
6 BAUER Blanka HUN 1115
7 VENCKAUSKAITE Gintare LTU 1114
8 CLOUVEL Elodie FRA 1114
9 GULYAS Michelle HUN 1111
10 ZILLEKENS Annika GER 1109
11 KOHLMANN Janine GER 1109
12 KIM Unju KOR 1108
13 ISMAIL Malak EGY 1108
14 MALISZEWSKA Anna POL 1106
15 OZYUKSEL Ilke TUR 1106
16 SEONG Seungmin KOR 1105
17 KRENKOVA Karolina CZE 1105
18 ASADAUSKAITE Laura LTU 1105
19 GREEN Olivia GBR 1105
20 SOTERO Alice ITA 1105
21 LANGREHR Rebecca GER 1105
22 VARLEY Jessica GBR 1105
23 BARTA Luca HUN 1104
24 BRYSON Kerenza GBR 1104
25 BIAN Yufei CHN 1103
26 MORSY Haydy EGY 1102
27 HLAVACKOVA Lucie CZE 1099
28 ZHANG Mingyu CHN 1099
29 HEREDIA Laura ESP 1099
30 ABDELMAKSOUD Salma EGY 1099
31 FREZZA Alessandra ITA 1099
32 ADOMAITYTE Elzbieta LTU 1099
33 KIM Sehee KOR 1098
34 NOVOTNA Veronika CZE 1097
35 WHITAKER Emma GBR 1096
36 SERAPINAITE Ieva LTU 1094