UIPM 2023 Pentathlon World Cup Budapest: Four-way lead after Men’s Semi-finals
Four athletes took a share of the lead into the Men’s Final after strong Semi-final performances on the fourth day of UIPM 2023 Pentathlon World Cup Budapest.
After a tight Fencing Ranking Round, Mohanad Shaban of Egypt could not be toppled for the third consecutive competition. However, this time three others – Linbin Zhang of China, Mihaly Koleszar of Hungary and Pavlo Tymoshchenko of Ukraine – matched his tally of 23V/12D.
Semi-final A was won by Tokyo 2020 Olympic bronze medallist Woongtae Jun of Korea, alongside his team-mate Changwan Seo (KOR) with Valentin Belaud of France only 2sec behind.
Shaban (EGY) was the first athlete home in Semi-final B, followed by host nation favourites Koleszar (HUN), Csaba Bohm (HUN) and Balazs Szep (HUN).
UIPM 2023 Pentathlon World Cup Budapest reaches its climax tomorrow with the Finals on April 29, before the Mixed Relay concludes the competition on April 30.
A live stream is available on UIPM TV and up-to-date results of all competitions are available at the UIPM website and via the UIPM Central app.
The list of 18 qualified athletes for the Men's Final is as follows:
| Rank | Name | Nation | Points |
| 1 | SHABAN Mohanad | EGY | 1204 |
| 2 | SEO Changwan | KOR | 1203 |
| 3 | JUN Woongtae | KOR | 1203 |
| 4 | BELAUD Valentin | FRA | 1201 |
| 5 | CICINELLI Matteo | ITA | 1200 |
| 6 | MALAN Giorgio | ITA | 1200 |
| 7 | KOLESZAR Mihaly | HUN | 1200 |
| 8 | VLACH Martin | CZE | 1198 |
| 9 | SZEP Balazs | HUN | 1198 |
| 10 | BOHM Csaba | HUN | 1198 |
| 11 | ZHANG Linbin | CHN | 1197 |
| 12 | DEMETER Bence | HUN | 1197 |
| 13 | MATSUMOTO Ryo | JPN | 1197 |
| 14 | KOVALCHUK Yuriy | UKR | 1197 |
| 15 | ELGENDY Mohamed | EGY | 1196 |
| 16 | TYMOSHCHENKO Pavlo | UKR | 1196 |
| 17 | KUF Jan | CZE | 1195 |
| 18 | MICOZZI Gianluca | ITA | 1194 |
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