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The Union International de Pentathlon Moderne (UIPM) has extended the contract of Shiny Fang as Secretary General until June 2025.
Mrs Fang will continue to manage the UIPM administration throughout the Paris 2024 Olympic Games cycle, where Modern Pentathlon will be a core sport on the programme for the 26th consecutive Olympic Summer Games.
07.04.2021: Darmstadt, GER
Prior to UIPM Pentathlon World Cup Sofia (I), UIPM Secretary General Shiny Fang visited the UIPM President’s Office to discuss various matters relating to the future with UIPM President Dr Klaus Schormann.
(updated: May 10, 2021)
- Reward for 72 athletes who earned right to compete in Szekesfehervar (HUN)
- Maximum six selections for Germany, Great Britain, Hungary and Mexico
- President Schormann praises qualifiers who overcame pandemic challenge
The Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne (UIPM) has revealed the 72 athletes who have earned the right to compete in the UIPM 2021 Pentathlon World Cup Final.
- Tokyo 2020 dress rehearsal and qualification opportunity draws elite to Hungary
- Women’s field includes all athletes ranked in world top 15
- Intense selection battles in Belarus, Egypt, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary and Mexico teams
The long-awaited Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games will feel a lot closer for the 72 athletes taking part in the UIPM 2021 Pentathlon World Cup Final over the next four days.
Television viewers in 141 countries will have the opportunity to watch 72 of the world’s most versatile athletes compete in the UIPM 2021 Pentathlon World Cup Final in Szekesfehervar (HUN) from May 14-16.
More than 40 networks have signed up to broadcast live (or “as live”) coverage of the competition, resulting in 93 hours of broadcasting time, reaching a potential 358 million homes.
The UIPM 2021 Pentathlon World Cup Final got under way today with all 36 female and 36 male athletes taking part in the Fencing Ranking Round.
With a competition format that mirrors the rescheduled Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, there was an intense battle for positions ahead of the remaining disciplines in the Women’s Final (Friday May 14) and Men’s Final (Saturday May 15).
- World No.3 adds showpiece gold to medals won in regular season
- Schleu (GER) storms to silver as debutante Gulyas (HUN) claims bronze
- World record in Fencing Bonus Round for Langrehr (GER)
It started and finished with gold, sandwiched with silver. An extraordinary season for Kate French of Great Britain ended in victory at the UIPM 2021 Pentathlon World Cup Final.
- Third-time World Cup Final winner Prades (FRA) puts infamous defeat behind him
- First-time medallist Toolis (GBR) beaten to gold in final moments of Laser Run
- Bronze for Luo (CHN) as athletes give everything in chase of Tokyo 2020 places
He lost the title of world champion in a moment of infamy, but Valentin Prades of France seems determined to make sure his career is remembered for gold and not silver medals.
- Schleu and Zillekens (GER) combine to win team’s first gold of 2021 season
- Silver service again for Belarus as Silkina and Palazkov return to podium
- Guatemala grab bronze after heroics from Hernandez and Fernandez
Germany saved their best for last as Annika Schleu and Christian Zillekens won the Mixed Relay at the UIPM 2021 Pentathlon World Cup Final.
The new President of the Hellenic Modern Pentathlon Federation, Theodora Palli, became the first National Federation (NF) representative to visit UIPM’s new Headquarters in Monaco on May 12.
During the visit, which coincided with the UIPM 2021 Pentathlon World Cup Final in Szekesfehervar (HUN), Ms Palli met with UIPM Development Manager Maxime Papillon and became the first to sign her name on the visitors’ wall in a section dedicated to NF guests.