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Television viewers in 160 countries will have the opportunity to watch the world’s most versatile athletes compete in the UIPM 2021 Pentathlon World Championships in Cairo (EGY) from June 12-14.
The Women’s Individual and Men’s Individual Finals (on Saturday and Sunday respectively) will see 72 athletes aiming to seize their last chance to qualify for the rescheduled Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. The Mixed Relay closes the competition on Monday.
The UIPM 2021 Pentathlon and Laser Run World Championships continued today with 81 athletes taking part in qualification for the Men's Individual Final in Modern Pentathlon.
The three top-ranked athletes in the world were among the successful qualifiers – Valentin Prades and Valentin Belaud of France and Woongtae Jun of Korea, who will be joined in Sunday’s Final by team-mates Jinhwa Jung and Changwan Seo.
- Veteran scorches through field to repeat 2018 success and secure Olympic quota place
- Medallists Clouvel (FRA) and Gulyas (HUN) also earn quota places for Tokyo 2020
- Laser Run glory for Egypt, Germany, South Africa, Switzerland and USA
Belarus have equalled an all-time record by winning three consecutive women’s world Modern Pentathlon titles thanks to a remarkable victory by Anastasiya Prokopenko.
- Modern Pentathlon legend, 36, secures Olympic quota place with first world title since 2009
- Lifanov (RMPF) claims silver as Elgendy (EGY) earns Tokyo 2020 quota place with bronze
- Laser Run gold medals for Egypt, Italy, South Africa and USA
The maturity required to be a Modern Pentathlon champion was underlined for the second time in one weekend as Adam Marosi of Hungary reclaimed the individual world title.
- Kim and Seo (KOR) hold their nerve to win gripping Laser Run
- Silver for Belarus as Prokopenko completes full set of medals with Palazkov
- Germany (Langrehr/Dogue) claim bronze after epic photo finish
Korea claimed the final gold medal of a dramatic UIPM Modern Pentathlon season as Sehee Kim and Changwan Seo surged to Mixed Relay gold at the UIPM 2021 Pentathlon and Laser Run World Championships.
The qualification period for Modern Pentathlon at the rescheduled Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games closed with the conclusion of the Men’s Individual Final at the UIPM 2021 Pentathlon and Laser Run World Championships in Cairo (EGY) on June 13.
A total of 51 automatic quota places have been earned by athletes hoping to win selection by their National Olympic Committees (NOCs) to compete at Tokyo 2020 – 26 for the Women’s Individual event and 25 for the Men’s Individual event.
- All six UIPM continents represented on both committees
- Successful candidates to serve from 2022 to 2024
- Election winners congratulated as tributes paid to outgoing Aya Medany OLY
Six coaches and seven athletes from across six continents have been elected by their peers to represent them on the UIPM Coaches Committee and UIPM Athletes Committee.
For the second year in succession, pentathletes from all member federations of UIPM have been invited to apply for scholarships with the World Academy of Sports (WAoS).
The Online Postgraduate Certificate (PGCert), delivered by the University of London (GBR), can be completed at the student’s own pace in up to five years.
- Five Olympic medallists and 11 world champions set for ultimate challenge
- Eight countries from four continents achieve maximum athlete quota
- President Schormann backs pentathletes to deliver ‘unforgettable competition’
The 72 athletes who will compete in Modern Pentathlon at the rescheduled Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games have been named by the Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne (UIPM).
The Olympic Games are now firmly in our thoughts but I want to pay tribute to all the UIPM delegates, officials, local organisers and the UIPM staff team who made it possible for our wonderful athletes to fulfil their dreams of competing in Tokyo.
Trust me, it is no small achievement to have staged five Olympic qualification competitions in 2021 and, not only that, to have staged successful events!