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The revival of the Global Laser Run City Tour, UIPM’s most dynamic development mechanism, continued in June 2021 with events taking place in four countries.
Russia continued to build on the progress made across Eastern Europe in May, after a long shutdown due to the COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic, with two competitions. Portugal, Italy and Venezuela also joined the party.
The UIPM Executive Board (EB) has agreed to postpone the UIPM Masters Committee elections to 2022 so that the process can take place during the next UIPM Masters World Championships.
In 2020, after the postponement and cancellation of almost all UIPM activities, the EB decided to extend the term of all elected bodies so that elections could take place during competitions in 2021 or the UIPM 2021 Congress, which is scheduled for November.
06.06.-15.06.2021: Cairo, EGY
Meeting with Sports Minister
On the first day of his visit to the UIPM 2021 Pentathlon and Laser Run World Championships, UIPM President Dr Klaus Schormann met Dr Ashraf Sobhy, Egyptian Minister for Youth & Sports, to discuss the combined competition as well as the UIPM Junior and Youth World Championships to be held in Alexandria later in 2021.
- Paris 2024 journey begins for world’s leading under-21 pentathletes
- Hundreds of athletes from 27 nations mark return of under-age competition
- President Schormann salutes host nation Egypt as ‘a dependable pillar of our movement’
The long wait is over. Two years since UIPM last staged a global gathering of under-age pentathletes, the future stars of Modern Pentathlon are back together and ready to compete for the coveted title of junior world champion.
Two weeks after becoming European junior champions, Esther Donda Fernandez and Annika Schneider of Germany won a thrilling Women’s Relay to secure the first UIPM world title for under-age athletes in two years.
The opening day of the UIPM 2021 Pentathlon Junior World Championships in Alexandria (EGY) featured a captivating race with the top four teams separated by less than 40sec in the final reckoning.
Eastern European nations dominated day two of the UIPM 2021 Pentathlon Junior World Championships as Vladyslav Chekan and Yuriy Kovalchuk of Ukraine claimed the Men’s Relay title.
The UIPM 2021 Pentathlon Junior World Championships continued today with 56 athletes taking part in qualification for the Women's Individual Final in Alexandria (EGY).
Among the 36 successful qualifiers were Egypt duo Salma Abdelmaksoud and Amira Kandil, along with Women’s Relay gold medallists Esther Donda Fernandez and Annika Schneider of Germany, 2018 Under 19 world champion Alice Rinaudo of Italy and top 50-ranked Anna Jurt of Switzerland.
The UIPM 2021 Pentathlon Junior World Championships continued today with 69 athletes taking part in qualification for the Men's Individual Final in Alexandria (EGY).
Among the 36 successful qualifiers were the 2018 champion Ahmed Elgendy of Egypt and top 100-ranked Giorgio Malan of Italy and Kamil Kasperczak of Poland.
- New world champion surges through field with sub-13min Laser Run
- European champion Rinaudo (ITA) takes silver after slip by Adomaityte (LTU)
- Janusz Peciak (POL) pays tribute to ‘great talent’ emerging ahead of Paris 2024
An exceptional Laser Run performance enabled Rebecca Castaudi of France to become the first individual junior world champion in two years.
Members of the UIPM Executive Board have created a chorus of congratulations for UIPM’s long-serving President, Dr Klaus Schormann, on the occasion of his 75th birthday (July 17, 2021).
Dr Schormann, from Germany, has been President of UIPM since 1993, after a five-year spell as Vice President for Marketing and Public Relations. Between 1994 and 1996 he was President of the umbrella governing body, UIPMB (Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne et Biathlon).