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- Egypt claim third gold of week in Druskininkai (LTU)
- Women’s champion Unterberger (GER) adds silver with Klinkert
- Joy for host nation as Adomaityte and Vagnorius (LTU) claim bronze
Egypt had the final say of a captivating week as Zeina Amer and Moutaz Mohamed combined for a wonderful Mixed Relay gold on the closing day of the UIPM 2023 Pentathlon Junior World Championships.
- UIPM President Dr Klaus Schormann to chair seven-person group
- FISO President Ian Adamson among three Obstacle specialists included
- Working Group will formalise integration according to signed MOU
MONACO: September 19, 2023 – Dr Klaus Schormann, President of the Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne (UIPM), will chair a seven-person Ad-hoc Working Group charged with formalising UIPM’s integration of the Federation Internationale de Sports d’Obstacles (FISO).
- Women’s and Men’s Individual champions retain titles first won in 2018
- Thailand seals first Olympic Modern Pentathlon berth thanks to Yohuang (THA)
- Athletes from Japan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan also seal Paris 2024 places
Mingyu Zhang of China and Woongtae Jun of Korea retained their titles as Asian Games champions on a day when 10 pentathletes won direct qualification quota places at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
With a little piece of history made on the Greek island of Crete this month when UIPM Sports made its Mediterranean Beach Games debut, the future came into focus too.
Twenty new students took their first steps on the judging journey as they took part in a successful week-long UIPM Judges Certification Programme course which coincided with the competition taking place in Heraklion (GRE).
All journeys have to start somewhere – and the experience of Kian O’Boyle of United States at the UIPM 2023 Junior World Championships underlined the possibilities and challenges created by the integration of Obstacle into Modern Pentathlon.
Competing in a Pentathlon for only the second time, the 19-year-old Ninja specialist demonstrated his athleticism and speed with a remarkable Obstacle time of exactly 25sec in the second Qualification round.
Student athletes will become pioneers in Obstacle Laser Run when the 2nd FISU World University Championships Modern Pentathlon takes place in Kaunas (LTU) in 2024.
In July 2019, UIPM News first explored the remarkable story of Brian Douglas, a double amputee who at the age of 16 had already become an inspiration as he blazed a trail for the UIPM Para Sports movement.
Douglas competed in the USA Pentathlon National Championships at Under 19 level and also took part in the senior competition and 12 months later told us how his unique journey was developing. Three years on, we checked back in with the 19-year-old to catch up on where life and sports have taken him since…
You may have read this a few times lately, but the integration of Obstacle into Modern Pentathlon is a true game changer. With every week that passes, the feeling grows stronger that compelling opportunities lie ahead for young and new Modern Pentathlon countries.
UIPM Sports was presented in two continental multi-sport Games in September – the Mediterranean Beach Games and the Asian Games, with Triathle and Pentathlon respectively. Our flagship sport will be included in the Pan American Games in October as well.
Leading off: How the Olympic torch of Paris will keep the flame lit — for peace and much more
While the Northern Hemisphere has reached that part of the year where evenings close in quicker and light is in shorter supply, the light of the Olympic Games is not far away.
Under 10 months from now the Games will begin in Paris but sooner than that the Olympic flame will light up French skies — and it will be carried atop a stunning new Olympic torch.
In the second part of the Pentathlon Personalities series, a two-time world champion discusses the role of two-legged and four-legged friends in her success
Written by Joe Callaghan