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For four days at the end of June and the beginning of July the picturesque Bavarian town of Erding and its iconic Kronthaler Weiher lake was abuzz with competitive action and sporting community.
The 2023 European Biathle/Triathle and Laser Run Championships took over the town from June 28 to July 2 with the mixture of top-class and development athletes giving a feeling of family togetherness.
The past six months has been another challenging period for our movement, but I do believe that we can find our most productive selves in the face of adversity.
I’m very proud of what the UIPM Staff team has achieved in the first half of 2023, so much so that I decided to let them do all the talking in this month’s message.
As China gears up to host the Asian Games for the first time in over a dozen years, the country’s pentathlon preparedness has kicked up a notch.
Over 30 judges continued their progress during a productive week-long UIPM Judges Certification Programme in the eastern city of Hangzhou last month.
Leading off...
A century later, a world of changes are evident and yet Paris 1924 still impacts the Games of today
In this breathless era of breakneck change and an always-on digital world, going back a century feels like an indulgence. But it’s a pertinent time to do so.
With the world’s best pentathletes already beginning their final preparations, the venue and host city is doing likewise as the highlight of the season rapidly approaches.
With just six weeks to go, prep work has stepped up a notch at the University of Bath for the UIPM 2023 Pentathlon and Laser Run World Championships, taking place from 19-28 August 2023.
A hectic three months at the elite level of Modern Pentathlon has been mirrored all the way down the development pipeline, with the Global Laser Run City Tour continuing to expand into new territories and communities across the world.
Kuwait became the latest nation to host its first event while Lithuania, a year after embracing GLRCT for the first time, played host to three successful tours already in 2023. Here’s the lowdown on 16 of those amazing days …
MARCH
Kuwait City (KUW)
· Thursday March 9
June marked a significant milestone event in UIPM’s continued focus and efforts to further the inclusion and openness of Modern Pentathlon.
On the weekend of June 17-18, PentathlonGB together with researchers from Liverpool John Moores University (GBR) hosted the first UIPM Classifier Training which was led by Head of Classification Dr Paul Baudet.
Four athletes from Germany and Egypt made history as the first-ever world champions in a Modern Pentathlon including the new Obstacle discipline.
- Historic first global integration of Obstacle in Modern Pentathlon in Alexandria (EGY)
- Youth athletes poised to compete in a full Pentathlon for the first time
- President Schormann tells next generation of pentathletes “the future is bright”
An exciting glimpse of Modern Pentathlon’s future will be provided by teenage athletes competing in the historic UIPM 2023 U17 World Championships.
The UIPM 2023 U17 World Championships continued today with athletes taking part in the Women’s Individual Qualification in Alexandria (EGY).
The 18 best performers in each of two qualification groups earned passage to the Women’s Final. With 1,296 points Farida Khalil of Egypt won the first group by a huge margin, while Emma Herbak of Hungary finished 2nd and Chloe Johnson of Great Britain came home in 3rd.