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As UIPM sports continue their rapid growth across the Asian confederation, South Asia has become one of many regions in the continent seeing interest levels spike.
Having qualified people in place to harness such interest has been a key focus for UIPM and with that in mind, there was much to celebrate in recent weeks in Bangladesh.
- Women’s top two Ismail (EGY) and Van Rensburg (AUS) secure quota places
- Tokyo 2020 medallist Ahmed Elgendy (EGY) beats team-mates to African men’s crown
- Lanskey (AUS) defeats Oliver (AUS) and Toyomura (NZL) in race for Oceania gold
Four more pentathletes have won Paris 2024 Olympic Games direct qualification quota places for their countries at the 2023 African / Oceania Championships.
Leading off...
Swimming in La Seine for the first time in a century would surely get the Coubertin seal of approval
As the visionary and widely acclaimed father of the modern Olympic Games, Baron Pierre de Coubertin’s place in history is both assured and acclaimed.
As our flagship annual event, the UIPM Pentathlon and Laser Run World Championships always carries a high-priority status.
This year’s competition felt like an especially significant milestone, not only because of the progress that has evidently been made by the 54 nations that participated, but also because of the important meetings and decisions that took place behind the scenes in Bath (GBR).
19.08. – 28.08.2023 – Bath, GBR
During the UIPM 2023 Pentathlon & Laser Run World Championships, UIPM President Dr Klaus Schormann had opportunities to welcome UIPM sponsors, Olympic friends and officials, former pentathletes and long-time contributors of the sport.
Five years after its inauguration during the UIPM 2018 World Championships in Mexico City (MEX), Pierre de Coubertin Pentathlon Day returns today with the UIPM Sports community celebrating the legacy of Modern Pentathlon’s founder online and offline.
Dear athletes, dear coaches and trainers, dear guests and officials!
Welcome to the UIPM 2023 Junior World Championships, a competition that is paramount to the development of pentathletes who will soon reach the top level of our Olympic multi-sport Modern Pentathlon.
- History on sands of Heraklion (GRE) as first medallists of Games are crowned
- Reboisson (FRA) and Tromboni (ITA) stand tall as five nations reach podium
- President Schormann leads annual celebrations in memory of founder
The historic island of Crete provided a fitting backdrop as UIPM Sports made its debut in the Mediterranean Beach Games on Pierre de Coubertin Pentathlon Day.
- Two-time medallist Adomaityte shoulders hopes of host nation Lithuania
- Egyptian challenge led by teenage stars Ismail and Elgendy
- Obstacle integration continues with live TV broadcast
After two successful UIPM Youth World Championships in July, now the world’s best Under 22 pentathletes get their chance to savour the new challenge of Modern Pentathlon with the integrated Obstacle discipline.
Egypt and France continued their dominance of under-age Modern Pentathlon on the opening day of the UIPM 2023 Pentathlon Junior World Championships in Druskininkai (LTU).
Having topped the U17 medal table with four gold medals and added two U19 world titles, the sport’s African powerhouse struck first with starlets Malak Ismail (EGY) and Farida Khalil (EGY) proving unassailable in the Women’s Relay.