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Coaches from across the global Modern Pentathlon community have been urged to register for one of the most popular courses on the UIPM Coaching Certification Programme (CCP).
The highly anticipated fourth edition of the CCP Level 3 course for senior coaches will take place online from April 6-9, and registration closes on March 7.
As UIPM continues to focus on ensuring its sports are both innovative and inclusive, the development and focus on Para Sport initiatives continues apace. Recently, vastly experienced Dr Roberto Nahon was appointed as UIPM’s new Head of Classification.
Twelve pentathletes who hold Belarus passports, along with five coaches and two physiotherapists, have been approved to participate in a neutral capacity in UIPM 2024 Pentathlon World Cup Ankara (April 16-21) and UIPM 2024 Pentathlon World Cup Budapest (April 23-28).
Rather than representing their country of origin, any of the 12 athletes who take part in the competition (a maximum of four female and four male athletes, only in the individual category) will be designated as independent neutral athletes (AIN).
The International Olympic Committee recently opened the application process for the second edition of its hugely successful Athlete365 Mentoring programme.
The initiative matches athletes who are still competing, who recently finished their sporting career, or who are already in a workplace environment, with mentors from the Worldwide Olympic Partners or wider Olympic Movement, to help guide the athlete’s transition into a career beyond sport.
06.02.2024: Belgian NOC
UIPM President Dr Klaus Schormann convened with Olav Spahl, Sport Director of the Belgium Olympic & Interfederal Committee, to explore ways for establishing a vibrant Modern Pentathlon Federation in Belgium.
Their discussions centred around supporting athletes in their journey to fulfil their Olympic aspirations, particularly with the upcoming Paris 2024 Games and beyond.
After a 2023 season of ups and downs, Michelle Gulyas of Hungary laid down a marker for a more consistent 2024 season as she again delivered in front of her home crowd at the Peridot Hungarian Indoor Championships
On the men’s side, Charlie Brown of Great Britain took gold in a richly talented field in Budapest (HUN).
What makes an international sports governing body meaningful in a different way to other organisations?
Every time we meet in February for the UIPM Joint Committees Meeting, there is a powerful reminder that the answer to this question is democracy.
More broadly, it becomes an important reinforcement of our responsibilities, our duties, the need to respect differing opinions and voices, and the fundamental principle that the majority matters.
Leading off... It takes a village as Paris Olympic hub is handed over to organisers and it’s all a long way from 1924
“In bringing young people from every nation together, [the Olympic Games] help foster this sense of cordiality that teaches men to become acquainted with each other better first and then to hold each other in higher esteem, a process that the Paris Games will have greatly aided.”
Imagine a season like this: kick off with an emphatic victory in your home Indoor Open; win gold in the season-opening World Cup; silver in your next World Cup event; another top-10 finish; then win a precious Olympic qualification ticket to the European Games; and, finally, a top-20 place at the World Championships.
Sounds pretty damn good, right? It is not only mere mortals who would be ecstatic with a campaign like that. There is quite a section of the Modern Pentathlon elite who would call it a season to remember.
UIPM 2024 Pentathlon World Cup Cairo began today with 82 athletes taking part in the Women’s Qualification.