Jamie Cooke After Securing Qualification into the World Championships Final

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Exclusive interview with Modern Pentathlete Jamie Cooke (GBR) after he qualified for the World Championships Final at the 2011 Modern Pentathlon World Championships.

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July 28, 2014

UIPM is part of the Paralympic Family

The Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne is delighted to announce we are now part of the Paralympic Family.

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has recognised UIPM as the newest International Federation to be welcomed in to their movement, which is gaining momentum with every passing year and championship.

Only sports that are recognised by the IPC are eligible to apply to be part of the Paralympic Games sports programme.

At UIPM we are honoured to join the Paraylmpic Family and look forward to introducing some talented parathletes into the modern pentathlon community.

UIPM joins an illustrious, if small, list of six International Federations also recognised by the IPC.

These are the Badminton World Federation (BWF), International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (FIBT), International Handball Federation (IHF), International Hockey Federation (FIH), World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) and the International Federation of PowerChair Football Association (IFPA).

As a recognised International Federation, UIPM has agreed to the IPC Medical Code, IPC Classification Code and World Anti-Doping Code, and its classification system is constantly being updated and improved to make competition as fair as possible.

At the moment, as an International Federation governing the sport of Modern Pentathlon, UIPM recognises over 100 national federations across the globe from Europe, America, Africa, Asia and Oceania.

July 23, 2014

USA, Cuba and Canada win golds in Pan American Relays

In a vey busy final day of the 2014 Pan American Championships in Mexico City three different nations won the gold medals in the modern pentathlon relays.

Americans Samantha Achterberg and Isabella Isaksen ran away with the victory with a total of 1367 points, after starting the combined event a few seconds behind the Canadians, wining the combined event with a time of 12.33. Argentine sisters Pamela and Ayelen Zapata also came from behind and were able to give their nation a historical silver medal by posting a solid 12.36 in the combined event.

Canadians Donna Vakalis and Mathea Stevens were able to hold on to the bronze medal. The pre competition favorites, Brazil, with Yane Marques and Larissa Lellys who led after three events, fell to a disappointing fourth in the combined event. Mexico, Guatemala, Cuba and Chile rounded off the top eight.

In the men’s relay Pan American individual champion José Figueroa teamed up with Yaniel Velazquez to give Cuba their second gold medal with a total of 1509 points edging out the Guatemalan team of Charles Fernandez and Andrei Gheorghe by 6 seconds in an exciting combined event in which the lead went back and forth between the two teams.

The USA finished third with Brendan Anderson and Dennis Bowsher totaling 1485 points while Mexicans Manuel Padilla and Saul Rivera, who won the combined event with a time of 10.53, finished fourth with 1473 points.

Argentina with Leandro Silva and Emmanuel Zapata won the fencing event with 266 points and the swimming event with a time of 1.53.96 but lost their lead in the combined event and finished in fifth place. Venezuela, Brasil and Canada followed in positions sixth, seventh and eighth.

The final event was the mixed relay and Canada won its first gold of the Championship with Melanie McCann and Joshua Riker-Fox. They won the fencing event with 286 points and never let go of the lead. The battle for the silver medal was between the USA and Mexico as they changed positions several times in the combined event. In the end the Mexican team of Tamara Vega and Ismael Hernandez won the combined event with a time of 11.21 and that allowed them to overtake Margaux Isaksen and Nathan Schrimsher and win by 5 seconds. Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Dominican Republic and Peru placed fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth respectively.

Once again the horses provided were up to the challenge as all three relays were carried out with 1 horse per team and almost all the top teams scored nearly perfect rounds.

The championship ended in a festive mode as the participants got together to celebrate.

Special recognition to PASO President Mario Vazquez Raña who brought the athletes to the event without any cost to their nations, to Horacio de la Vega, Director of the Sports Institute of Mexico City for providing most of the logistical support required for a top event and to the Mexican Modern Pentathlon Federation that was responsible for the competition. The UIPM Technical Delegates Janusz Peciak and Carlo Passiatore were also of great support and ensured that the conditions were fair for all teams.

July 21, 2014

José Figueroa repeats as Pan American Champion!

Cuban José Figueroa proved that his victory in last year’s Pan American Championship was no accident, as he came through once more with a very strong showing in this year’s competition with a spectacular performance, and his second consecutive continental championship.

José had a very strong competition during the whole day as he finished in second place in fencing with 255 points, first in the riding event with a perfect 300 and second in the combined event with a final time of 11.37. Although he started 2 seconds behind Nathan Schrimsher of the USA, he came out of the first shooting round in first place and was never challenged in the rest of the combined event.

The battle for second was fierce, as Nathan Schrimsher had to hold off several challengers who were on his heels during the second half of the combined event. In the end he was able to outsprint Emmanuel Zapata of Argentina in a very exciting finish. Nathan scored 1432 points to Emmanuel’s 1431.

Charles Fernandez of Guatemala at only 18 years of age was a pleasant surprise as he finished fourth with 1426 points despite an equipment malfunction that kept him off the podium. He will be somebody to watch at the world level.

Veteran Joshua Riker-Fox of Canada showed everybody that he is serious about his comeback as he prepares to compete in his home country next year in the Pan Am Game as he completed a very solid performance and finished fifth with 1423 points.

Manuel Padilla of Mexico was sixth with 1414 points, Chilean Esteban Bustos, who won the combined event with a time of 11.32, was seventh with 1411 points and Ismael Hernandez of Mexico rounded off the top eight as he earned 1408 points. Special mention should go to David Ruales from Ecuador who was ninth with 1404 points and the best performance up to now by an athlete from that nation.

In the rest of the individual events Joshua Riker-Fox won the fencing event with 260 points and Leandro Silva of Argentina was the fastest swimmer with a time of 2.04.35.

Once again, the horses provided by the Mexican army gave a great show as the top ten athletes had perfect rounds and twenty athletes scored over 290 points.

The men were also competing for their second spot in the Toronto 2015 Games based on the placing of their second athlete in this competition. Those nations that have assured a second athlete in Toronto are: Mexico, Cuba, USA, Guatemala, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Canada, Venezuela, Peru and Dominican Republic.

July 21, 2014

In 2014 Pan American Championship, Brazil comes out on top!

Yane Marques confirmed her great level by becoming the 2014 Pan American Champion in a very deep field of 42 athletes from 16 nations. Yane had stiff competition from Melanie McCann of Canada as they battled each other all day long. Melanie won the fencing with 280 points; she was followed by Yane with 270 points.

The swim was won by Yane Marques with a time of 2:14:39 and 297 points. They both rode well with nearly perfect rounds. The Brazilian athlete began the combined event with a 24 second head start and was able to hold on to the championship with a total of 1357 points and Melanie McCann finished only 5 points back at 1352.

Tamara Vega of Mexico, who was the top athlete in the combined event with 13.02, came from behind to pass Canadian veteran Donna Vakalis to take the bronze medal with 1334 points. Vega also had an outstanding ride with 297 points. Vakalis, who at 34 is making a solid comeback, managed to hold on to fourth place with a score of 1309 points.

Laura Leydi Moya of Cuba was fifth with 1298 points, Margaux Isaksen of the USA finished sixth with 1293 points, Pamela Zapata of Argentina was seventh with 1282 points and Thelma Martínez from Mexico edged out Larissa Lellys of Brazil in the final sprint to take the eighth spot.

The horses for the equestrian event were provided by the Mexican army and they proved to be of exceptional quality as most of the top pentathletes scored over 290 points despite having to ride under a light rain.

The nations were looking to secure a second spot for the 2015 Toronto Pan American Games based on the result of their second athlete. The order in which these places will be assigned is as follows: 1) Canada, 2) Mexico, 3) Brazil, 4) USA, 5) Argentina, 6) Guatemala, 7) Chile and 8) Cuba.

The competition continued on saturday with the men’s event at the Mexican Olympic Training Center in Mexico City.

July 16, 2014

Pan American Championship will start this Friday with 17 nations

The Pan American Senior Championship will start this Friday, July 18, in the Mexican Olympic Training Center in Mexico City, with a record participation of 17 countries. Assisted by the Pan American Sports Organization (PASO), the Championship has included an athlete’s training camp and coaches clinic in which both experienced athletes as well as relative newcomers to our sport have taken part. The athletes will be competing for spots to the Toronto 2015 Pan American Games as well as the Veracruz 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games.

The women will take the stage on Friday and some of the world’s top performers such as Yane Marques, Margaux Isaksen, Melanie McCann, Ayelen Zapata and Tamara Vega will be starting in the field of over 40 athletes. The competition will be intense at all levels since the qualification of a second athlete to the Games will depend on the placing of the second best athlete from each nation, so all the places will be of utmost importance to the nations.

The men will follow on Saturday with a field of more than 45 athletes. Among the best ranked we will have Ismael Hernandez, Esteban Bustos, Dennis Bowsher, Manuel Padilla and Leandro Silva, who will be looking to help their teams get the two available spots for their countries.

On Sunday the teams will face off in the men and women’s relays as well as the mixed relay in what should be an exciting finish to the tournament.

The nations taking part are Canada, USA, Mexico, Guatemala, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Panama, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Ecuador and Uruguay. Of these nations Costa Rica, Peru, Bolivia and Puerto Rico are taking part in a Pan American Championship for the first time.

The Pan American Congress will also be held on Saturday, as the nations will get together to discuss how to continue to grow the sport in the American Continent. It will be headed by Pan American Confederation President, Ivar Sisniega as well as by Juan Manzo, NORCECA President, Jorge Salas, South American Confederation President and Janusz Peciak, UIPM Director for Sport.

July 11, 2014

Belarus celebrate International Olympic Day during Modern Pentathlon Junior European Champs

On 23th of June, during the International Olympic day, the National Olympic Committee of Belarus and the Belorussian Olympic Academy (BOA), in collaboration with Belorussian Federation of Modern Pentathlon and under support of European Confederation of Modern Pentathlon celebrated Sport, Youth and Joy by implementing Olympic educational programme “MOVE. LEARN. DISCOVER” within the framework of the Modern Pentathlon Junior European Championship in Minsk.

Modern Pentathlon being core sport of the Olympic movement is an excellent basis for Olympic education activities. The idea of “MOVE. LEARN. DISCOVER” action was to try all five sports (fencing, swimming, horse riding and combine event consisting with shooting and running) in one day and become familiar with Olympic values through all-round sport and its athletes.

The young girls and boys dressed in colourful Olympic day t-shirts and caps spent all day at competitions of the Mix Relay. They had unique opportunities to show their skills in swimming and running MOVEments, to LEARN Olympic values – EXELLENCE by watching and performing fencing, FRIENDSHIP while participating at athletes’ parade and then standing next to the podium and close to the winners and medallist, RESPECT in contact, for many of them for the first time, with horses, and finally to have fun, excitement and joy DISCOVERing laser pistol shooting. Throughout the day kids were cheering not only Belarusian athletes but participants from all countries doing it on their own languages.

The special contribution for the children’s memorization of the International Olympic Day was done by the UIPM technical delegates Corinne Bouzou and Dmitry Menshikov who during all day were performing as judges for children activities.

All the children were happy and satisfied with Olympic and Modern Pentathlon celebration. Bright and motivating for future memories will stay with them until the next Olympic education activities!

July 10, 2014

Senior European Championships to be broadcast live: Full schedule

The Senior European Championships, hosted by the European Confederation in Sekesfehervar, Hungary, which begins today will be broadcast in live stream. Full details below.

You can also keep up to date with all the results HERE

All times are Central European Summer Time.

10/07/14 – Thursday	Women’s Qualification
11:00 – 11:30	Group B Swimming
14:00 – 14:30	Group A Swimming
16:20 – 16:50	Group A Combined
17:20 – 17:50	Group B Combined

11/07/14 – Friday	Men’s Qualification
11:00 – 11:30	Group B Swimming
14:00 – 14:30	Group A Swimming
16:20 – 16:50	Group A Combined
17:20 – 17:50	Group B Combined

12/07/14 – Saturday	Women’s Final
12:30 – 13:00	Swimming
14:30 – 16:00	Riding
17:25 – 17:50	Combined
18:00 – 18:20	Award Ceremony

13/07/14 – Sunday	Men’s Final
12:30 – 13:00	Swimming
14:30 – 16:00	Riding
17:25 – 17:50	Combined
18:00 – 18:20	Award Ceremony

14/07/14 – Monday	Mixed Relay
12:30 – 13:00	Swimming
14:30 – 16:00	Riding
17:25 – 17:50	Combined
18:00 – 18:20	Award Ceremony

15/07/14 – Tuesday	Relay Final
09:30 – 10:00	Men’s Swimming
12:00 – 12:30	Women’s Swimming
14:00 – 14:45	Women’s Riding
15:00 – 15:45	Men’s Riding
16:20 – 16:50	Women’s Combined
17:20 – 17:50	Men’s Combined
18:00 – 18:20	Award Ceremony

July 9, 2014

Youth Olympic Games Modern Pentathlon athletes’ list

UIPM is pleased to announce the final list of 48 pentathletes that have qualified for this summer’s 2nd edition of the Youth Olympic Games which will be held in Nanjing, China, from 16-28 August.

2014 YOG Modern Pentathlon athletes’ list – FINAL

24 men and 24 women, born between 1996-99, have proven to be the best from the direct qualification competitions, the youth world ranking and in their respective regions and will now get the opportunity to showcase their skills on one of the planet’s biggest stages.

The Modern Pentathlon event will take place from 22-26 August.

In the Mixed Relay, we will have a cross-over to decide the teams. The top finisher in the women’s will team up with the last placed male and so on.

Full schedule

Event Date	Event Day	Starting Time (local)	Event Details
August 22	Friday	10:00	Girls’ Fencing (Round Robin)
August 22	Friday	14:00	Boys’ Fencing (Round Robin)
August 23	Saturday	14:30	Girls’ Swimming
August 23	Saturday	16:00	Girls’ Fencing (Final round)
August 23	Saturday	17:30	Girls’ Combined Event
August 24	Sunday	14:30	Boys’ Swimming
August 24	Sunday	16:00	Boys’ Fencing (Final round)
August 24	Sunday	17:30	Boys’ Combined Event
August 26	Tuesday	08:30	Mixed Relay Fencing (Round Robin)
August 26	Tuesday	13:30	Mixed Relay Swimming
August 26	Tuesday	15:00	Mixed Relay Fencing (Final round)
August 26	Tuesday	17:30	Mixed Relay Combined Event

July 8, 2014

Dr Schormann elected DMFV Honorary President

After stepping down as President of the German Modern Pentathlon Federation (DMFV), a post which he held for 30 years, Dr h. c. Klaus Schormann, current President of UIPM, was this weekend elected as an Honorary President for life following the Executive Board meeting.

Dr Schormann had also been on the Executive Board of the DMFV for over 40 years.

The next President of the DMVF is now Olaf Kleidon, President of the LV Bavaria, who was elected unanimously.

Sebastian Dietz resigns from his post as an athlete spokesman to be appointed by the Assembly as the new Vice President of Finance.

The Executive Board is completed by Joachim Krupp who took up his new position as Vice President for Sport.

Dr. Andreas Most was also awarded an honorary title in Darmstadt.

July 7, 2014

Brazilian National Coach Alexandre França presents Pentathlon case study at European College of Sports Sciences

With Modern Pentathlon a sport that includes so many disciplines and tests athletes both physically and mentally, it is a great subject of study and Brazilian National Coach Alexandre França is making it the centrepiece of his research as he finishes his PhD in Biochemistry of Exercise.

Using Modern Pentathlon as the model for his research, França, also an Army Officer by profession, was invited to Amsterdam to present at the 2014 meeting of the European College of Sports Sciences his study entitled “The winning of an Olympic Medal in Modern Pentathlon: New Borders of Sports Sciences using an Sportonomics Approach”.

His Sportomics approach reproduced the real situations during training sessions and competition. Sportomics is described as a non-hypothesis-driven research on an individual’s metabolite changes during sports and exercise.

It was the very first time that such a study has focused on a biochemical and signaling analysis of pentathletes. Findings of the research are presenting new possibilities for training management, to the extent that may associate muscle injury markers, inflammatory response, workload and recovery kinetics.

Besides being an army Officer, and finishing his PhD, Alexandre França has overseen the impressive development of Modern Pentathlon back in Brazil with the numbers at youth levels growing fast and the elite level impacting on the international stage. Yane Marques, whom França coaches took bronze at the London 2012 Olympic Games before claiming silver at the World Championships a year later.

Jamie Cooke After Securing Qualification into the World Championships Final

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