MAY / JUNE 2016 UIPM Newsletter HIGHLIGHTS • Olympic Games Line-up - p.2 • UIPM 2016 World Championships - p.3 • UIPM 2016 World Cup Final - p.13 • News from around the Modern Pentathlon World - p.19 • Tournament & Training Camp Invitations - p.22 • Medical & Anti-Doping corner - p.22 • Inside UIPM: Monthly activities of President Dr Schormann - p.23 • New Balance World Rankings - p.27 • Calendar - p.28 Our Olympians Line-up announced for Rio 2016 Olympic Games UIPM NEWSLETTER 2 MAY / JUNE 2016 Our Olympians: 72 names revealed Line-up announced for Rio 2016 Olympic Games UIPM is delighted to confirm the fi- the Deodoro Youth Olympic Arena. There will be three former Olym- nal line-up for the men’s and wom- pic champions taking part: Lena en’s events at the 2016 Olympic The finals (women on August 19 and Schoeneborn (2008, Germany), Lau- Games in Rio de Janeiro. men on August 20), start with swim- ra Asadauskaite (2012, Lithuania) The 3-day event starts with the ming at 12:00 at Deodoro Aquat- and David Svoboda (2012, Czech women’s Fencing Ranking Round at ics Centre followed by the Fencing Republic). 10:30 on 18 August, followed by the Bonus Round, Riding and the Com- men’s Fencing Ranking Round at bined Event at Deodoro Stadium Here is the list of competing ath- 14:30, both events taking place at from 14:00. letes in full NOC Surname Given name NOC Surname Given name ARG KHOKHLOVA Iryna ARG ZAPATA Emmanuel AUS ESPOSITO Chloe AUS ESPOSITO Max BLR PROKOPENKO Anastasiya BRA NASCIMENTO Felipe Lima BRA MARQUES Yane BUL KRASTANOV Dimitar CAN VAKALIS Donna CHN CAO Zhongrong CAN MCCANN Melanie CHN GUO Jianli CHN CHEN Qian CUB FIGUEROA Jose CHN ZHANG Xionan CZE SVOBODA David CUB MOYA Leydi Laura CZE KUF Jan CZE KODEDOVA Barbara EGY EL GEZIRY Amro EGY MORSY Haydy EGY EL GEZIRY Omar FRA CLOUVEL Elodie FRA PRADES Valentin GBR FRENCH Kate FRA BELAUD Valentin GBR MURRAY Samantha GBR CHOONG Joseph GER SCHONEBORN Lena GBR COOKE James GER SCHLEU Annika GER DOGUE Patrick GUA BRAND Isabel GER ZILLEKENS Christian HUN KOVACS Sarolta GUA FERNANDEZ Charles HUN FOLDHAZI Zsofia HUN MAROSI Adam IRL COYLE Natalya HUN DEMETER Bence ITA SOTERO Alice IRL LANIGAN O'KEEFFE Arthur ITA CESARINI Claudia ITA DE LUCA Riccardo JPN TOMONAGA Natsumi ITA PETRONI Pierpaolo KAZ POTAPENKO Elena JPN MIGUCHI Tomoya KOR KIM Sunwoo JPN IWAMOTO Shohei LTU ASADAUSKAITE Laura KAZ ILYASHENKO Pavel LTU SERAPINAITE Leva KOR JUN Woongtae MEX VEGA Tamara KOR JUNG Jinhwa POL NOWACKA Oktawia LTU KINDERIS Justinas POL MALISZEWSKA Anna MEX HERNANDEZ USCANGA Ismael RUS GUBAYDULLINA Guinaz POL STASKIEWICZ Szymon RUS RIMSAITE Donata RUS LESUN Aleksander TUR OZYUKSEL Ilke RUS KUSTOV Maksim UKR SPAS Anastasiya UKR TYMOSHCHENKO Pavlo USA ISAKSEN Isabella UKR FEDECHKO Andriy USA ISAKSEN Margaux USA SCHRIMSHER Nathan UIPM NEWSLETTER 3 MAY / JUNE 2016 UIPM 2016 World Championships Magic in Moscow The 2016 UIPM Senior World Championships in Moscow (RUS) provided breathtaking drama for the many spectators who at- tended the city’s Olympiisky Sport Centre from May 23-29, as well as for the global audience watching on TV and via live stream on UIP- MTV.org. The Russian team was competi- tive throughout and finally gave their supporters and organisers the gold medal they craved on the final day when Donata Rimsaite and Aleksander Lesun won the Mixed Relay. THE WOMEN’S RELAY PODIUM Before that, there was thrilling has become an increasingly fa- Russia (Anastasia Petrova/Sofia success in the individual finals for miliar sight this season and Ger- Serkina) ended up in a disappoint- two first-time world champions: many’s world No.1 scored another ing 4th after leading the race for Sarolta Kovacs (HUN) and Valen- gold for her country on day one of much of the day and entering the tin Belaud (FRA), while Germany the 2016 UIPM World Champion- Combined Event with a 32-second and Korea won the women’s and ships. advantage. men’s relay titles respectively. Schoeneborn and Annika Schleu The home team’s shooting let Women’s relay: Germany get the (GER) performed with clinical con- them down badly and Serkina was ball rolling viction in the Combined Event to disconsolate afterwards, having win the Women’s Relay and push enjoyed loud support from the After placing 35th in Swimming, host nation Russia out of the med- Olympic Stadium crowd. The sight of Lena Schoeneborn als. breaking the tape at the finish line That show of emotion contrasted with the joy of all six medallists, as Great Britain (Samantha Murray/ Joanna Muir) savoured their silver and Belarus (Katsiaryna Arol/Iryna Prasiantsova) their bronze. But it was apparent throughout the Run/ Shoot that Germany’s top-ranked duo had the greatest firepower and the ability to perform under pressure. Schoeneborn (GER) had come to Moscow fresh from triumphing in the 2016 UIPM World Cup Final in Sarasota (USA), so it was no sur- SCHOENEBORN AND SCHLEU (GER) AFTER WINNING GOLD IN A DRAMATIC FINAL prise to see her winning smile re- UIPM NEWSLETTER 4 MAY / JUNE 2016 appear in the Russian capital. In fact the only surprise was that Germany entered the Combined Event needing to make up a 40-second deficit on the leaders Russia. “Our Swim was OK, and we are used to the Fencing in the Relay going like this sometimes, but we knew we had a strong Combined,” said the world No.1. “Annika got us into a good position and I only had to keep it.” LENA SCHOENEBORN (GER) DURING HER FINAL LAP OF THE WOMEN’S RELAY FINAL across three events. vantage by incurring only 10 pen- Schleu (GER) added: “I think we alty points on horseback. knew it was possible to get a Russia (Petrova/Serkina) came medal and it was our goal to get a first in Swimming, ahead of Great The hosts had a 32-second cush- medal. But in Modern Pentathlon, Britain (Murray/Muir) and Germany ion in the Combined Event, but anything can happen. (Schoeneborn/Schleu). from the outset Petrova was slow to land her shots and the Brit- “The Fencing is sometimes weird The hosts continued to set the ish and German teams sensed and so is the Riding, but as you standard in Fencing, winning the their chance. Petrova managed saw in the end, everything can be Ranking Round ahead of Italy to maintain a slight lead at the pretty close. We really wanted to (Lavinia Bonessio & Alessandra halfway mark but Serkina (RUS) win a medal.” Frezza) and Belarus (Arol/Prasian- froze and was easily swallowed tsova) and also the Bonus Round. up by Schoeneborn (GER) at the It was a tough assignment for the Three of the seven competing na- 3rd Shoot and the world No.1 was Russian team to take on some of tions Great Britain (Murray/Muir), never going to relinquish her ad- the sport’s leading lights in front of Germany (Schoeneborn/Schleu) vantage. an expectant home crowd: Petro- and Korea (Yang Soo Jin & Kim va is 22 and Serkina only 20, and Sunwoo) enjoyed maximum Rid- Behind her, Murray (GBR), a former neither is ranked in the top 100. ing points while Russia (Petrova/ Olympic silver medallist and world So it was a very accomplished Serkina) maintained a strong ad- champion, built on good work performance from the young duo by Muir (GBR) to take an equally strong grip on silver and Belarus (Arol/Prasiantsova) overturned a starting handicap of 1:02 to give their country a place on the po- dium at the expense of the host nation. In the end, Serkina (RUS) sum- moned the determination to fight off Bonessio (ITA) to finish 4th but her dejection at the finish line was plain to see. The Russian duo had a tantalising glimpse of gold only to end up with nothing, emphasis- ing the drama and unpredictability of this sport even at the highest JOANNA MUIR (GBR, LEFT) TAKES AIM ON THE WAY TO A SILVER MEDAL UIPM NEWSLETTER 5 MAY / JUNE 2016 level. UIPM President Dr Klaus Schor- mann said: “After a very exciting Opening Ceremony with culture and typical music and ballet danc- ing and the presentation of Olym- pic champions of Russia, we had a great Women’s Relay competition and you could see that several nations had presented their best athletes. “We saw good performances from the start and Germany won, so as PODIUM OF THE MEN’S RELAY EVENT a German I am happy about that. But I wish all nations the very best Janeiro later this year but first claiming the UIPM Champion of for the Men’s Relay tomorrow and they claimed gold in Moscow with Champions crown in Doha (QAT) for the rest of the week. a dominant performance. late last year. “This facility is unique, with only Oleg Naumov and Ilia Frolov (RUS) Second in the pool, Korea domi- the swimming happening outside got the host nation on the med- nated the Fencing, survived a the venue, and to be under one al table as they secured silver slight blip on horseback and never roof with all the disciplines is what while Pierre Dejardin and Alex- looked troubled in the Combined, we want to achieve in the future andre Henrard (FRA) stormed up in spite of Russia’s best efforts. for our sport.” the leaderboard in the Combined Having agonisingly missed out on Event to snatch bronze out of the a medal on the opening day when Men’s Relay: Power play gives grasp of Latvia in an enthralling their women’s pairing went from Korea gold climax.