July-September 2014 Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne Newsletter SUMMER EDITION

HIGHLIGHTS

• Senior World Championships 2014 - p.2 • Youth Nanjing 2014 - p.5 • Masters World Championships 2014 - p.8 • Pan American Championships - p.9 • News from around the Modern Pentathlon World - p.10 • Medical & Anti-Doping corner - p.13 • Inside UIPM: Monthly activities of President Dr Schormann - p.14 • New Balance World Rankings - p.19 • Calendar - p.20

IOC President attends the Girls’ Individual Final at Nanjing 2014 and meets our Youth Olympians UIPM NEWSLETTER 2 JULY-SEPTEMBER 2014

Prades & Valentin Belaud triumphed Senior World Championships after a day where they experienced mixed fortunes. Warsaw, 2014 After an intensely competitive Fenc- ing event they were involved in a three way tie at the top of the leaderboard – Women’s Relay them a 10-second lead for the Com- with and the Czech Republic. bined Event, which they controlled They then fell away in the Swimming The 2014 Modern Pentathlon World from start to finish. and Riding, but finished strongly in Championships in Warsaw burst into The silver medal was decided when the Combined Event with a strong life on the opening day with Arol (BLR) ran away from Lontano comeback from fifth place. Their re- taking gold in the Women’s Relay. (ITA) in the shooting and after the vival denied gold to Raman Pinchuk Qian Chen and Wanxia Liang topped changeover Bonessio (ITA) couldn’t & Stanislau Zhurauliou (Belarus), who the podium after a dominant display catch Prokopenko (BLR). had led the way after the Swimming. in the Combined Event in front of an Indeed, the Italian had to dig deep Prades & Belaud (FRA) performed well in a close Fencing competition which saw them, along with Raman Pinchuk & Stanislau Zhurauliou (BELARUS) and Jan Kuf & (Czech Republic) sharing the overall lead. Things quickly changed in the pool though where Pinchuk & Zhurauliou (BLR) recorded a time of 1:48.95 to place seventh in Swimming, but in first place overall. Maksim Kustov and Egor Puchkarevskiy (RUSSIA) put in the fastest time of 1:44.61. The leaderboard was now beginning PODIUM OF THE WOMEN’S RELAY COMPETITION to take shape as Pinchuk & Zhurau- liou (BLR) maintained their lead in the Riding with a fourth-place finish, enthralled crowd at the Józef Piłsud- with a sprint finish to avoid being a placing they shared with Prades & ski University of Physical Education. overtaken by 2008 Olympic Belaud (FRA). Chen and Liang had faced fierce champion Lena Schoneborn (Germa- They were being pushed all the way, competition across the first three ny), who finished fourth overall with however, by Svoboda & Kuf (CZE) disciplines. Silver medallists Kat- her teammate Annika Schleu (GER) and brothers Amro & Omar El Geziry siaryna Arol & Anastasiya Prokopen- recording the fastest time for the (EGYPT) who after the Riding sat joint ko (Belarus) were the early leaders in Combined Event. second overall. first place after a very close fencing Thomas Toolis and James Cooke competition which saw Chen and Men’s Relay (Great Britain) took first place in the Liang (China) finish in joint second Riding Event. with eventual bronze medallists Lav- Another thrilling day of top-class With a slim two-second advantage at inia Bonessio and Camilla Lontano competition saw France top the po- the start of the Combined Event, Pin- (Italy). dium in the Men’s Relay in Warsaw. chuk & Zhurauliou (BLR) set off with The atmosphere inside the swimming The Gold Medal pairing of Valentin gold in their sights. venue was electric with Samantha Murray and Alice Fitton (Great Britain) recording the fastest times. As the fourth-fastest swimmers, Chen and Liang (CHN) moved into the overall lead after the swimming event with previous leaders Arol and Proko- penko (BLR) only managing to finish in 10th. Once they had the lead, the Chinese duo never relinquished it, taking first spot in the Riding event which gave PRESIDENT SCHORMANN WITH THE MEDALISTS OF THE MEN’S RELAY COMPETITION UIPM NEWSLETTER 3 JULY-SEPTEMBER 2014

They were followed closely by the Prokopenko), narrowly ahead of Italy. ming, allowing her to stay in conten- Czechs and Belarusians, but it was a Murray (GBR) said afterwards: “I would tion, but Kovacs (HUN) remained in superb run from Belaud (FRA) – who like to thank UIPM and the organis- gold-medal position after recording had started seven seconds behind ers of the competition here in Poland, the maximum Riding score of 300. Zhurauliou (BLR) – that saw him take where the facilities were really good. Kovacs (HUN) started the Run/Shoot a lead which Prades (FRA) maintained Obviously I liked the swimming pool! with an advantage of 11 seconds after the changeover to cross the line “It has been a real pleasure to com- over Rimsaite (RUS) and 16 on Murray first. pete here. I’m always happy to com- (GBR), but the Olympic silver-medal- UIPM President Dr h.c. Klaus Schor- pete in Europe because it’s close to list quickly overcame her handicap, mann said: “All the athletes today can home, same time zone, and I would and on the second lap she overtook be proud of themselves as can their like to say thank you for everyone who Kovacs to claim an initiative that she federations. The fact that we changed has made this a special competition.” refused to relinquish. the relays to have two athletes per The highlight of the champion perfor- In the end, Chen (CHN) pushed her team increased the number of teams mance by Murray (GBR) was undoubt- close, and Liang (CHN) overtook Lena taking part and it is now a more fair edly her Swimming, where she set a Schoneborn (Germany) on the final and balanced competition.” new Modern Pentathlon world record Shooting range to claim a place on the podium. Special mention should also go to Laura Asadauskaite (Lithuania), the 2012 Olympic champion, who pro- duced a brilliant Combined Event to move all the way from 18th position overall to 5th.

Men’s Individual

Aleksander Lesun (Russia) confirmed his status as the world’s leading male SAMANTHA MURRAY AFTER WINNING THE WOMEN’S INDIVIDUAL COMPETITION pentathlete by winning gold in the Men’s Individual event at Warsaw Women’s Individual in the short-course (25m) pool. 2014. Murray swam 2min 03.84sec, a per- Already ranked No.1 in the New Bal- After winning bronze at the 2012 formance that allowed her to take the ance World Rankings, 26-year-old World Championships in , then place of Sarolta Kovacs (Hungary) in Lesun extended his lead as he com- silver in the Olympic Games the record books. However, Kovacs pleted a magical year in the perfect the same year, Samantha Murray was second-fastest in the pool and fashion. The Belarus-born Russian (Great Britain) continued her meteoric this performance gave her the overall had already won gold at the 2014 rise by becoming Women’s Individual lead, a position she would hold until World Cup Finals and 2014 European world champion at Warsaw 2014. the final event. Championships. Murray, 24, became the fourth Brit- Donata Rimsaite (Russia) was the last In fact, Lesun now has three World ish woman to have won the individual woman standing on the Fencing piste Championship titles to his name, hav- title, two years after Mhairi Spence’s after recording 25 wins. Chen (CHN) ing won the Men’s Individual event in success. was 4th in Fencing and 12th in Swim- Rome in 2012 and gold in the Team Britain boasts deep reserves of fe- male talent and so does China, which won gold in the Women’s Team event to complement the Individual medals won by Qian Chen (silver) and Liang Wanxia (bronze). Wang Wei was the third member of the champion team. Riding on the wave of Murray’s In- dividual Gold, Great Britain (Murray, Kate French, Freyja Prentice) also col- lected silver in the Team event, while bronze went to Belarus (Katsiaryna Arol, Tatsiana Yelizarova, Anastasiya MEN’S INDIVIDUAL COMPETITION PODIUM UIPM NEWSLETTER 4 JULY-SEPTEMBER 2014 event a year earlier, in . After Mixed-Relay Despite two knockdowns which saw the disappointment of the London them finish 10th in the Riding ele- 2012 Olympic Games, where he fin- A thrilling final day of action brought ment, Asadauskaite & Kinderis (LTU) ished fourth, he has responded like the curtain down on the Modern Pen- remained in second. a true champion this year to achieve tathlon World Championships and French & Evans (GBR) had an 18-sec- total domination. saw Lithuania crowned Mixed Relay ond head start in the Combined After receiving his Gold medal, Lesun gold medallists. Event, but they were under pressure (Rus) admitted that his next major Laura Asadauskaite & Justinas Kin- from the off. goal was to win the Olympic Modern deris (LTU) prevailed in one of the Asadauskaite (LTU) was breathing Pentathlon title, currently held by Da- closest fought events of the week. down French’s (GBR) neck for their en- vid Svoboda of Czech Republic, in Rio They were involved in a three-horse tire leg, but it wasn’t until the change- de Janeiro in 2016. race with Great Britain and Poland all over that the Lithuanians moved in He said: “I am knocking on the door day, leaving it until the closing mo- front with Kinderis (LTU) catching Ev- of David Svoboda. I’m looking at Rio ments of the Combined Event to se- ans (GBR) at the first Shooting station 2016. That’s my plan.” cure the title. and overtaking him. Lesun (Rus) had to pass a major ex- Kinderis said: “It was a big pleasure to Kinderis (LTU) maintained his lead to amination of his fitness, concentra- be here in Warsaw and we are really bring Lithuania home in first place, tion and composure to pull off this happy to start our holidays with such ahead of the British duo. The fight for victory, with Amro El Geziry (Egypt) a big win as we are now the world bronze between Poland and Russia keeping him under very close obser- champions. was intriguing, but Poland held on. vation all day. El Geziry won Silver and “We would like to thank everybody for UIPM President Dr h.c. Klaus Schor- the Bronze went to Jan Kuf (Czech the part they played at the Champi- mann described this dramatic day as Republic). onships from volunteers to the Or- the perfect end to a wonderful World Interestingly, none of the three Indi- ganising Committee and the fans who Championships. vidual medallists was able to double turned out to watch. It has been won- “Congratulations to the winners, this up by winning a Team medal. Gold derful.” was a great day for all the athletes went to Adam Marosi, Robert Kasza & Asadauskaite & Kinderis (LTU) were and everyone involved,” he said. “The Bence Demeter (Hungary). Silver went the early leaders, winning 28 bouts competition on view today underlines to France (Christopher Patte, Valentin between them in the Fencing. Kate how exciting the Mixed Relay is in our Belaud & Valentin Prades) and bronze French & Joseph Evans (GBR) were sport of Modern pentathlon and we to China (Jianli Guo, Jiahao Han & just one win behind going into the hope to see it in the Olympics in 2020. Haihang Su). pool while Oktawia Nowacka & Szy- “Thank you to all of the athletes and Lesun laid a strong platform for his mon Staśkiewicz (POL) stood third. to the Organising Committee who has champion performance by perform- Sarolta Kovacs & Bence Demeter put on a wonderful competition for us ing brilliantly in Fencing, where he (Hungary) recorded the fastest Swim- here in Warsaw.” claimed first position ahead of El ming time of 1:52.08 with Elodie Clou- Warsaw was the host city of the 54th Geziry (Egy) with 27 wins. vel & Valentin Belaud (France) second Senior World Championship in Mod- El Geziry (Egy) took top spot away and French & Evans (GBR) third. ern Pentathlon, which attracted a re- from his Russian rival during the That result saw the British duo over- cord attendance of 82 athletes from Swimming and then retained the ini- taking the Lithuanians overall, and 29 nations. tiative after the Riding event. there was no change to the leader- In the Combined Event, with Lesun board after the Riding event as five (Rus) starting 15 seconds behind El pairings, including France and Britain Geziry (Egy), there was little doubt achieved the maximum 300 points. that it would be a two-horse race. And so it proved, but there was a twist in the tale. With great conviction, Lesun overtook his rival on the second lap to turn silver into gold. Kuf showed great determination to recover his starting position of 3rd – which he had lost at the first Shoot- ing stage – to claim Bronze ahead of Kasza (Hun) in 4th and Valentin (Fra) in 5th.

LAURA ASADAUSKAITE AND JUSTINAS KINDERIS, THE NEW MIXED-RELAY COMPETITION WORLD CHAMPIONS UIPM NEWSLETTER 5 JULY-SEPTEMBER 2014

onds against the leader, Sayers (CAN), Youth Olympic but the two athletes’ fortunes flipped dramatically when the podium was in Games Nanjing 2014 sight. One by one, Zhong crept past the oth- er athletes who had started before Girls’ Individual After receiving her gold medal, Zhong her – Matthes (GER), Anna ZS Toth attended the official Press Confer- (Hungary) and finally Summers (GBR), At the end of two thrilling days of com- ence, where she said she was “very who had been second to start the petition, 14-year-old Zhong Xiuting excited” to have won and thanked the combined event. The British girl also (China) was crowned champion of the Chinese Government, her friends, her proved beyond doubt that she has the Girls’ Individual Modern Pentathlon at coaches and the “fantastic audience” temperament to meet Modern Pen- the 2nd Youth Olympic Games in Nan- who helped propel her to victory. tathlon’s unique variety of mental and jing, China. Although Zhong performed strongly physical challenges. “It is an amazing feeling to win silver, I am so happy,” said 18-year-old Sum- mers. “It was the hottest conditions I have ever run in. Winning the medal has given me loads of experience for the future and who knows, maybe Rio next, we will see.”

Boys’ Individual

PODIUM OF THE GIRLS’ INDIVIDUAL COMPETITION Aleksandr Lifanov (Russia) became Modern Pentathlon’s Youth Olympic Games Boys’ Individual champion after Zhong had started the Combined in qualifying the previous day, emerg- a dramatic turn of events that even he Event just outside the medals in fifth ing in second place after the Fencing could hardly believe. place, but she held her nerve to over- round-robin, she lost ground in the Lifanov had been ranked as low as 16th take the leaders and claim the gold Swimming event, where her 200m in the Swimming discipline, register- medal, to the delight of the home freestyle time of 2:24.41 saw her ing a 200m freestyle time of 2:10.22 crowd at the NJ OSC Modern Pentath- ranked 17th. The fastest swimmer was on a day when two of his rivals broke lon Venue and in the presence of the Aroa Freije Torneiro (Spain, 2:14.67). the two-minute mark. But after that, President of the International Olympic In the Fencing final, Kali Frances Say- the 18-year-old Russian never looked Committee, Thomas Bach. ers (Canada) was the last woman back. He was 3rd in the Fencing, allow- The competition for all three podium standing, defeating Summers (GBR) ing him to start the Combined Event in places was incredibly close. Zhong in the last bout. But Zhong (CHN) was 4th place with a handicap of 16 sec- (CHN) came out on top, with Frances- also strong and moved into the Com- onds against the overall leader, Gergely ca Summers (Great Britain) claiming bined Event placed fifth overall. She Regos (Hungary). silver and Anna Matthes (Germany) started with a handicap of 23 sec- At the end, it was the Russian’s eye that winning bronze. Zhong (CHN) was one of three 14-year- olds taking part in an event where a high proportion of the 24 contenders were aged 18, at the higher end of the junior age spectrum. At such a young age, the way she han- dled the pressure of performing in front of a home crowd – one that had become accustomed to Chinese suc- cess during the Games – marked her out as an athlete of great potential. ALEKSANDR LIFANOV IS THE NEW YOUTH OLYMPIC CHAMPION UIPM NEWSLETTER 6 JULY-SEPTEMBER 2014

Choong (Great Britain) once again pro- ved his Swimming prowess as he and partner Laure Roset (France) domina- ted their respective fields with an ag- gregate time of 1:55.12. In the final round of Fencing, yet again Hojsakova (CZE) & Lifanov (RUS) were the stand-out pair and their performan- ce allowed them to go into the Combi- ned Event in 1st place. Hojsakova (CZE) & Lifanov (RUS) were first to begin but with Toth & Reyes PORTUGAL/UKRAINE WIN THE GOLD IN THE MIXED-RELAY COMPETITION (HUN/MEX) only 7 seconds behind and another two couples 17 seconds won him gold as he upstaged all the Mixed-Relay behind - Teixeira & Kuznetsov (POR/ other pentathletes in the laser shoot- UKR) and Iryna Prasiantova (Belarus) & ing, with a time of 53.97 complementing A partnership between Portugal and Artem Drobotov (Kazakhstan). a competitive running time of 11:07.32. Ukraine claimed the final Modern Pen- As the tension took hold, only two of In doing so he moved stealthily past his tathlon gold medal of an exceptional those four partnerships would end up rivals, leaving Regos (HUN) to settle for Youth Olympic Games. standing on the podium. Hojsakova silver and Dovydas Vaivada (Lithuania) Sharing the limelight on top of the po- (CZE) & Lifanov (RUS) ended up 6th, narrowly claiming bronze under pres- dium were champions Maria Migueis while Prasiantova (BLR) & Drobotov sure from 4th-placed Shereif Nazeir Teixeira (POR) & Anton Kuznetsov (UKR), (KAZ) were 8th in the final reckoning. (Egypt). who held off a persistent challenge Toth (HUN) & Reyes (MEX) maintained “I was very disappointed with the re- from Anna ZS Toth (Hungary) & Ricardo an excellent standard to claim the silver sult in the swimming. I trained a lot but Vera Reyes (Mexico), the silver meda- medal, while Tonetti (ITA) & Park (KOR) was upset with my time,” said Lifanov. lists, and from bronze medalists Aurora came from behind to clinch bronze. “I never thought it could be possible to Tognetti (Italy) & Park Gi-Lung (Korea). But nobody was going to deny Teixeira achieve the gold and I am very happy Teixeira & Kuznetsov had been consis- (POR) & Kuznetsov (UKR) the top prize with this result. It is an incredible feeling tent in Fencing, exceptional in Swim- as they moved past the leaders with – a dream come true.” ming and then highly composed in the nerveless conviction. Earlier in the day, Henry Choong (Great Combined Event, which they had en- Britain, 1:57.21) and Anton Kuznetsov tered in fourth place with a 17-second Other Highlights (Ukraine, 1:59.74) both delivered world- deficit on the leaders. class performances to break the two- The Girls’ Individual champion, Zhong Nanjing was the second host city to minute barrier and carry strong mo- Xiuting (China), lined up with Wilhelm Pi- stage the Youth Olympic Games, whi- mentum into the Fencing. con (Guatemala) while Boys’ Individual ch was inaugurated in Singapore in In the fencing final, however, it became gold medallist Aleksandr Lifanov (Rus- 2010. clearer who the main contenders for sia) teamed up with Jolana Hojsakova At the end of four compelling days of gold were going to be: Regos (HUN) was (Czech Republic). The latter pair finished Modern Pentathlon competition in Nan- the last man standing, ahead of Yavor in top spot in the fencing ranking round jing, Dr h.c. Klaus Schormann, Presi- Peshleevski (Bulgaria) and Lifanov with 34 victories and 12 defeats. dent of UIPM, commented: “I would like (RUS). At the Nanjing OSC Natatorium Henry to thank all the athletes and coaches At Nanjing’s NJ OSC Modern Pentath- lon Venue the tension was incredible as Lifanov moved past the three adver- saries who were standing between him and gold. Special mention must also go to Martin Vlach (Czech Republic) who managed the highest Combined Event score of the day, for an overall finish of 9th, and to the man who achieved the fastest shooting seen in Pentathlon in the YOG Combined Event - Ricardo Vera Reyes (Mexico) with 7.2 seconds.

PRESIDENT BACH MEETS YOUNG PENTATHLETES UIPM NEWSLETTER 7 JULY-SEPTEMBER 2014

and to China for hosting such a fantas- dy Morsy (Egypt), Isabel Brand (Gua- IOC President is a splendid idea as it tic event. This was a huge competition. temala) and Marina Carrier (Australia), is a new legacy of the Olympic move- Modern Pentathlon is a fantastic sport, engaging in a friendly conversation ment. The culture part of the program- safe, and one that is always trying to in- and exchanging opinions about Mo- me, which we are celebrating today, is novate. dern Pentathlon and the YOG. so important. “This competition has shown that par- The athletes shared their passion for “We at UIPM put together a special ticipation in Modern Pentathlon is con- the sport and the Games, highlighting presentation of Modern Pentathlon for tinually growing across the world and the friendships they had created in the young children so they will learn points to a bright future for not just for Nanjing and the experience of com- more, not only to listen to and watch our sport, but for sport in general. peting against their peers from around the videos but also practise the sport. “The mixed relay is a very important the world. Two-time European and four-time competition for UIPM and today was a World champion Amélie Cazé added: perfect example. The event proved this Also during the Games, Modern “It is very important for Modern Pen- point with an excellent environment, Pentathlon reached out to the tathlon to stay connected with young with high sportsmanship and top-level people of Nanjing as part of the people because they are the future enthusiasm all round. Youth Olympic Games Cultural and generation and we want to ensure our “I thank everyone involved – organizers, Education Programme. sport is at the Olympics in the future officials, volunteers and above all athle- More than 100 children from local in- and I think engaging with young peo- tes and their high levels of performan- ternational schools in the city took ple is the best way to do that. ce – you are the new ambassadors of part in a Modern Pentathlon demons- “I am very happy to share my Modern Pentathlon.” tration presented by UIPM. experiences with these young people UIPM President Dr Klaus Schormann and watch them as they practise the The International Olympic Com- and officials were joined by Modern different disciplines of our sport. It is a mittee President, Dr Thomas Bach, Pentathlon world champion and IOC great honour.” attended the Girls’ Individual Final Role Model Athlete, Amélie Cazé for After the presentation and speeches and sat among a capacity crowd to the special presentation in downtown from UIPM, Amélie joined the school watch a thrilling Combined Event. Nanjing which they hopes would put children for demonstrations of fen- The International Olympic Committee Modern Pentathlon in the hearts and cing, running and shooting passing on President, Dr Thomas Bach, atten- minds of locals, both young and old. her vast experience and knowledge ded the Girls’ Individual Final and sat In his welcome speech, President from her years of competing at the top among a capacity crowd to watch a Schormann said: “We are educating level. thrilling Combined Event. young people about the values of the After the competition, Dr. Bach met Olympic movement. with Aroa Freije Torneiro (Spain), Hay- “What has been created by the former

UIPM PRESENTATION DOWNTOWN NANJING UIPM NEWSLETTER 8 JULY-SEPTEMBER 2014

Masters World Championships Berlin 2014

The XIII Masters World career and some still involved. Among Championships in Modern this group are dozens of former Pentathlon and Tetrathlon 2014 Olympians, a fact that underlines took place in Berlin’s historic and Modern Pentathlon’s status as a sport beautiful Olympic Stadium from that can draw an elite crowd no matter September 17-21. the age group. The younger generations of Masters More than 120 athletes from 23 athletes did not just compete but were nations competed across mixed relay, also socially engaged in the event and individual and team competitions, 70 at UIPM we intend to foster this spirit registering for the Modern Pentathlon across the year by cultivating interest competition and the rest challenging in our competitions, keeping up the each other over Tetrathlon. momentum created. It was a genuine worldwide gathering MWCH 2014 was conducted in the with competitors coming from as far as classical Modern Pentathlon format of the Masters movement as a legacy Panama, Guatemala, the USA, South with separate running and shooting, of Modern Pentathlon, as well as Africa, Canada, Australia and New rather than a Combined Event. Teams providing some guidelines for future Zealand, a geographical spread that and relay events were conducted initiatives under the UIPM Masters strongly promoted the importance of using only one major category (male umbrella. this elite international event. and female 30+), while individual UIPM secretary-general Shiny Fang disciplines were conducted in 10-year and Project Manager Luca Baracchi, age groups (M30+ to M70+) due to the who will coordinate the Masters high numbers of participants. movement from this year on, would like The championships were conducted to congratulate the Local Organising over three competition days, with Committee delegation led by Sandor the mixed relay taking place on Köris, as UIPM Masters Sport Director the opening day and the individual and Masters Committee Member, gender events and final team standing Rüdiger Menz, Sebastian Schubert and dominating days two and three. Joachim Krupp, as well as the technical Remarkable numbers have enrolled The event ended with an award support of Bernhard Petruschinski, for in the Masters movement at both ceremony and party and in his closing an excellent championships. age groups (30+ and 40+), some speech, UIPM President Dr h.c. Klaus having recently finished their senior Schormann stressed the importance

UIPM has also appointed a transitional Masters Committee Chairwoman, Heidi Walli of Finland, who was previously in charge of internal communication for the committee. This two-year appointment will be a cornerstone of the Masters movement as we aim to make it broader and more structured in years to come.

PRESIDENT SCHORMANN WITH THE NEW CHAIRWOMAN OF THE UIPM MASTERS COMMITTEE, HEIDI WALLI UIPM NEWSLETTER 9 JULY-SEPTEMBER 2014

Pan American Championships

PODIUM OF THE WOMEN’S RELAY IN THE 2014

In a vey busy final day of the 2014 second gold medal after edging out Nathan Schrimsher (USA). Brazil, Chi- Pan American Championships Charles Fernandez and Andrei Gheor- le, Argentina, Dominican Republic and in Mexico City three different ghe (Guatemala) by six seconds in an Peru rounded out the top eight. nations won gold medals in the Mo- exciting Combined Event in which the Once again the horses provided dern Pentathlon relays. two teams exchanged the lead many were up to the challenge as all times. three relays were carried out with Samantha Achterberg and Isabella Brendan Anderson and Dennis one horse per team and almost Isaksen (USA) ran away with victory Bowsher (USA) finished third while all the top teams scored nearly in the Women’s Relay after starting Manuel Padilla and Saul Rivera (Mexi- perfect rounds. the Combined Event a few seconds co) won the Combined Event to finish The championship ended in a festive behind the Canadians. Sisters Pame- 4th overall. mode as the participants got toge- la Zapata and Ayelen Zapata (Argen- Leandro Silva and Emmanuel Zapata ther to celebrate. tina) also came from behind and were (Argentina) won the fencing event and Special mention must go to PASO able to give their nation a historical the swimming event but lost their lead President Mario Vazquez Raña who silver medal. in the Combined Event and finished transported the athletes to Mexico City Donna Vakalis and Mathea Stevens (Ca- 5th. Venezuela, Brazil and Canada without any cost to their nations, to Ho- nada) were able to hold on to the bronze followed in positions 6th, 7th and 8th. racio de la Vega, Director of the Sports medal. The pre-competition favourites, The final event was the Mixed Relay Institute of Mexico City, for providing Yane Marques and Larissa Lellys (Bra- and Melanie McCann and Joshua Ri- logistical support, and to the Mexican zil) had led after three events but fell ker-Fox delivered Canada’s first gold Modern Pentathlon Federation. The to a disappointing 4th in the Combined of the Championships. They won the UIPM Technical Delegates Janusz Pe- Event. Mexico, Guatemala, Cuba and fencing event and never let go of the ciak and Carlo Passiatore were also Chile rounded off the top eight. lead. The battle for silver was won by of great support and ensured that the In the Men’s Relay, Pan American Tamara Vega and Ismael Hernandez conditions were fair for all teams. individual champion José Figueroa (Mexico), five seconds ahead of bron- and Yaniel Velazquez gave Cuba their ze medallists Margaux Isaksen and UIPM NEWSLETTER 10 JULY-SEPTEMBER 2014

athletes from the national team and News from around the clubs of Korea took part. During the camp, there was a fencing Modern Pentathlon World competition with 45 men and 30 wo- men, where winners were awarded a prize from the Korean national team. The athletes had the opportunity to compete on horses that will be used MP joins IPC family These are the Badminton World Fe- at the upcoming Incheon Asian Ga- deration (BWF), International Bobslei- mes 2014. The Union Internationale de Penta- gh and Skeleton Federation (FIBT), In- In addition, a Culture Day was held thlon Moderne is delighted to annou- ternational Handball Federation (IHF), on July 20. This allowed delegates to nce we are now part of the Paralym- International Hockey Federation (FIH), enjoy a trip to an amusement park in pic Family. World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) Seoul followed by dinner at a Kore- and the International Federation of an restaurant. The Culture Day was PowerChair Football Association the result of a collaboration between (IFPA). AMPC Secretary-General Mr Choi (a As a recognised International Fe- Vice-President of UIPM) and KMPF deration, UIPM has signed up to the Secretary-General Mr Chung (a Tech- IPC Medical Code, IPC Classification nical Committee member of UIPM). Code and World Anti-Doping Code, Everybody involved in the organi- and its classification system is cons- sation of this year’s two successful tantly being updated and improved to AMPC training camps hopes the ex- make competition as fair as possible. perience was useful to the athletes The International Paralympic Com- At the moment, as an International who took part, especially those who mittee (IPC) has recognised UIPM Federation governing the sport of are preparing for the upcoming In- as the newest International Federa- Modern Pentathlon, UIPM recognises cheon Asian Games 2014. tion to be welcomed into the move- over 100 national federations across ment, which is gaining momentum the globe from Europe, America, Afri- Asian Beach Games: Thailand with every passing year and cham- ca, Asia and Oceania. training camp pionship. Only sports that are recognised by AMPC Korea training camp the IPC are eligible to apply to be part With the 4th edition of the Asian of the Paralympic Games sports pro- Beach Games fast approaching in gramme. Following a similar venture in June, Phuket, Thailand, UIPM has conti- At UIPM we are honoured to join the the 2nd AMPC Training camp was nued working with the Modern Penta- Paralympic family and look forward completed on July 31 at Korea Armed thlon Thailand Association to prepare to introducing some talented para- Forces Athletic Corps in Mungyeong, its athletes. -athletes into the Modern Pentathlon Korea, which will be the venue for the Modern Triathle will be part of the community. 2015 CISM World championships. programme for the first time when UIPM joins an illustrious, if small, list Eleven delegates from Kyrgyzstan, the Games take place from Novem- of six International Federations also five from Kazakhstan, two from Uz- ber 14-21, and the latest in a series recognised by the IPC. bekistan, 11 from China and many of training camps took place from Au- gust 8-10. The camp staged workshops for co- aches and athletes with UIPM Tech- nical Delegate Bernhard ‘Pedro’ Pe- truschinski lending his expertise and knowledge to the locals. The latest camp involved 24 athle- tes and 16 judges and the aims were broken down as follows: to train athle- tes in their shooting prowess and their knowledge of all applicable ru- les; to allow all judges to sharpen up their own knowledge; and to stage a qualifying competition for the Games. AMPC KOREA TRAINING CAMP UIPM NEWSLETTER 11 JULY-SEPTEMBER 2014

register your athlete(s) on the FISU system. Feel free to reach us for con- tact information of your NUSF and any additional questions in this regard. Additionally, if you are interested to have students from your countries’ universities competing internationally and launch a Modern Pentathlon pro- gramme, including its sub-sports, please feel free to contact us. We will help you with instruction!

THAILAND TRAINING CAMP Schools Equathon held in Victoria, Australia A delegate from the Local Organising rious different UIPM sub-sports such Committee of the Asian Beach Ga- as Modern Triathle or Modern Tetra- Modern Pentathlon was introduced mes was also present and had pre- thlon was also underlined in FISU’s to 160 students in Australia, many of liminary discussions with Mr Petrus- assessment, emphasising that stu- them for the first time, when Modern chinski ahead of their meeting at the dents can practice character building Pentathlon Victoria staged a Penin- final venue planning stage in Phuket aligned with essential academic and sular Schools Equathon on July 25. from September 6-8. sport values. The event was run in conjunction with UIPM and FISU are planning other Balcombe Grammar school and invol- UIPM joins FISU; Modern Triathle competitions such as international ved 15 schools sending youth athle- set for Beach Games in Brazil University Open competitions, that tes aged between 7 and 17 to take are currently being prepared for 2015 part. The International University Sports and the following years. The Equathon format involved Swim- Federation (FISU) recently accepted On December 4 to 6, the UIPM had ming (50m, 100m or 200m depending the UIPM to its movement and inclu- been invited to be part of the Univer- on age), Show Jumping and Running ded Modern Pentathlon in the pro- sity Beach Games in Maceió (Brazil). (1km, 2km or 3km depending on age). gramme of the FISU World University FISU has indicated that these inter- During the lunch break a fencing and Championships (WUC). The inaugural national beach games will be a his- laser shooting demonstration took edition of the WUC Modern Penta- toric event for the University Sports place, and throughout the day stu- thlon is scheduled for 2018. movement as it intends to signal a dents showed an interest in finding new frontier in sports events, more out more about Modern Pentathlon. INTERNATIONAL directed to University student-athle- Balcombe Grammar is now planning UNIVERSITY tes and their wishes – sports and fun to introduce Laser Shooting and 2014 together! Maceió is one of Brazil’s the Fencing as extra-curricular activi- most enchanting and folkloric state ties from 2015, while Modern Penta- capitals. It is located in northeast part thlon Victoria is planning a number of of the country and is 2h flight from “Come Try Sessions “ in the next few Rio/São Paulo. Maceió has uninter- months. rupted white sand beaches and sun as an integral part of the landscape Burkina Faso training camp and – above all – the backdrop of the University Beach Games. Modern Pentathlon enthusiasts from If you are interested in participating Mali and Niger travelled to neighbou- BEACH at the 2014 University Beach Games ring Burkina Faso for a six-day trai- in Maceió (Brazil), joining in the event, ning camp for coaches, athletes and GABRMAZIEL S the competitions, the unique environ- judges in August, which proved an as- ment provided by multi-sport events tounding success. FISU recognised that Modern Penta- and enjoying the uniquely exquisite Staged in the capital, Ouagadougou, thlon is a sport that fits its aims by beach Maceió has to offer all partici- and organized by Mr Sylvestre Zare, highlighting physical and intellectu- pants, please do not hesitate to regis- the designated President of Burkina al properties in its athletes, an ex- ter or ask for additional details. Faso, UIPM provided travel costs for cellent sport for body & mind. The The participation in FISU events the Mali and Niger delegates and Mr fact that it offers the opportunity to is under the co-responsibility of Zare confirmed there will be another compete internationally in individual your National University Sport chance for the other countries in the and team competitions, and in the va- Federation, who in effect will Sub-Sahara region (Ivory Coast, Togo, UIPM NEWSLETTER 12 JULY-SEPTEMBER 2014

that he has given to Modern Penta- thlon over the years. Mr Lunzenfichter, from France, is one of the most experienced and noted sports journalists in the world and has served as President of the Olym- pic Journalists Association.

New CEO for Pentathlon GB

Nigel Laughton is the new man at the helm of Pentathlon GB having been appointed as Chief Executive Officer. BURKINA FASO TRAINING CAMP Mr Laughton is a former British Army Senegal and Benin) to send delega- they had done, I was really emotio- helicopter pilot who has been invol- tions to a similar camp in the near nally touched. ved in elite sport for the past 17 ye- future. “It was a privilege to be part of crea- ars, with experience in cricket, rugby The camp began on August 15 with ting a new federation, especially one and most recently the Winter Olym- a press conference involving seve- which can give help to poor people, pics. ral TV and radio stations and press enabling them to start their day with a As Performance Director of British representatives. There followed an new hope. Camps such as these can Skeleton he served as Team Leader afternoon of tuition for the coaches, help to achieve that aim for Burkina for Great Britain’s skeleton contin- all of whom work as sports instruc- Faso and all neighboring nations. gent at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olym- tors with Police or Army forces or a “Finally I would give my personal pics, where Lizzy Yarnold won gold. University under the stewardship of thanks to Mr Romain Cardon. He is In a report on the Pentathlon GB we- Mr Zare, the “Inspector of Sport” who the son of the former French Mo- bsite Mr Laughton was quoted as is responsible for all sport university dern Pentathlon President and works saying: “I am honoured to have been graduates, teachers and professors currently in Burkina. He helped with offered this incredible opportunity to in Burkina. translation during the seminar and lead Pentathlon GB in the lead-up to Applying the same philosophies to re- press conference and also translated Rio 2016 and beyond. I look forward cent camps in Thailand, UIPM Techni- the questionnaire for the examina- to working with both the develop- cal Delegate Bernhard ‘Pedro’ Petrus- tion.” ment and performance staff, in Bath chinski passed on all his theoretical and across Great Britain, to fulfil the and practical knowledge to aid in the UIPM Medal of Honor goes to Alain ambitious strategic goals of the asso- development of coaches in this area. Lunzenfichter ciation. On August 16 there followed a Biath- During the Nanjing 2014 Youth Olym- “With an Olympic qualifying cham- le and Triathle competition for press pic Games, Alain Lunzenfichter was pionship in Bath next summer, we and other representatives of notable presented with the UIPM Medal of have a great chance to showcase the agencies and companies in Burkina Honor for all the support and help facilities at the University of Bath, Faso, with several children getting their first taste of Modern Pentathlon. Pedro reports: “The presentation of new wireless fencing equipment was one of the attractive parts, following laser shooting of course!” During the final three days of the camp the delegates continued with their schooling, concluding with an examination. Pedro reports: “The technical part was intensive because of the num- ber of questions, and it took lot of time. The practical part showed me how well they followed these lessons. The task was to prepare a Combined Event competition according to the rules. All 25 participants had 90 mi- nutes to prepare. When I saw what ALAIN LUNZENFICHTER RECEIVED THE UIPM MEDAL OF HONOR UIPM NEWSLETTER 13 JULY-SEPTEMBER 2014 which is home to our National Trai- hours of practice and ended with an ming to enter its first athletes into a ning Centre, and for our athletes to oral and written examination. triathle or pentathlon at Asian inter- perform on home soil in front of big The next CSPM Development Semi- national level in the next 2-3 years. audiences and crowds.” nar will take place next December in Peru, where there will be a Cultural Development Seminar in Bolivia Day including a visit to the 15th-cen- tury Inca site of Machu Picchu. The city of La Paz, the capital of Bo- livia, played host from September Training camp in Malaysia 15-25 to a Development Seminar for Modern Pentathlon’s newest member Malaysia Modern Pentathlon hosted nations. a coaching and training course in The South American Modern Penta- Kuala Lumpur from September 13-21, thlon Confederation (CSPM) incor- facilitated by former Olympic athlete porated Peru and Bolivia this year as Samy Awad from Egypt on behalf of new members of UIPM, and both cou- UIPM. ntries have received an initial educa- The course, attended by aspiring Ma- tion with CSPM and UIPM experts, laysian pentathletes under the age with UIPM’s Development Committee of 15, included tuition in swimming, delivering laser pistols and targets. running, fencing and shooting and There were 73 delegates involved culminating in a mini-trial triathle at a in the seminar, which comprised 30 private school compound. hours of theoretical lessons and 16 Malaysia Modern Pentathlon is ai-

Medical and Anti-Doping Corner

WADA has completed its UNESCO’s communication amendment to Section to all States Parties. S2.1 of the 2014 List of The recommendation to re- Prohibited Substances and vise the List was made and Methods valid from the 1st approved by WADA’s Exe- september 2014. cutive Committee during Hypoxia-Inducible Factor its May meeting. (HIF) activators Xenon and The new List can be Argon have been added to found in the Medi- the 2014 Prohibited List, cal Corner of the UIPM following the required thre- website www.pentathlon. e-month notice period and org UIPM NEWSLETTER 14 JULY-SEPTEMBER 2014

17.JUL - COLOGNE, Inside UIPM: GERMANY Monthly activities of While attending the Executive Board meeting of the German Olympic Academy, UIPM President Dr Klaus Schormann do- President Dr Schormann nated a sculpture by Lori Norwood to the German Olympic Museum. Lori Norwood is a former World Modern Pentathlon Cham- 02.JUL - DARMSTADT, pion and now a famous artist who specialises in sculpture. GERMANY For the 100-year anniversary of Modern Pentathlon in Lon- don she created a special sculpture presenting the five dis- UIPM President Dr h. c. Klaus Schormann met with Pierre ciplines, which was exhibited in the New Balance Hospitality Portmann, CEO of RAM Swiss Watch AG, to discuss a possi- facility during the London 2012 Olympic Games. ble extension of the company’s existing contract with UIPM. RAM Swiss Watch AG became UIPM’s Official Timing Part- ner in 2011.

05.JUL - DARMSTADT, GERMANY

President Dr Schormann ended his long involvement with the German Modern Pentathlon Federation (DMFV), ste- pping down after 30 years’ service as President and 42 years on the Executive Board. The General Assembly thanked Dr Schormann for his brilliant leadership and made him Honorary President for life, DR. SCHORMANN DONATED A SCULPTURE BY LORI NORWOOD TO THE GERMAN OLYMPIC MUSEUM and also announced that he would receive the Gold Badge of Honour for his “excellent work for global development of the 17-19.JUL - AACHEN, sport” from the Curatorium Modern Pentathlon of Bavaria. GERMANY Dr Schormann was succeeded as President by Olaf Kleidon. President Dr Schormann spent several days watching com- petitions at the CHIO Aachen horse show and discussing 14-15.JUL - SOFIA, ways in which UIPM can work more closely with the Inter- BULGARIA national Federation of Equestrian (FEI) ahead of the Olympic Games in 2016. President Dr Schormann, accompanied by UIPM Adminis- tration Manager Valerie Russo, visited the Bulgarian Modern Pentathlon Federation to discuss preparations for the UIPM Congress with President Andrey Kuzmanov. The Congress takes place in Sofia from November 27-30. During his stay in Sofia Dr Schormann also met with Belcho Goranov, Secretary General of the Bulgarian Olympic Com- mittee, to discuss future co-operations in youth develop- ment within the Olympic movement.

“MANTEL DES GEWISSENS” PRESENTATION

23-25.JUL - MONTE-CARLO, MONACO

President Dr Schormann met with UIPM Secretary General Shiny Fang, UIPM staff and representatives of the Deutsche International Club von Monaco to make a presentation to DR. SCHORMANN MEETS WITH ANDREY KUZMANOV, BULGARIAN MODERN PENTATHLON FEDE- RATION PRESIDENT TO DISCUSS PREPARATIONS FOR THE 2014 CONGRESS 2014 UIPM NEWSLETTER 15 JULY-SEPTEMBER 2014

Prince Albert II, who is Patron of the Club. (Brazil) following their Olympic Games inspection visit in Rio Prince Albert, who is also Honorary President of UIPM, recei- de Janeiro to meet with representatives of the Brazilian Uni- ved a sculpture entitled “Mantel des Gewissens“ by the artist versity Sports Confederation (CBDU), International Universi- Anna Chromy. Dr Schormann, an Honorary Member of the ty Sport Federation (FISU) and local city authorities. Club, took part in the ceremony and then had discussions Having joined the university sports movement with the in- with Prince Albert about the latest activities of UIPM inclu- clusion of Modern Pentathlon on the FISU Sports Program- ded the new link to FISU. me in May this year, the UIPM was invited to join the 1st In- To complete his visit Dr Schormann met with Shiny Fang and ternational University Beach Games that will take place in UIPM staff at the organisation’s headquarters to prepare for Brazil in December. the second half of season 2014. The CBDU President and FISU Vice President, Mr Luciano Cabral, welcomed the UIPM representatives, presenting Ma- ceio’s assets for the staging of sporting events as well as to the sport of Modern Pentathlon, while visiting event venues and meeting local authorities. Common interests were dis- cussed with future collaboration opportunities being envisa- ged beyond the International University Beach Games.

DR SCHORMANN WITH HSH PRINCE ALBERT II OF MONACO, HONORARY PRESIDENT OF UIPM, AT THE DEUTSCHE INTERNATIONAL CLUB VON MONACO

28-30.JUL - RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL UIPM MEETS FISU, CBDU AND MACEIÓ CITY HALL REPRESENTATIVES TO PLAN THE FISU BEACH UIPM President Dr Klaus Schormann, Treasurer John Helmi- GAMES. LEFT TO RIGHT: SHINY FANG, DR. SCHORMANN, MARCELO PALMEIRA (MACEIÓ CITY ck and Secretary General Shiny Fang travelled together to VICE-PREFECT), LUCIANO CABRAL (CBDU PRESIDENT), PAULO FERREIRA (FISU WUC DIRECTOR) Rio de Janeiro to visit the Organizing Committee of the 2016 The local organisation of the 1st IUBG is being undertaken Olympic Games. This was the third visit by UIPM to the 2016 by CBDU under the patronage of FISU and teams represen- host since the 2012 London Olympics. ting Universities worldwide will be welcomed. UIPM is an in- Dr Schormann and Ms Fang also met with OBS senior pro- tegral part of the event with Modern Beach Triathle on the ducers to discuss possible broadcasting opportunities for programme along with five other beach sports. Rio 2016. 07-08.AUG - ROME, ITALY

President Dr Schormann met with Prof Valter Magini, Pre- sident of FIPM, and Vice-President Angelo Maccaroni to discuss World Cup #3 in Rome next April and the first Pa- ra-Pentathlon competition, which will be a big milestone in

DR SCHORMANN AND SHINY FANG MEET WITH THE RIO 2016 ORGANISING COMMITTEE

31.JUL-4.AUG - MACEIÓ, BRAZIL

UIPM President Dr h.c. Klaus Schormann and Secretary Ge- neral Shiny Fang visited the coastal city of Maceió, Alagoas DR SCHORMANN MEETS VALTER MAGINI (FIPM PRESIDENT) AND ANGELO MACCARONI (FIPM VICE-PRESI-

DENT) TO DISCUSS PREPARATIONS FOR WORLD CUP #3 2015 IN ROME, ITALY UIPM NEWSLETTER 16 JULY-SEPTEMBER 2014

the move to integrate Modern Pentathlon in the Paralympic Movement.

07-08.AUG - WIESBADEN, GERMANY

UIPM President Dr. Klaus Schormann met at the 11.08.2014 in Wiesbaden with State Secretary for International Affairs Mark Weinmeister and with Chief of Department Internatio- nal Affairs Dr. Michael Borchmann discussing the new city project in Chengdu next to the Pierre de Coubertin Modern UIPM HONORARY PRESIDENT, HSH PRINCE ALBERT II OF MONACO, UIPM PRESIDENT, DR. KLAUS SCHOR- Pentathlon Centre, which President Dr. Schormann discus- MANN (R), AND UIPM SECRETARY-GENERAL, MRS. SHINY FANG (L) IN THE YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES sed already with CEO of Tianfu New Area Mr Qian LI in April 2014. “This competition also shows participation in Modern Pen- tathlon is continually growing across the world and points to a bright future for not just for our sport, but for sport in ge- neral.” UIPM also staged a Cultural and Educational programme in downtown Nanjing, where more than 100 children had the opportunity to test their skills in Fencing, Running and Shoo- ting, three of the disciplines that make up Modern Penta- thlon. Jacques Rogge, Honorary President and former President of the IOC, was the instigator of the scheme. He was present in Nanjing and spoke afterwards with Dr Schormann and IOC Role Model Athlete, Amélie Cazé, the former MP world champion who had just given a demonstration of three pen- tathlon disciplines to the schoolchildren.

DR. SCHORMANN MEETS WITH STATE SECRETARY, MARK WEINMEISTER AND DR. MICHAEL BORCHMANN

14-27.AUG - NANJING, CHINA

Sports fans in China were given the chance to see the best young pentathletes in the world compete for medals at the second Youth Olympic Games, Nanjing 2014. President Dr Schormann was delighted to be joined in the crowd for the UIPM PRESIDENT AND MP ROLE-MODEL ATHLETE AMELIE CAZÉ WITH JACQUES ROGGE, HONO- Girls’ Individual Final by Dr Thomas Bach, President of the RARY IOC PRESIDENT International Olympic Committee, who spoke to a number of athletes afterwards about why Modern Pentathlon is such a Dr Schormann paid tribute to Dr Rogge in a speech where he thrilling sport to be involved in. remarked: “We are educating young people about the values During the competition Dr Schormann remarked: “The Youth of the Olympic movement. What has been created by the Olympic Games give us the opportunity to present our sport former IOC President, Jacques Rogge, is a splendid idea as of Modern Pentathlon on a global stage and show the skill it is a new legacy of the Olympic movement.” and endurance of our athletes to a worldwide audience.

UIPM PRESIDENT AND SECRETARY-GENERAL WITH TAISHAN INDUSTRY GROUP BOARD UIPM PRESIDENT WITH THE IOC EB MEMBER AND PRESIDENT OF AIBA, DR. C.K. WU CHAIRMAN ZHILIANG BIAN AND GENERAL MANAGER HARRISON LIU DURING THE YOG 2014 EXHIBITION ABOUT OLYMPIC MOVEMENT UIPM NEWSLETTER 17 JULY-SEPTEMBER 2014

While in Nanjing, Dr Schormann and Shiny Fang met with nationale de Volleyball, among a crowd of 62,000 at Poland’s Agberto Guimaraes, Sport Director of the Rio 2016 Organi- National Stadium for the opening ceremony of the FIVB Vol- sing Committee, and IOS Sports Director Kit McConnell to leyball Men’s World Championship. review preparations for the 2016 Olympic Games. 1-7.SEP - WARSAW, POLAND

DR SCHORMANN MEETS THE POLISH OLYMPIC COMMITTEE PRESIDENT MR. ANDREZEJ UIPM PRESIDENT AND SECRETARY-GENERAL WITH CMPA PRESIDENT WANG WEI AND CMPA KRASNICKI. FROM THE LEFT TO THE RIGHT: REPRESENTATIVE OF MINISTRY OF SPORT, ADAM VICE-PRESIDENT DISCUSSING FUTURE INTERN COMPETITIONS KRZESINSKI , IRENA SZEWINSKA , DR. SCHORMANN, ANDRZEJ KRASNICKI , KARIN SCHORMANN. STEFAN GREZEGORCZYK (HONORARY PRESIDENT OF PMPA) Dr Schormann met with several National Olympic Commit- tee Presidents to brief them about UIPM’s new adventures in During the highly successful Senior World Championships Beach Games, Student Games and Urban Games as well as of Modern Pentathlon in Warsaw, President Dr Schormann the new fencing format of a bonus round coming at the end held a series of important and productive meetings with key of a round robin. figures in sports administration in Poland. Dr Schormann and Shiny Fang also had a meeting with Wang At the headquarters of the Polish Olympic Committee he met Wei, President of the Chinese Modern Pentathlon Associa- with President Andrzej Krasnicki, Secretary General Adam tion, and his fellow Executive Board members to discuss the Krzesinski, Polish IOC Member Irena Szewinska and PMPA development of the sport in China and Asia as a while. President Anna Bajan to discuss general matters about the President Schormann thanked President Wei for the excel- Olympic Movement linked to the IOC Agenda 2020 and the lent progress made in China at all age groups and impressed status of Modern Pentathlon in Poland. on him the wish of UIPM that CMPA will organize future “Ca- President Dr. Schormann gave a briefing about the forthco- tegory A” international competitions. ming activities in preparation of Rio 2016 and the new pro- Dr Schormann and Ms Fang also met with OBS senior pro- jects in Biathle/Triathle/Tetrathlon linked to Beach Games, ducers to continue talks about broadcasting opportunities FISU and Parapentathlon. at the Rio 2016 Olympics. President Dr Schormann also met with Poland’s Minister for Sport and Tourism, Andrzej Biernat, to discuss the important 30.AUG - WARSAW, role played by sport in modern society for integration and POLAND health. Dr Schormann briefed the Minister about the Sport for All Dr Schormann, Shiny Fang and Anna Bajan, President of Po- Movement of UIPM linked to Beach Games, Paralympics, lish Modern Pentathlon Association, were honoured guests FISU and Urban Games as new pillars for the development of Dr Ary S Graca FIVB the President of the Federation Inter- of Modern Pentathlon. He underlined the tradition of Mo-

DR. SCHORMANN WITH DR. ARY GRAÇA DURING THE FIVB MEN’S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP OPENING DR SCHORMANN MEETS POLISH MINISTER FOR SPORT AND TOURISM ANDRZEJ BIERNAT AND

CEREMONY OTHER KEY FIGURES IN POLISH SPORTS ADMINISTRATION UIPM NEWSLETTER 18 JULY-SEPTEMBER 2014

dern Pentathlon in Poland and thanked the Minister for the and Shiny Fang held a meeting at Olympic Park with Mrs Government’s strong support in making WCH 2014 such a Barbara Kauka and Robert Trapp, President and Chief Trai- success. ner of the Berlin Association for Modern Pentathlon (BVMF), 17.SEP - MUNICH, and the Director of Olympic Park, Lutz Imhof. GERMANY They discussed the competition schedule and the set-up of the five disciplines, as well as the way the competition will be promoted through broadcast partners and other media. During the opening ceremony of WCH Masters, Dr Schor- mann made a welcome speech and made presentations to Erik Pock, the former Chairman of the Masters Committee, and Heidi Walli, who will take over as Chairwoman until the next election in 2016. During the Masters competition President Dr Schormann spoke with many pentathletes to learn about their experien- ce of the Masters scene. At the end of the event Dr Schormann made a closing spee- DR. SCHORMANN RECEIVES THE GOLD BADGE OF HONOUR FROM HRH PRINCE LEOPOLD OF ch in which he stressed the importance of the Masters mo- BAVARIA (PATRON OF THE DVMF) AND OTHER DISTINGUISHED REPRESENTATIVES OF THE vement as a legacy of Modern Pentathlon, as well as provi- CURATORIUM MODERN PENTATHLON OF BAVARIA (LEFT TO RIGHT: WALTER VOGEL - FORMER ding some guidelines for future initiatives under the UIPM TREASUERER DVMF, OLAF KLEIDON - NEW PRESIDENT DVMF) HRH PRINCE LEOPOLD OF BAVARIA Masters umbrella. - PATRON DVMF AND PRESIDENT CURATORIUM MODERN PENTATHLON BAVARIA, UIPM PRESIDENT Finally, Dr Schormann, Shiny Fang and Masters coordinator DR. KLAUS SCHORMANN - HONORARY PRESIDENT DVMF, DR. ANDREAS MOST - FORMER Dr Sandor Koris met with the Masters Committee, and Dr TREASURER DVMF AND HONORARY MEMBER DVMF) Schormann provided a briefing on future governance plans for the UIPM Masters movement. Masters Chairman Erik Further to Dr Schormann’s retirement as President of the Pock in turn gave a briefing about the current German Modern Pentathlon Federation (DVMF) he was health of the movement and his wishes for the future. He presented with the Gold Badge of Honour by distinguished announced at this meeting that after the WCH Masters Heidi members of the federation including HRH Prince Leopold of Walli of Finland would act as Chairwoman during the transi- Bavaria. tion time until the election in 2016. The badge was awarded to Dr Schormann for his “excellent work for global development of the sport” from the Curato- 27.SEP - MUNGYEONG, rium Modern Pentathlon of Bavaria. KOREA

18-21.SEP - BERLIN, GERMANY

SCHORMANN AND UIPM VICE-PRESIDENT KUISUNG CHOI VIEW A MODEL OF FACILITIES FOR NEXT YEAR’S 6TH CISM MILITARY WORLD GAMES DURING THEIR TOUR OF THEKOREAN MILI- TARY SPORT CENTRE.

President Dr Schormann joined Vice-President Kuisung Choi to inspect the new Korean Military Sport Centre in Mungye- on, which serves as the main training centre for the finest MASTERS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, BERLIN 2014 OPENING CEREMONY (FROM THE LEFT TO THE athletes from Korea and the rest of the region. RIGHT: ERIK POCK, HEIDI WALLI, SANDOR KÖRIS - UIPM MASTERS SPORT DIRECTOR, UIPM PRESIDENT Chief of Staff Army Colonel Gui Chan Jeon used a model to SCHORMANN, UIPM SECRETARY GENERAL, SHINY FANG) demonstrate the training and competition areas where next year’s 6th CISM Military World Games will be held. The the- Berlin was host to the XII WCH Masters but the German capi- me was “Friendship together - peace forever!” tal is also playing host to the WCH Senior Championships in 2015 and in advance of that event, President Dr Schormann UIPM NEWSLETTER 19 JULY-SEPTEMBER 2014

New Balance World Rankings.

The PWR is updated live on www.pentathlon.org after each competition. PWR as at 30 September 2014:

Women Men

1 CHN Qian Chen 205 1 RUS Aleksander Lesun 220

2 LTU Laura Asadauskaite 198 2 RUS Ilia Frolov 185

3 POL Oktawia Nowacka 195 3 ITA Riccardo De Luca 178

4 GER Lena Schoneborn 189 4 UKR Pavlo Tymoshchenko 176

5 CHN Liang Wanxia 169 5 EGY Amro El Geziry 175

6 RUS Donata Rimsaite 161 6 HUN Robert Kasza 172

7 USA Margaux Isaksen 160 7 CZE Jan Kuf 167

8 HUN Sarolta Kovacs 156 8 FRA Christopher Patte 167

9 GBR Samantha Murray 147 9 FRA Valentin Prades 155

10 BRA Yane Marques 146 10 FRA Valentin Belaud 151

11 GBR Kate French 146 11 LTU Justinas Kinderis 150

12 RUS Ekaterina Khuraskina 144 12 KAZ Pavel Ilyashenko 150

13 CAN Melanie McCann 140 13 HUN Bence Demeter 146

14 CHN Zhang Xiaonan 137 14 CHN Guo Jianli 145

15 KOR Yang Soo Jin 135 15 HUN Adam Marosi 130

16 CHN Wang Wei 134 16 KOR Lee Woo Jin 123

17 LTU Karolina Guzauskaite 133 17 ITA Nicola Benedetti 122

18 UKR Victoria Tereshuk 131 18 AUT Thomas Daniel 120

19 ITA Claudia Cesarini 129 19 UKR Dmytro Kirpulyanskyy 114

20 UKR Iryna Khokhlova 125 20 EGY Yasser Hefny 111

The Full New Balance World Ranking is available on www.pentathlon.org MODERN PENTATHLON Key-Milestones

PENTATHLON IN THE ANCIENT GAMES 708 BC - Lampis of Sparta won the first ancient Pentathlon

MODERN PENTATHLON 1912 - Stockholm: First time in the Olympic Programme 1948 - London: the UIPM was established 1996 – Atlanta: First Olympic Games all 5 events took place in one day 1998 – Budapest, Mexico, Monaco, Olympia, Lausanne: UIPM celebrates 50th Anniversary 2000 – Sydney: First time women pentathletes competed in the Olympics 2004 – Athens: Pentathlon home after 2712 years 2010 – Singapore: Combined event (running and shooting) and laser pistol introduced into the Olympic programme 2012 – London: 100 Years of Modern Pentathlon in the Olympic Games 2014 – UIPM joins the International Paralympic Family and the University Sports Family 2016 – Rio de Janeiro: Fencing Bonus Round previews in the Olympic Games UIPM NEWSLETTER 20 JULY-SEPTEMBER 2014

Calendar

International Competitions

October November

Asian Games Modern Pentathlon Asian Beach Games Incheon, Korea Phuket, Thailand 02-03 October 2014 14-21 November 2014

Biathle and Triathle World Championships CAC Games Lake Atitlan, Guatemala Xalapa, Mexico 09-12 October 2014 14-18 November 2014

Memorial of Jury Horishko UIPM Congress Bishkek-Bostery, Kyrgyzstan Sofia, Bulgaria 20-23 October 2014 29-30 November 2014

International Junior Championships December Tata, Hungary 27 -28 October 2014 FISU Beach Games Maceio, Brazil South American Junior, Youth A, B, C, D 6-7 December 2014 Recife, Brazil 28-31 October 2014 South America Biathle/Triathle Championships Trinidad, Uruguay 6-7 December 2014

“The Modern Pentathlon event would test a man’s moral qualities as much as his physical resources and skills, pro- ducing thereby the ideal, complete athlete.”

Baron Pierre de Coubertin, founder of the modern olympic games

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