OCTOBER 2016 UIPM Newsletter HIGHLIGHTS • UIPM 2016 Biathle/Triathle World Championships - p.2 • News from around the Modern Pentathlon World - p.5 • Tournament & Training Camp Invitations - p.7 • Medical & Anti-Doping corner - p.8 • Inside UIPM: Monthly activities of President Dr Schormann - p.9 • New Balance World Rankings - p.11 • Calendar - p.12 UIPM 2016 BIATHLE/TRIATHLE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS Sunny Sarasota welcomes more than 700 athletes ALEXANDRE HENRARD WON THE BIATHLE AND THE TRIATHLE INDIVIDUAL EVENTS, ADDING TWO MORE GOLD MEDALS TO THE THREE WORLD TITLES WON IN 2015 UIPM NEWSLETTER 2 OCTOBER 2016 UIPM 2016 Biathle/Triathle World Championships Heroic Henrard at the double on the beach Alexandre Henrard of France con- firmed his status as a master of multiple UIPM Sports with two gold medals at the 2016 UIPM Biathle-Triathle World Champion- ships. Henrard, 24, claimed men’s indi- vidual gold in Biathle (Run/Swim/ Run), 24 hours after he had con- quered the field in Triathle (Swim/ Run/Shoot). More than 500 athletes from 25 countries gathered on the west coast of Florida to participate in the championships, with the ERIN STORIE (USA) CELEBRATES HER SENIOR BIATHLE SUCCESS, AND SHE ALSO WON THE BIATHLE MIXED-RELAY WITH USA winning all of the senior gold HER HUSBAND LOGAN STORIE medals except the two claimed by Other highlights of the 2016 Bi- Mixed Relay Biathle gold for Henrard (FRA). athle-Triathle World Champion- USA, before Achterberg and ships included: Dennis Bowsher (USA) took the Athletes aged from the Youth Mixed Relay Triathle title F category (eight and under) to • Samantha Achterberg and Erin • Africa was well represented Masters competed in two differ- Storie (USA) brought delight with South Africa and Egypt en- ent formats over three days at Na- to the host nation as they won joying excellent results across than Benderson Park in Sarasota, senior women’s Triathle and Bi- the age-group spectrum which was the host of the 2016 athle gold respectively • Pakistan competed in the open UIPM World Cup Final. • Erin Storie teamed up with hus- division for the first time and band Logan Storie to also win claimed two gold medals One special feature of each event was the All Together race, where athletes of different ages had the chance to try out Biathle and Tri- athle in an open competition. Janusz Peciak, the UIPM Execu- tive Board Member for Sport, said: “I am very impressed with the en- thusiasm and passion of so many kids participating in these events. “This is very important because pentathlon is the next step and the numbers are growing and growing, and also the atmosphere SOUTH AFRICA PRODUCED NUMEROUS WINNERS OF YOUTH CATEGORIES IN SARASOTA UIPM NEWSLETTER 3 OCTOBER 2016 here is good with parents involved. “I can see how this is good for the development of pentathlon world- wide that we are doing these kind of events. “You see how well countries like South Africa are competing, and also India and Argentina are oth- ers. This is good for our sport and I believe in five or six years South Africa will be one of the top sports in pentathlon.” Day one: Biathle and Triathle Relays The 2016 UIPM Biathle-Triathle MIXED-RELAY TEAMS PERFORMED IN BIATHLE AND IN TRIATHLE DURING THE FIRST DAY OF COMPETITION World Championships began with (Clare Forbes & Gregan Clarkson). than Denoon) claiming bronze. a double dose of delight for the host nation as USA claimed senior Local fans were given further gold medals in both the Biathle cause for celebration in the Triath- Day two: Henrard gets his first and Triathle Mixed Relays. le Mixed Relay as USA (Samantha gold for France Achterberg & Dennis Bowsher) Husband-and-wife pair Logan (27) claimed first place to complete a The 2016 UIPM Biathle-Triathle and Erin (25) Storie claimed top day of dominance by the host na- World Championships continued spot in the Biathle relay thanks to tion. on day two with success for the a performance of perfect synergy USA and France in the senior indi- in front of a home crowd at Na- Achterberg & Bowsher (a veter- vidual Triathle events. than Benderson Park. an of the London 2012 Olympic Storie & Storie (USA) finished nine Games) enjoyed a massive win- Defending men’s champion Al- seconds ahead of the second- ning margin of almost two minutes exandre Henrard (FRA) managed placed Czech Republic (Eliska over silver medallists Italy (Nicole to retain his title while Samantha Priblova & Tomas Svoboda) with Campaner & Valerio Quinzi), with Achterberg (USA) claimed gold in bronze going to Great Britain Canada (Kelly Fitzsimons & Jona- the women’s event. A PORTUGUESE ATHLETE CUTS A DRAMATIC POSE AS HE DIVES INTO THE WATER FOR HIS SWIM UIPM NEWSLETTER 4 OCTOBER 2016 FROM YOUTH E TO MASTERS C, THERE WAS A HIGH STANDARD OF ATHLETICISM ACROSS ALL AGE CATEGORIES IN SARASOTA Henrard (FRA) won by a slim mar- up his Triathle gold that he would definitely my aim and it will be the gin of five seconds from silver be aiming to perform well on the same next year,” he said. medallist David Ruales (ECU) with UIPM World Cup circuit next year Pieter Oosthuizen (RSA) claiming while also attempting to defend “Next year I have to qualify for bronze. his titles at the 2017 Biathle-Tri- the first World Cup through the athle World Championships. French Championships, but nor- Achterberg (USA) was a much mally I would participate in two more convincing winner of the “I am a pentathlete, so I do Fenc- World Cups per year - I just don’t women’s title ahead of compatriot ing and Riding too, but to win know which ones it will be.” Jessica Davis (USA) in second and back-to-back with both titles was bronze medallist Rachel Jones (GBR). Day three: Henrard confirms special set Henrard, 24, claimed men’s indi- vidual gold in Biathle (Run/Swim/ Run), 24 hours after he had con- quered the field in Triathle (Swim/ Run/Shoot). In 2015, the French star won both of these competitions and also came out on top at the Laser-Run World Championships, so his tally of senior UIPM golds now stands at an incredible five in two years. Henrard (FRA) said after picking A YOUTH ATHLETE FROM SOUTH AFRICA SHOWS HIS ELATION AS HE CROSSES THE FINISH LINE FIRST UIPM NEWSLETTER 5 OCTOBER 2016 News from around the Modern Pentathlon World Stars turn out for televised Stasiak (POL) said: “The really good. I love this competition.” Kremlin Cup facilities in Moscow are always so well prepared and so is the World No.2 Cooke (GBR) added: Alexander Lesun (RUS), the Rio organisation. It’s always nice to “The Olympics was obviously the 2016 Olympic Games men’s compete in Russia and especially big focus for this year, and it was champion, won gold alongside in Moscow. a special year, but then it’s also Donata Rimshaite (RUS) in nice to come to this competition the single-day competition on “I think it is uncommon that so and have a little bit of fun as well October 2, which comprised a many people come to see Modern as compete with your friends. It’s Mixed Relay format. Pentathlon, and the popularity in nice to be here.” Russia is at a very high level. It’s Numerous other Olympians nice to see many spectators on France also sent a very high- and world-class pentathletes the tribunes.” class team comprising Rio 2016 took part in the well-attended Olympic women’s silver medallist competition, which was televised In fifth place was Great Britain Elodie Clouvel and Moscow 2016 by MATCH TV not only in Russia (Samantha Murray & James World Championship individual but also in Belarus, Ukraine, Cooke), and Murray (GBR) said: winner Valentin Belaud. They Kazakhstan, Georgia, Poland and “At the moment, we just had a finished seventh but they only Lithuania. break after the Olympics and this had good things to say about the is fun. It’s always great to come to event. Second place went to Poland Russia and the Kremlin Cup is well (Anna Maliszewska & Sebastian organised, the Russian federation Belaud (FRA) said: “It’s a nice Stasiak), who finished 20 seconds do an excellent job. place for a modern pentathlete to behind Russia, and third place “We love pentathlon, it’s our compete. We have good horses to Lithuania (Dovidas Vaivada & passion, so to come here and and good organisation here. This Gintare Veckauskaite). compete in the Kremlin Cup is was the last competition of the season for us and it gave us a lot of pleasure to participate. This is Lesun’s country and Lesun is Olympic champion.” Clouvel (FRA) added: “It’s amazing for me to be an Olympic medallist. It has been crazy for me and now, after this competition, I will just relax and take a holiday.” Another Rio Olympian taking part was Haydy Morsy (EGY), who said: “The organisation is so good here. It is not my first time here and everything is nice: the food, the weather, the competition, ALEXANDER LESUN AND DONATA RIMSHAITE, WINNERS OF THE KREMLIN CUP 2016 everything.” UIPM NEWSLETTER 6 OCTOBER 2016 Park (KOR) takes over as AMPC President Sangwoo Park of Korea has been elected as President of the Asian Modern Pentathlon Confederation (AMPC). Mr Park won with nine votes to the five secured by Berik Imashev (KAZ) in the 2016 AMPC Elections held in Cholpon Ata, Kyrgyzstan. He follows another Korean, Jai- Yeong Lee, in becoming AMPC President. Namdev Shirgaonkar (IND) was ALEXANDRE FRANÇA, UIPM INSTRUCTOR GROUP MEMBER, WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC elected Secretary General, MODERN PENTATHLON FEDERATION, FREDDY NÚÑEZ JORGE AND ONE OF THE COACHES CERTIFICATED IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC COACHES SEMINAR winning by eight votes to six ahead of Sangkeong Yeo (KOR).