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Last round of Olympic selections for modern pentathletes leaves six women chasing three places

  • Modern Pentathlon

By Mike RowbottomJune 17 - Seven male and six female modern pentathletes have been added to the London 2012 after the second round of Olympic qualification announced by the sport's international body, the UIPM.

selection brings the total Olympic field to 36 men and 36 women at the 100th anniversary of Modern Pentathlon

long qualification we feel that the best athletes have been selected and will do the sport of midern pentathlon


London 2012 resale platform launched as 50,000 new tickets go on sale

  • London 2012

By Duncan MackayJune 15 - London 2012 today launched the opportunity for people to sell unwanted tickets for the Olympics and also put on more on sale for a number of events in the Olympic Park, including hockey.

A total of 25,000 hockey tickets and a limited number of tickets for diving, handball, modern pentathlon


Silver for Britain's French behind Kovacs at modern pentathlon Euro Junior Championships

  • Modern Pentathlon

By Mike RowbottomJune 11 - Britain's Kate French took silver at the Modern Pentathlon European Junior

Székesfehérvár.Russia won the team competition, with Italy second.The 21-year-old French, who trains at the Pentathlon

Junior Championships.The latest British successes came just over 24 hours after the British modern pentathlon


Fab four named as Team GB's London 2012 modern pentathletes

  • Modern Pentathlon

By Tom Degun at the Old Royal Naval College in GreenwichJune 8 - Four of Britain's top modern pentathlon

standard.Team GB will, therefore, field a full complement of two male and two female athletes in the modern pentathlon

The fact that eight British athletes achieved the modern pentathlon Olympic qualification standard is

a tribute to the excellent performance programme that has been developed by Pentathlon GB."

World CupMay 2012: British pair book London 2012 places with gold and bronze at modern pentathlon World

wins first World Cup medal with bronze as Prokopenko takes goldMarch 2012: Murray hurries to modern pentathlon


Chloe Esposito follows in father's footsteps with Olympic selection for London 2012

  • Modern Pentathlon

RowbottomJune 7 - Chloe Esposito, selected along with Ed Fernon for Australia's 2012 Olympic modern pentathlon

Daniel Esposito, who now coaches his 20-year-old daughter, competed in the modern pentathlon at the Los

Ever since I knew dad did pentathlon I wanted to do it as well," said Chloe (pictured above), who has

made a huge impact on the international modern pentathlon scene since qualifying the Olympic quota place

Since I took up pentathlon I had the goal of competing at the Olympics so for that to come to completion


Bittersweet silver for Fell as Adauskaite takes modern pentathlon World Cup

  • Modern Pentathlon

RowbottomMay 26 - Laura Asadauskaite (pictured) of Lithuania established herself as the new modern pentathlon

now take place in early June with the British Olympic Association scheduled to announce the GB modern pentathlon

team for London 2012 on June 8.Jan Bartu, Pentathlon GB performance director, said: "Heather had a smashing

insidethegames.bizRelated storiesMay 2012: British pair book London 2012 places with gold and bronze at modern pentathlon


Third-time-lucky Lesun finally lands modern pentathlon world crown

  • Modern Pentathlon

By Mike RowbottomMay 13 - Russia's Aleksander Lesun ended his silver streak at the World Modern Pentathlon

the London 2012 Games.Britain's world junior champion Jamie Cooke, world record holder for the 200m pentathlon

nbsp;Nick Woodbridge finishing higher in 10th with 5,852.Jan Bartu, performance director of the Pentathlon

Shock as Ukraine's Victoria Tereshuk misses out on World Championship final placeMay 2012: Modern pentathlon

Olympics after Ukraine strike world gold againMay 2012: Historic first gold for South Korea at modern pentathlon

World Championships in RomeMay 2012: Classy Schöneborn earns Germany last-gasp modern pentathlon


British pair book London 2012 places with gold and bronze at modern pentathlon World Championships

  • Modern Pentathlon

Beijing 2008 Olympics, booked her place at London 2012 with an extraordinary victory in the World Modern Pentathlon

Shock as Ukraine's Victoria Tereshuk misses out on World Championship final placeMay 2012: Modern pentathlon

Olympics after Ukraine strike world gold againMay 2012: Historic first gold for South Korea at modern pentathlon

World Championships in RomeMay 2012: Classy Schöneborn earns Germany last-gasp modern pentathlon


Shock as Ukraine's Victoria Tereshuk misses out on World Championship final place

  • Modern Pentathlon

By Mike RowbottomMay 10 - Ukraine's reigning world modern pentathlon champion and Olympic bronze

She climbed two places in the run/shoot to end the day in fifth.Jan Bartu, Pentathlon GB Performance

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Olympics after Ukraine strike world gold againMay 2012: Historic first gold for South Korea at modern pentathlon

World Championships in RomeMay 2012: Classy Schöneborn earns Germany last-gasp modern pentathlon


Modern pentathlon to push for mixed relay at 2016 Olympics after Ukraine strike world gold again

  • Modern Pentathlon

By Mike RowbottomMay 9 - Modern pentathlon's international organisers will seek to add the mixed relay event to the 2016 Olympic Games.

a great opportunity for smaller nations to submit athletes to compete on the world's biggest modern pentathlon

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World Championships in RomeMay 2012: Classy Schöneborn earns Germany last-gasp modern pentathlon



London 2012 to put more Olympic tickets on sale this week for those that missed out first time

  • London 2012

By Duncan MackayMay 8 - Nearly a million new tickets, including some for the men's 100 metres final and the Opening and Closing Ceremonies, will be put on sale for the London 2012 Olympics later this week, chairman Sebastian Coe announced today. 

basketball (Basketball Arena sessions), cycling (BMX), cycling (mountain bike), cycling (road), modern pentathlon




Light show on Olympic Park marks completion of London 2012 RUN project

  • London 2012

By Tom Degun at the Olympic Park in LondonMay 2 - A special illuminated artwork titled RUN, which measures nine metres high and weighs over 30 tonnes, has been switched on here to mark the completion of 26 new art installations on the Olympic Park in Stratford.

plaza of the 6,500-capacity Copper Box which will host handball and the fencing discipline of modern pentathlon