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UIPM Congress switched from Guatemala to online event

  • Modern Pentathlon

This year's International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM) Congress is to take place online, rather than

2024 Olympic Games.Paris 2024 is due to be the last event where equestrian is a part of the modern pentathlon

including reigning Olympic champions Kate French and Joe Choong, both of Britain.The pressure group Pentathlon

of a lack of transparency, but an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport by the Danish Modern Pentathlon

Association was dismissed.Advocates of the new fifth discipline argue it makes modern pentathlon more

contentious gathering.The UIPM has said the Congress will be streamed on the UIPM TV platform.Modern pentathlon


Ecuadorian Olympic Committee stages management course in Guayaquil

  • PASO

The Ecuadorian Olympic Committee (COE) welcomed 22 representatives from 10 of its National Federations to Guayaquil for a management of Olympic organisations course.

Ecuadorian federations of karate, taekwondo, wushu, swimming, table tennis, triathlon, soccer, modern pentathlon


Thorpe finally recognised as sole 1912 Olympic pentathlon and decathlon gold medallist

  • Athletics

Committee (IOC) decision to finally recognise him as the sole gold medallist of the 1912 Olympics in pentathlon

he’d been paid to play minor league baseball, was just reinstated as the sole winner of that year’s pentathlon

American James Donahue and Canadian Frank Lukeman will both retain the medals they were awarded when the pentathlon


Hangzhou 2022 venue wins Excellence Award for lighting

  • Hangzhou 2022

A sports arena built for the postponed 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou has won an international award for its lighting.

based in New York's Wall Street.The venue, which was constructed to host shooting, archery and modern pentathlon


New Brazilian Olympic Committee Hall of Famers span generations and boast numerous medals

  • PASO

Double Olympic sailing champion Marcelo Ferreira is among the 2022 inductees to the Brazilian Olympic Hall of Fame.

middleweight judo bronze in 1984 as the highlight of a career which spanned three Olympics.Olympic modern pentathlon

Getty ImagesCarmona also won a World Championship bronze medal in 1979 in Paris.Yane Marques, modern pentathlon


Stade Pierre-Mauroy chosen by Paris 2024 as basketball venue

  • Basketball

The Stade Pierre-Mauroy in Lille has been chosen by Paris 2024 as the venue for the preliminary phase of the basketball events for the Olympic Games.

2024’s Board of Directors.The venue is also due to stage the fencing ranking round  of modern pentathlon


South Korea voice support for obstacle discipline over riding after petition

  • Modern Pentathlon

The Korean Modern Pentathlon Federation (KMPF) has voiced its support for replacing riding with an obstacle

concerned persons such as family, friends and fans signed a petition to endorse the International Modern Pentathlon

We are going to embrace more popular sport, obstacle event, as a new fifth discipline of the modern pentathlon

We consider this is a wise choice for a new turning point and a better future of the modern pentathlon

equestrian is their preferred option for the fifth modern pentathlon discipline.A reformed version of

The aim of the new pentathlon discipline process is to transform modern pentathlon into one of the most


Exclusive: More than 92 per cent of modern pentathletes want equestrian discipline preserved, according to survey

  • Modern Pentathlon

pentathletes questioned in a survey have said that equestrian is their preferred option for the fifth modern pentathlon

The survey was conducted by Pentathlon United, the group formed to resist the proposed removal of riding

from modern pentathlon after the Paris 2024 Olympics.Modern pentathlon has been left off the provisional

United with a vast majority wishing for equestrian to remain in the sport ©Pentathlon United"We have

Modern pentathlon has been left off the provisional programme for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games,

with the International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM) planning to axe riding after Paris 2024."


CAS dismisses appeal by Danish Modern Pentathlon Association over process to choose new fifth discipline

  • Modern Pentathlon

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has dismissed an appeal by the Danish Modern Pentathlon Association

(MPADK) over the process to choose a discipline to replace riding within modern pentathlon.

The MPADK appealed to CAS over the right of the International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM) Executive

proposed replacement for riding to the IOC.The CAS added: "Any subsequent format change of the modern pentathlon

A better pathway is to #keepridingandchangetherules#savepentathlon pic.twitter.com/k4J4nbDwdP— Pentathlon

in the Olympic Games through the new pentathlon discipline process."

a later date.Obstacle racing is being considered as a possible replacement for riding within modern pentathlon


UIPM confirms second obstacle racing test event in Manila after positive feedback from participants

  • Modern Pentathlon

The International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM) has confirmed a second test event featuring obstacle

, following on from the UIPM World Cup Finals in the Turkish capital, which featured riding.The New Pentathlon

the sport, as well as time to train, followed by qualification and final rounds on day two.The New Pentathlon

https://t.co/eRbXOsF9Ve#pentathlonunited#savepentathlon#keepriding#KeepRidingAndChangeTheRules— Pentathlon

United (@PentUnited) July 1, 2022Activist group Pentathlon United, who have been critical of the UIPM's

The International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM) is considering replacing riding with obstacle racing


Ninja Warrior set used in first UIPM obstacle test event as winners crowned in Ankara

  • Modern Pentathlon

A production set from television show Ninja Warrior was used at the International Modern Pentathlon Union's

UIPM has undertaken a comprehensive and transparent process to transform modern pentathlon into one of

athletes and those with a background in modern pentathlon.The first obstacle test event for modern pentathlon

replacing riding after Paris 2024, in a move aimed at preserving the sport's Olympic status.Modern pentathlon


Commonwealth Games meets Game of Thrones as Queen's Baton Relay continues

  • Birmingham 2022

The Queen's Baton Relay for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games made a trip across the Giant's Causeway during its visit to Northern Ireland.

four day journey in Northern Ireland by Lady Mary Peters.Fifty years after she won Olympic gold in the pentathlon

greatest sporting champions.Lady Mary also competed in the Commonwealth Games on five occasions.She won pentathlon

and shot put gold at Edinburgh 1970, and retained her pentathlon title at the Christchurch Games in


Szép and Gulyás win mixed relay at Pentathlon World Cup Final in Ankara

  • Modern Pentathlon

overcame a 35-second deficit to steal mixed relay gold on the last day of the International Modern Pentathlon

Union (UIPM) Pentathlon World Cup Final in Ankara.

Pentathlon #WorldCup Final ??

https://t.co/vD52qqcFLj pic.twitter.com/Ix4M3qs5Xz— UIPM - World Pentathlon (@WorldPentathlon) June

Hungary also topped the overall Pentathlon World Cup Final medal table with one gold and two bronze,

Turkish capital.Obstacle racing is being considered as a potential replacement for riding in modern pentathlon


UIPM set to hold obstacle test event but campaign to preserve riding continues

  • Modern Pentathlon

obstacle discipline is set to begin tomorrow in Ankara - a milestone in a process the International Modern Pentathlon

at preserving the sport's Olympic status.While the UIPM gears up for the test event, campaign group Pentathlon

a route to preserve the discipline as well as modern pentathlon's place at the Olympic Games.Modern pentathlon

pentathlonunited#savepentathlon#keepriding#KeepRidingAndChangeTheRules@Olympics pic.twitter.com/Ujko93734D— Pentathlon