By Mike RowbottomAleksander Lesun earned his second gold at the modern pentathlon World Cup final in

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Asadauskaite faces home challenge in Sarasota World Cup finalDecember 2013: Florida to host major modern pentathlon

By Mike RowbottomAleksander Lesun dominated modern pentathlon's World Cup final in Sarasota rom start to finish to add a gold medal to the world bronze he won last year.

Asadauskaite faces home challenge in Sarasota World Cup finalDecember 2013: Florida to host major modern pentathlon

RowbottomOktawia Nowacka of Poland maintained her outstanding run of form this season by winning the Modern Pentathlon

Asadauskaite faces home challenge in Sarasota World Cup finalDecember 2013: Florida to host major modern pentathlon

By Mike RowbottomLaura Asadauskaite, the reigning Olympic and world modern pentathlon champion and world

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By Nick ButlerA long-awaited announcement has finally been made as to which company will take charge of construction and renovation for the northern portion of the second main Rio 2016 venues cluster at Deodoro.

Gilbert Felli and others ©AFP/Getty ImagesThis will include the venues for canoe slalom, hockey, modern pentathlon

swimming, mountain biking and BMX cycling, as well as the National Shooting Centre, the rugby and modern pentathlon

arena, and the Deodoro Arena where modern pentathlon fencing and basketball qualification will be held

the south of Deodoro, consists of venues requiring renovation, for shooting, equestrian and modern pentathlon

swimming, as well as temporary venues for mountain biking, modern pentathlon and rugby.But there will

By Duncan MackayA 64 per cent stake in the Olimpiisky Sports Complex, built for the 1980 Olympics, has been sold by Moscow City Hall for 4.67 billion rubles (£81 million/$136 million/€100 million).

includes a swimming pool which hosted the swimming, diving, water polo, and the swim leg of the modern pentathlon

By Mike RowbottomZsófia Földházi of Hungary underlined her status as a modern pentathlete of huge potential today as she defended her world junior title in Drzonków, Poland - where she won the senior European title last July - with the team title going to Britain.

Zsófia Földházi of Hungary in the riding section en route to retaining her modern pentathlon world junior

particularly impressive achievement, coming just a week after she won individual bronze and helped the Pentathlon

By Nick ButlerRio 2016 have hit back at critics who claim venues will remain incomplete when the Olympic and Paralympic Games begin in a little over two years' time, by insisting 38 per cent of venues are already completed and there is progress with all the others. 

with three of the venues on the site only requiring renovation - for shooting, equestrian and modern pentathlon

swimming - and two other temporary venues to be installed, where mountain biking, modern pentathlon

Whitewater Stadium, the Olympic Hockey Centre and Deodoro Arena, which will host the fencing part of modern pentathlon

By Duncan MackayAlisa Camplin has become the third woman appointed by the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) to be Chef de Mission at an upcoming major event after it was announced she will lead the country's team at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympic Games in Lillehammer.

Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing in August this year.Kitty Chiller, a Sydney 2000 Olympian in modern pentathlon

By Paul Osborne at at the Susesi Convention Center in BelekApril 11 - SportAccord has unveiled the 17 International Sports Federations which will make up the programme for the inaugural World Urban Games, expected to take place in 2016 following the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

cycling, roller, dance, floorball, baseball/softball, basketball, lacrosse, hockey, netball, fistball, pentathlon

By Nick Butler at the Susesi Convention Center in BelekApril 9 - Ensuring women have confidence in their own ability and are able to fit sport into life patterns was the key message of the "Women's World" discussion panel here today.

One of the most interesting was raised by Britain's Beijing 2008 modern pentathlon silver medal winner

By Paul Osborne at the Susesi Convention Center in BelekApril 7 - Kickboxing has been elected as a member association of the International World Games Association (IWGA) following a vote at the general annual meeting here today. 

It's all about politics.The International Pentathlon Union (UIPM) and International Wushu Federation

When you have modern pentathlon they are already in the Olympics."

demonstrated her prowess by overcoming her rivals in a tight battle to the finish at the International Modern Pentathlon

StoriesApril 2014: Marques targeting world champion Asadauskaite at UIPM World Cup in CairoMarch 2014: Modern pentathlon

cancelled amid sweltering conditions in MexicoFebruary 2014: Extreme heat in Acapulco sees women's pentathlon

final stoppedFebruary 2014: Modern Pentathlon World Cup Series opener underway in Mexico

By Mike RowbottomAs the 2014 World Triathlon Series (WTS) opens in Auckland, New Zealand this weekend the sport is clearly benefiting from changes targeted at broadening and strengthening its appeal worldwide - as International Triathlon Union (ITU) President Marisol Casado has explained to insidethegames.This year's WTS, for example, will be contested more widely than ever before - in eight cities across five continents, with Cape Town and Chicago making their debut on the calendar ahead of the Edmonton Grand Final on August 26 to September 1 where the champions will claim their titles.There is more prize money on offer this...

its Olympic status, triathlon is very much the younger sibling of that other multi-event, the modern pentathlon

pistols - the younger sport has arrived fully formed, and ticking all the IOC boxes.One change modern pentathlon

be a leading contender to break her silver medal run on the second stop on the International Modern Pentathlon

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cancelled amid sweltering conditions in MexicoFebruary 2014: Extreme heat in Acapulco sees women's pentathlon

final stoppedFebruary 2014: Modern Pentathlon World Cup Series opener underway in Mexico