Results from World Cup of the decade - UNDER CONSTRUCTION!!
All winners of World Cups from 2000 to 2009 (and 3 best placed in World Cup Final of each year).
2000
WC1 (San Antonio, USA) -
WC2 - ??? - cancelled???
WC3 (Seoul, South Korea) - not available
WC4 (Budapest, Hungary) - not available
WC5 (Darmstadt, Germany) - not available
WCF (Aix-en-Provence, France) - 1. Caroline Demeler (FRA); 2. Jeļena Rubļevska (LAT); 3. Axelle Guiguet (FRA)
2001
WC1 (Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico) - Georgina Harland (GBR)
WC2 (Székesfehérvár, Hungary) - Georgina Harland (GBR)
WC3 (Bath, Great Britain) - Stephanie Cook (GBR)
WCF (Moskva, Russia) - not available
2002
WC1 (Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico) - Katalin Partics (GRE)
WC2 (Madrid, Spain) - Georgina Harland (GBR)
WC3 (Székesfehérvár, Hungary) - Zsuzsanna Vörös (HUN)
WC4 (Warsaw, Poland) - Bea Simoka (HUN)
WCF (Budapest, Hungary) - 1. Claudia Corsini (ITA); 2. Paulina Boenisz (POL); 3. Zsuzsanna Vörös (HUN)
2003
WC1 (Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico) - Claudia Corsini (ITA)
WC2 (Székesfehérvár, Hungary) - Csilla Furi (HUN)
WC3 (Warsaw, Poland) - Paulina Boenisz (POL)
WC4 (Most, Czech Republic) - Kim Raisner (GER)
WCF (Athina, Greece) - 1. Georgina Harland; 2. Victoria Tereshuk (UKR); 3. Tatiana Mouratova (RUS)
2004
WC1 (Queretaro, Mexico) - Jeļena Rubļevska (LAT)
WC2 (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) - Georgina Harland (GBR)
WC3 (Beijing, China) - Tatiana Mouratova (RUS)
WC4 (Budapest, Hungary) - Victoria Tereshuk (UKR)
WCF (Darmstadt, Germany) - 1. Kate Allenby (GBR); 2. Jeļena Rubļevska (LAT); 3. Zsuzsanna Vörös (HUN)
2005
WC1 (Acapulco, Mexico) - Amélie Cazé (FRA)
WC2 (Székesfehérvár, Hungary) - Anastasia Samusevich (BLR)
WC3 (Paris, France) - Zsuzsanna Vörös (HUN)
WC4 (Athina, Greece) - not available
WCF (Uppsala, Sweden) - 1. Claudia Corsini (ITA); 2. Zsuzsanna Vörös (HUN); 3. Jeļena Rubļevska (LAT)
2006
WC1 (Acapulco, Mexico) - Claudia Corsini (ITA)
WC2 (Millfield, Great Britain) - Aya Medany (EGY)
WC3 (Moskva, Russia) - Lucie Grolichová (CZE)
WC4 (Székesfehérvár, Hungary) - Victoria Tereshuk (UKR)
WC5 (Cairo, Egypt) - Aya Medany (EGY)
WC6 (Chianciano, Italy) - Paulina Boenisz (POL)
WCF (Chienciano, Italy) - 1. Alessia Pieretti (ITA); 2. Anastasia Samusevich (BLR); 3. Paulina Boenisz (POL)
2007
WC1 (Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico) - Edita Maloszyc (POL)
WC2 (Cairo, Egypt) - Tatiana Mouratova (RUS)
WC3 (Millfield, Great Britain) - Georgina Harland (GBR)
WC4 (Moskva, Russia) - Tatiana Mouratova (RUS)
WC5 (Székesfehérvár, Hungary) - Zsuzsanna Vörös (HUN)
WC6 (Roma, Italy) - Anastasia Samusevich (BLR)
WCF (Beijing, China) - 1. Aya Medany (EGY); 2. Jeļena Rubļevska (LAT); 3. Sara Bertoli (ITA)
2008
WC1 (Cairo, Egypt) - Katy Livingston (GBR)
WC2 (Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico) - Marta Dziadura (POL)
WC3 (Millfield, Great Britain) - Heather Fell (GBR)
WC4 (Madrid, Spain) - Anastasia Samusevich (BLR)
WC5 (Kladno, Czech Republic) - Aya Medany (EGY)
WCF (Caldas da Rainha, Portugal) - 1. Donata Rimšaitė (LTU); 2. Heather Fell (GBR); 3. Jeļena Rubļevska (LAT)
2009
WC1 (Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico) - Aya Medany (EGY)
WC2 (Cairo, Egypt) - Laura Asadauskaitė (LTU)
WC3 (Budapest, Hungary) - Laura Asadauskaitė (LTU)
WC4 (Roma, Italy) - Aya Medany (EGY)
WCF (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) - 1. Donata Rimšaitė (LTU); 2. Yane Marques (BRA); 3. Leila Gyenesei (HUN)
Highlights:
Two pentathletes lead in the number of titles, with 6 wins each one: British Georgina Harland (winner of WC1 2001, WC2 2001, WC2 2002, WCF 2003, WC2 2004 and WC3 2007) and Egyptian Aya Medany (winner of WC2 2006, WC5 2006, WCF 2007, WC5 2008, WC1 2009 and WC4 2009). With 4 titles there's Italian Claudia Corsini (WCF 2002, WC1 2003, WCF 2005 and WC1 2006). The pentathletes who won 3 fields are: Zsuzsanna Vörös (HUN) - WC3 2002, WC3 2005 and WC5 2007) -, Anastasia Samusevich (BLR) - WC2 2005, WC6 2007 and WC4 2008 - and Tatiana Mouratova (RUS) - WC3 2004, WC2 2007 and WC4 2007. Filling the list of winners of more than one event, we have Paulina Boenisz (POL) - WC3 2003 and WC6 2006-, Donata Rimšaitė (LTU) - WCF 2008 and WCF 2009 -, Laura Asadauskaitė (LTU) - WC2 2009 and WC2 2009 - and Viktoria Tereshuk (UKR) - WC4 2004 and Wc4 2006.
Winners of WC in a row: Harland (WC1 and WC2 2001), Corsini (WCF 2005 and WC1 2006) and Asadauskaitė (WC2 and WC3 2009) - also Rimšaitė (WCF 08 and 09).
Country ranking
Position. Country - number of titles (number of pentathletes)
1. Great Britain - 10 (5)
2. Egypt - 06 (1)
3. Hungary - 05 (3)
3. Italy - 05 (2)
5. Poland - 04 (3)
5. Lithuania - 04 (2)
7. Russia - 03 (1)
7. Belarus - 03 (1)
9. France - 02 (2)
9. Ukraine - 02 (1)
11. Czech Rep. - 01
11. Latvia - 01
11. Greece - 01
11. Germany - 01
More to come: titles in same year, number of winners, number of events/year and total events.
Saturday, 19 December 2009
The Decade Review (2000-2009) - World Cups - Men (Provisional)
World Cup - Men - UNDER CONSTRUCTION!
All winners of World Cups from 2000 to 2009 (and 3 best placed in World Cup Final of each year).
2000
WC1 (San Antonio, USA) - Vahktang Iagorashvili (USA)
WC2 - ??? - cancelled???
WC3 (Seoul, South Korea) - not available
WC4 (Budapest, Hungary) - not available
WC5 (Darmstadt, Germany) - not available
WCF (Aix-en-Provence, France) - 1. Vadym Tkachuk (RUS); 2. Eric Walther (GER); 3. Igor Warabida (POL)
2001
WC1 (Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico) - Edvinas Krungolcas (LTU)
WC2 (Warnedorf, Germany) - Sandor Fulep (HUN)
WC3 (Budapest, Hungary) - not available
WCF (Moskva, Russia) 1. Edvinas Krungolcas (LTU); 2. Andrei Moiseev (RUS); 3. Sergio Salazar (MEX)
2002
WC1 (Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico) - Ádám Marosi (HUN)
WC2 (Madrid, Spain) - Viktor Horvath (HUN)
WC3 (Sindelfingen, Germany) - Libor Capalini (CZE)
WC4 (Budapest, Hungary) - Edvinas Krungolcas (LTU)
WCF (Budapest, Hungary) - 1. Andrejus Zadneprovskis (LTU); 2. Libor Capalini (CZE); 3. Sergio Salazar (MEX)
2003
WC1 (Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico) - Edvinas Krungolcas (LTU)
WC2 (Berlin, Germany) - Andrea Valentini (ITA)
WC3 (Budapest, Hungary) - Andrejus Zadneprovskis (LTU)
WC4 (Most, Czech Republic) - Michal Sedecklý (CZE)
WCF (Athina, Greece) - 1. Rustim Sabirkhovzine (RUS); 2. Marcin Horbacz (POL); 3. Dzmitry Meliakh (BLR)
2004
WC1 (Queretaro, Mexico) - Erik Johansson (SWE)
WC2 (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) - Viktor Horvath (HUN)
WC3 (Beijing, China) - Gabor Balogh (HUN)
WC4 (Budapest, Hungary) - Andrei Moiseev (RUS)
WCF (Darmstadt, Germany) - 1. Edvinas Krungolcas (LTU); 2. Andrejus Zadneprovskis (LTU); 3. Libor Capalini (CZE)
2005
WC1 (Acapulco, Mexico) - Gabor Balogh (HUN)
WC2 (Leipzig, Germany) - Andrei Moiseev (RUS)
WC3 (Budapest, Hungary) - Andrejus Zadneprovskis (LTU)
WC4 (Athina, Greece) - Eric Walther (GER)
WCF (Uppsala, Sweden) - 1. Edvinas Krungolcas (LTU); 2. Viktor Horvath (HUN); 3. Eric Walther (GER)
2006
WC1 (Acapulco, Mexico) - Viktor Horvath (HUN)
WC2 (Millfield, Great Britain) - Dzmitry Meliakh (BLR)
WC3 (Berlin, Germany) - Alexei Velikodnyi (RUS)
WC4 (Budapest, Hungary) - Edvinas Krungolcas (LTU)
WC5 (Cairo, Egypt) - Zhongrong Cao (CHN)
WC6 (Chianciano, Italy) - Andrei Moiseev (RUS)
WCF (Chienciano, Italy) - 1. Libor Capalini (CZE); 2. Viktor Horvath (HUN); 3. Sandris Šika (LAT)
2007
WC1 (Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico) - Marcin Horbacz (POL)
WC2 (Cairo, Egypt) - Eric Walther (GER)
WC3 (Millfield, Great Britain) - Gabor Balogh (HUN)
WC4 (Budapest, Hungary) - Andrei Moiseev (RUS)
WC5 (Drzonków, Poland) - Libor Capalini (CZE)
WC6 (Roma, Italy) - Libor Capalini (CZE)
WCF (Beijing, China) - 1. Edvinas Krungolcas (LTU); 2. Eric Walther (GER); 3. Andrejus Zadneprovskis (LTU)
2008
WC1 (Cairo, Egypt) - Andrejus Zadneprovskis (LTU)
WC2 (Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico) - Jean-Maxence Berrou (FRA)
WC3 (Millfield, Great Britain) - Ondřej Polívka(CZE)
WC4 (Madrid, Spain) - Gabor Balogh (HUN)
WC5 (Kladno, Czech Republic) - Jean-Maxence Berrou (FRA)
WCF (Caldas da Rainha, Portugal) - 1. Robert Kasza (POL); 2. Ondřej Polívka(CZE); 3. Eli Bremer (USA)
2009
WC1 (Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico) - Marcin Horbacz (POL)
WC2 (Cairo, Egypt) - Ondřej Polívka (CZE)
WC3 (Budapest, Hungary) - Deniss Čerkovskis (LAT)
WC4 (Roma, Italy) - Ilia Frolov (RUS)
WCF (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) - 1. Ádám Marosi (HUN); 2. Pavlo Tymoshchenko (UKR); 3. Federico Giancamilli (ITA)
Highlights:
Edvinas Krungolcas, from Lithania, is by far the best pentathlete of the decade considering the World Cup events, with 8 titles, 4 of them in World Cup Finals (WC1 2001, WCF2001, WC4 2002, WC1 2003, WCF 2003, WCF 2005, WC4 2006 and WCF 2007). His countryman Andrejus Zadneprovskis has 4 titles (WCF 2002, WC3 2003, WC3 2005 and WC1 2008), same number of victories of Czech Libor Capalini (WC3 2002, WCF 2006, WC5 2007, WC6 2007), Hungarian Gabor Balogh (WC3 2004, WC1 2005, WC3 2007 and WC4 2008) and Russian Andrei Moiseev (WC4 2004, WC2 2005, WC6 2006 and WC4 2007). Viktor Horvath (HUN) collected 3 victories (WC2 2002, WC2 2004 and WC1 2006), while the pentathletes who won twice were: Ondřej Polívka (CZE) - WC3 2008 and Wc2 2009-, Ádám Marosi (HUN) - WC1 2002 and WCF 2009-, Eric Walther (GER) - WC4 2005 and WC2 2007-, Marcin Horbacz (POL) - WC1 2007 and WC1 2009 - and Jean-Maxence Berrou (FRA) - WC2 2008 and WC5 2008.
Pentathletes that won 2 events in same year: Edvinas Krungolcas (2001), Libor Capalini (2007) and Jean-Maxence Berrou (2008). Krungolcas won titles in 7 consecutive years (2001-2007). Capalini was the only one to win two events in a row (both in same year). Krungolcas won 2 of his 4 World Cup Finals in consecutive years (2004-2005). The Mexican event saw two pentathletes winning twice: Edvinas Krungolcas (2001 and 2003) and Marcin Horbacz (2007 and 2009). The pentathletes that won at home were Vahktang Iagorashvili (USA, 2001) and Michal Sedecklý (CZE, 2003).
Country Ranking
Position. Country - number of titles (number of pentathletes)
1. Lithuania - 12 (2)
2. Hungary - 11 (5)
3. Russia - 07 (4)
3. Czech Rep. - 07 (3)
5. Germany - 02 (1)
5. Poland - 02 (1)
5. France - 02 (1)
8. Ukraine - 01
8. Latvia - 01
8. China - 01
8. USA - 01
8. Italy - 01
8. Sweden - 01
8. Belarus - 01
More to come: oldest winner, youngest winner (WC and WCF), number of events/year and total number.
All winners of World Cups from 2000 to 2009 (and 3 best placed in World Cup Final of each year).
2000
WC1 (San Antonio, USA) - Vahktang Iagorashvili (USA)
WC2 - ??? - cancelled???
WC3 (Seoul, South Korea) - not available
WC4 (Budapest, Hungary) - not available
WC5 (Darmstadt, Germany) - not available
WCF (Aix-en-Provence, France) - 1. Vadym Tkachuk (RUS); 2. Eric Walther (GER); 3. Igor Warabida (POL)
2001
WC1 (Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico) - Edvinas Krungolcas (LTU)
WC2 (Warnedorf, Germany) - Sandor Fulep (HUN)
WC3 (Budapest, Hungary) - not available
WCF (Moskva, Russia) 1. Edvinas Krungolcas (LTU); 2. Andrei Moiseev (RUS); 3. Sergio Salazar (MEX)
2002
WC1 (Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico) - Ádám Marosi (HUN)
WC2 (Madrid, Spain) - Viktor Horvath (HUN)
WC3 (Sindelfingen, Germany) - Libor Capalini (CZE)
WC4 (Budapest, Hungary) - Edvinas Krungolcas (LTU)
WCF (Budapest, Hungary) - 1. Andrejus Zadneprovskis (LTU); 2. Libor Capalini (CZE); 3. Sergio Salazar (MEX)
2003
WC1 (Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico) - Edvinas Krungolcas (LTU)
WC2 (Berlin, Germany) - Andrea Valentini (ITA)
WC3 (Budapest, Hungary) - Andrejus Zadneprovskis (LTU)
WC4 (Most, Czech Republic) - Michal Sedecklý (CZE)
WCF (Athina, Greece) - 1. Rustim Sabirkhovzine (RUS); 2. Marcin Horbacz (POL); 3. Dzmitry Meliakh (BLR)
2004
WC1 (Queretaro, Mexico) - Erik Johansson (SWE)
WC2 (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) - Viktor Horvath (HUN)
WC3 (Beijing, China) - Gabor Balogh (HUN)
WC4 (Budapest, Hungary) - Andrei Moiseev (RUS)
WCF (Darmstadt, Germany) - 1. Edvinas Krungolcas (LTU); 2. Andrejus Zadneprovskis (LTU); 3. Libor Capalini (CZE)
2005
WC1 (Acapulco, Mexico) - Gabor Balogh (HUN)
WC2 (Leipzig, Germany) - Andrei Moiseev (RUS)
WC3 (Budapest, Hungary) - Andrejus Zadneprovskis (LTU)
WC4 (Athina, Greece) - Eric Walther (GER)
WCF (Uppsala, Sweden) - 1. Edvinas Krungolcas (LTU); 2. Viktor Horvath (HUN); 3. Eric Walther (GER)
2006
WC1 (Acapulco, Mexico) - Viktor Horvath (HUN)
WC2 (Millfield, Great Britain) - Dzmitry Meliakh (BLR)
WC3 (Berlin, Germany) - Alexei Velikodnyi (RUS)
WC4 (Budapest, Hungary) - Edvinas Krungolcas (LTU)
WC5 (Cairo, Egypt) - Zhongrong Cao (CHN)
WC6 (Chianciano, Italy) - Andrei Moiseev (RUS)
WCF (Chienciano, Italy) - 1. Libor Capalini (CZE); 2. Viktor Horvath (HUN); 3. Sandris Šika (LAT)
2007
WC1 (Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico) - Marcin Horbacz (POL)
WC2 (Cairo, Egypt) - Eric Walther (GER)
WC3 (Millfield, Great Britain) - Gabor Balogh (HUN)
WC4 (Budapest, Hungary) - Andrei Moiseev (RUS)
WC5 (Drzonków, Poland) - Libor Capalini (CZE)
WC6 (Roma, Italy) - Libor Capalini (CZE)
WCF (Beijing, China) - 1. Edvinas Krungolcas (LTU); 2. Eric Walther (GER); 3. Andrejus Zadneprovskis (LTU)
2008
WC1 (Cairo, Egypt) - Andrejus Zadneprovskis (LTU)
WC2 (Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico) - Jean-Maxence Berrou (FRA)
WC3 (Millfield, Great Britain) - Ondřej Polívka(CZE)
WC4 (Madrid, Spain) - Gabor Balogh (HUN)
WC5 (Kladno, Czech Republic) - Jean-Maxence Berrou (FRA)
WCF (Caldas da Rainha, Portugal) - 1. Robert Kasza (POL); 2. Ondřej Polívka(CZE); 3. Eli Bremer (USA)
2009
WC1 (Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico) - Marcin Horbacz (POL)
WC2 (Cairo, Egypt) - Ondřej Polívka (CZE)
WC3 (Budapest, Hungary) - Deniss Čerkovskis (LAT)
WC4 (Roma, Italy) - Ilia Frolov (RUS)
WCF (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) - 1. Ádám Marosi (HUN); 2. Pavlo Tymoshchenko (UKR); 3. Federico Giancamilli (ITA)
Highlights:
Edvinas Krungolcas, from Lithania, is by far the best pentathlete of the decade considering the World Cup events, with 8 titles, 4 of them in World Cup Finals (WC1 2001, WCF2001, WC4 2002, WC1 2003, WCF 2003, WCF 2005, WC4 2006 and WCF 2007). His countryman Andrejus Zadneprovskis has 4 titles (WCF 2002, WC3 2003, WC3 2005 and WC1 2008), same number of victories of Czech Libor Capalini (WC3 2002, WCF 2006, WC5 2007, WC6 2007), Hungarian Gabor Balogh (WC3 2004, WC1 2005, WC3 2007 and WC4 2008) and Russian Andrei Moiseev (WC4 2004, WC2 2005, WC6 2006 and WC4 2007). Viktor Horvath (HUN) collected 3 victories (WC2 2002, WC2 2004 and WC1 2006), while the pentathletes who won twice were: Ondřej Polívka (CZE) - WC3 2008 and Wc2 2009-, Ádám Marosi (HUN) - WC1 2002 and WCF 2009-, Eric Walther (GER) - WC4 2005 and WC2 2007-, Marcin Horbacz (POL) - WC1 2007 and WC1 2009 - and Jean-Maxence Berrou (FRA) - WC2 2008 and WC5 2008.
Pentathletes that won 2 events in same year: Edvinas Krungolcas (2001), Libor Capalini (2007) and Jean-Maxence Berrou (2008). Krungolcas won titles in 7 consecutive years (2001-2007). Capalini was the only one to win two events in a row (both in same year). Krungolcas won 2 of his 4 World Cup Finals in consecutive years (2004-2005). The Mexican event saw two pentathletes winning twice: Edvinas Krungolcas (2001 and 2003) and Marcin Horbacz (2007 and 2009). The pentathletes that won at home were Vahktang Iagorashvili (USA, 2001) and Michal Sedecklý (CZE, 2003).
Country Ranking
Position. Country - number of titles (number of pentathletes)
1. Lithuania - 12 (2)
2. Hungary - 11 (5)
3. Russia - 07 (4)
3. Czech Rep. - 07 (3)
5. Germany - 02 (1)
5. Poland - 02 (1)
5. France - 02 (1)
8. Ukraine - 01
8. Latvia - 01
8. China - 01
8. USA - 01
8. Italy - 01
8. Sweden - 01
8. Belarus - 01
More to come: oldest winner, youngest winner (WC and WCF), number of events/year and total number.
Tuesday, 15 December 2009
The Decade Review (2000-2009) - Senior World Championships
Top3 of Senior World Championships from 2000 to 2009 - UNDER CONSTRUCTION
2000 (Pesaro, Italy)
Men
1. Andrejus Zadneprovskis (LTU) 5577
2. Gabor Balogh (HUN) 5551
3. Nicolae Papuc (ROU) 5444
Women
1. Pernille Svarre (DEN) 5341
2. Paulina Boenisz (POL) 5270
3. Elena Rublevska (LAT) 5256
2001 (Millfield, Great Britain)
Men
1. Gabor Balogh (HUN) 5604
2. Viktor Horvath (HUN) 5578
3. Tzanko Hantov (BUL) 5474
Women
1. Stephanie Cook (GBR) 5466
2. Paulina Boenisz (POL) 5310
3. Georgina Harland (GBR) 5284
2002 (San Francisco, USA)
Men
1. Michal Sedecklý (CZE) 5640
2. Erik Johansson (SWE) 5632
3. Eric Walther (GER) 5592
Women
1. Bea Simoka (HUN) 5568
2. Zsuzsana Vörös (HUN) 5508
3. Georgina Harland (GBR) 5468
2003 (Pesaro, Italy)
Men
1. Eric Walther (GER) 5692
2. Erik Johansson (SWE) 5684
3. Michal Michalík (CZE) 5668
Women
1. Zsuzsana Vörös (HUN) 5604
2. Olessia Velitchko (RUS) 5564
3. Kate Allenby (GBR) 5548
2004 (Moskva, Russia)
Men
1. Andrejus Zadneprovskis (LTU) 5608
2. Choon-Huan Lee (KOR) 5596
3. Libor Capalini (CZE) 5580
Women
1. Zsuzsana Vörös (HUN) 5624
2. Kate Allenby (GBR) 5572
3. Tatsiana Mazurkevich (BLR) 5492
2005 (Warsaw, Poland)
Men
1. Zenhua Qian (CHN) 5756
2. Aleksei Turkin (RUS) 5708
3. Andrei Moiseev (RUS) 5648
Women
1. Claudia Corsini (ITA) 5672
2. Zsuzsana Vörös (HUN) 5664
3. Elena Rublevska (LAT) 5636
2006 (Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala)
Men
1. Edvinas Krungolcas (LTU) 5588
2. Viktor Horvath (HUN) 5556
3. Andrejus Zadneprovskis (LTU) 5468
Women
1. Marta Dziadura (POL) 5356
2. Victoria Tereshuk (UKR) 5332
3. Omnia Fakhry (EGY) 5308
2007 (Berlin, Germany)
Men
1. Viktor Horvath (HUN) 5704
2. Ilia Frolov (RUS) 5696
3. Róbert Németh (HUN) 5692
Women
1. Amélie Cazé (FRA) 5600
2. Lena Schöneborn (GER) 5584
3. Laura Asadauskaite (LTU) 5552
2008 (Budapest, Hungary)
Men
1. Ilia Frolov (RUS) 5796
2. David Svoboda (CZE) 5652
3. Yahor Lapo (BLR) 5612
Women
1. Amélie Cazé (FRA) 5616
2. Aya Medany (EGY) 5596
3. Katy Livingston (GBR) 5588
2009 (London, Great Britain) - introduction of combined event
Men
1. Ádám Marosi (HUN) 6136
2. David Svoboda (CZE) 6116
3. Dmytro Kirpulyanskyy (UKR) 6100
Women
1. Qian Chen (CHN) 5840
2. Laura Asadauskaite (LTU) 5736
3. Lena Schöneborn (GER) 5664
Highlights:
In the men's field, the only multiple winner is Andrejus Zadneprovskis (LIT) with two titles (2000 and 2004), while two women managed to win the double - Zsuzsanna Vörös from Hungary (2003 and 2004) and Amélie Cazé from France (2007 and 2008)- both with back to back titles.
Most medals, medals by country, longest run, etc to come
2000 (Pesaro, Italy)
Men
1. Andrejus Zadneprovskis (LTU) 5577
2. Gabor Balogh (HUN) 5551
3. Nicolae Papuc (ROU) 5444
Women
1. Pernille Svarre (DEN) 5341
2. Paulina Boenisz (POL) 5270
3. Elena Rublevska (LAT) 5256
2001 (Millfield, Great Britain)
Men
1. Gabor Balogh (HUN) 5604
2. Viktor Horvath (HUN) 5578
3. Tzanko Hantov (BUL) 5474
Women
1. Stephanie Cook (GBR) 5466
2. Paulina Boenisz (POL) 5310
3. Georgina Harland (GBR) 5284
2002 (San Francisco, USA)
Men
1. Michal Sedecklý (CZE) 5640
2. Erik Johansson (SWE) 5632
3. Eric Walther (GER) 5592
Women
1. Bea Simoka (HUN) 5568
2. Zsuzsana Vörös (HUN) 5508
3. Georgina Harland (GBR) 5468
2003 (Pesaro, Italy)
Men
1. Eric Walther (GER) 5692
2. Erik Johansson (SWE) 5684
3. Michal Michalík (CZE) 5668
Women
1. Zsuzsana Vörös (HUN) 5604
2. Olessia Velitchko (RUS) 5564
3. Kate Allenby (GBR) 5548
2004 (Moskva, Russia)
Men
1. Andrejus Zadneprovskis (LTU) 5608
2. Choon-Huan Lee (KOR) 5596
3. Libor Capalini (CZE) 5580
Women
1. Zsuzsana Vörös (HUN) 5624
2. Kate Allenby (GBR) 5572
3. Tatsiana Mazurkevich (BLR) 5492
2005 (Warsaw, Poland)
Men
1. Zenhua Qian (CHN) 5756
2. Aleksei Turkin (RUS) 5708
3. Andrei Moiseev (RUS) 5648
Women
1. Claudia Corsini (ITA) 5672
2. Zsuzsana Vörös (HUN) 5664
3. Elena Rublevska (LAT) 5636
2006 (Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala)
Men
1. Edvinas Krungolcas (LTU) 5588
2. Viktor Horvath (HUN) 5556
3. Andrejus Zadneprovskis (LTU) 5468
Women
1. Marta Dziadura (POL) 5356
2. Victoria Tereshuk (UKR) 5332
3. Omnia Fakhry (EGY) 5308
2007 (Berlin, Germany)
Men
1. Viktor Horvath (HUN) 5704
2. Ilia Frolov (RUS) 5696
3. Róbert Németh (HUN) 5692
Women
1. Amélie Cazé (FRA) 5600
2. Lena Schöneborn (GER) 5584
3. Laura Asadauskaite (LTU) 5552
2008 (Budapest, Hungary)
Men
1. Ilia Frolov (RUS) 5796
2. David Svoboda (CZE) 5652
3. Yahor Lapo (BLR) 5612
Women
1. Amélie Cazé (FRA) 5616
2. Aya Medany (EGY) 5596
3. Katy Livingston (GBR) 5588
2009 (London, Great Britain) - introduction of combined event
Men
1. Ádám Marosi (HUN) 6136
2. David Svoboda (CZE) 6116
3. Dmytro Kirpulyanskyy (UKR) 6100
Women
1. Qian Chen (CHN) 5840
2. Laura Asadauskaite (LTU) 5736
3. Lena Schöneborn (GER) 5664
Highlights:
In the men's field, the only multiple winner is Andrejus Zadneprovskis (LIT) with two titles (2000 and 2004), while two women managed to win the double - Zsuzsanna Vörös from Hungary (2003 and 2004) and Amélie Cazé from France (2007 and 2008)- both with back to back titles.
Most medals, medals by country, longest run, etc to come
Monday, 14 December 2009
The Decade Review -(2000-2009) - Olympic Games
Let's have a look at last decade's Olympic competitions
2000 - XXVII Olympic Games - Sydney, Australia
Competition info:
Number of pentathletes: 48 (24 men and 24 women)
Dates: September 30 (men), October 1 (women)
Venues: The Dome and Pavillions (Shooting and fencing), Sydney International Aquatic Center (swimming) and Baseball Stadium (riding and cross-country running).
Medals
Men
Gold: Dmitry Svatkovski (RUS)
Silver: Gabor Balogh (HUN)
Bronze: Pavel Dovgal (BLR)
Women
Gold: Stephanie Cook (GBR)
Silver: Emilie De Riel (USA)
Bronze: Kate Allenby (GBR)
Top10
Men
1. Dmitry Stavkovski (RUS) 5376
2. Gabor Balogh (HUN) 5353
3. Pavel Dovgal (BLR) 5338
4. Sebastien Deleigne (FRA) 5326
5. Vadym Tkachuk (UKR) 5274
6. Chad Senior (USA) 5256
7. Andrejus Zadneprovskis (LTU) 5236
8. Olivier Clergeau (FRA) 5217
9. Velizar Iliev (USA) 5201
10. Georgii Tchimeris (UKR) 5188
Women
1. Stephanie Cook (GBR) 5216
2. Emilie De Riel (USA) 5310
3. KateAllenby (GBR)5273
4. Mary Beth Iagorashvili (USA) 5129
5. Paulina Boenisz (POL) 5099
6. Janna Choubenok (BLR) 5086
7. Elizaveta Suvorova (RUS) 5076
8. Elena Rublevska (LAT) 5051
9. Claudia Cerutti (ITA) 5026
10. Caroline Delemer (FRA) 4992
Full results (with points breakdown) can be found at UIPM website or at:
http://www.abc.net.au/olympics/2000/results/Oly_results_sport_MODERNPENTATHLON.htm
2004 - XVIII Olympic Games - Athina, Greece
Competition info:
Number of pentathletes: 64 (32 men and 32 women)
Dates: August 26 (men) and August 27 (women)
Venue: Goudi Olympic Complex (all 5 events)
Medals
Men
Gold: Andrei Moiseev (RUS)
Silver: Andrejus Zadneprovskis (LTU)
Bronze: Libor Capalini (CZE)
Women
Gold: Zsuzsana Vörös (HUN)
Silver: Elena Rublevska (LAT)
Bronze: Georgina Harland (GBR)
Top10
Men
1. Andrei Moiseev (RUS) 5480
2. Andrejus Zadneprovskis (LTU) 5428
3. Libor Capalini (CZE) 5392
4. Deniss Cherkovskis (LAT) 5356
5. Dzmitry Meliakh (BLR) 5340
6. Michal Michalik (CZE) 5332
7. Eric Walther (GER) 5320
8. Gabor Balogh (HUN) 5296
9. Vahktang Iagorashvili (USA) 5276
10. Rustim Sabirkhouzine (RUS) 5252
Women
1. Zsuzsana Vörös (HUN) 5448
2. Elena Rublevska (LAT) 5380
3. Georgina Harland (GBR) 5344
4. Claudia Corsini (ITA) 5324
5. Kim Raisner (GER) 5312
6. Sylvia Czwojdzinska (POL) 5276
7. Victoria Tereshuk (UKR) 5256
8. Kate Allenby (GBR) 5236
9. Tatsiana Mazurkevich (UKR) 5220
10. Paulian Boenisz (POL) 5184
Complete results with points breakdown can be found at UIPM website or at the folllowing link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_pentathlon_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics
2008 - XIX Olympic Games - Beijing, China
Competition info:
Number of pentathletes: 72 (36 men and 36 women)
Dates: August 21 (men) and August 22 (women)
Venues: Fencing Hall of National Convention Center (shooting and fencing), Ying Tung Natatorium (swimming) and Olympic Sports Center Stadium (riding and running)
Medals
Men
Gold: Andrei Moiseev (RUS)
Silver: Edvinas Krungolcas (LTU)
Bronze: Andrejus Zadneprovskis (LTU)
Women
Gold: Lena Schöneborn (GER)
Silver: Heather Fell (GBR)
Bronze: Victoria Tereshuk (UKR)
Top10
Men
1. Andrei Moiseev (RUS) 5632
2. Edvinas Krungolcas (LTU) 5548
3. Andrejus Zadneprovskis (LTU) 5524
4. Zenhua Qian (CHN) 5516
5. Steffen Gebhardt (GER) 5480
6. Michal Michalik (CZE) 5460
7. Pavlo Tymoschenko (UKR) 5436
8. Oscar Soto (MEX) 5420
9. Dmytro Kirpulyanskyy (UKR) 5416
10. Samuel Weale (GBR) 5412
Women
1. Lena Schöneborn (GER) 5792
2. Heather Fell (GBR) 5752
3. Victoria Tereshuk (UKR) 5672
4. Anastasia Samusevich (BLR) 5640
5. Qian Chen (CHN) 5612
6. Paulina Boenisz (POL) 5564
7. Katy Livingston (GBR) 5548
8. Aya Medany (EGY) 5544
9. Amélie Cazé (FRA) 5536
10. Xiu Xiu (CHN) 5464
Full results and points breakdown can be found at UIPM website and at:
Men's: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_pentathlon_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s
Women's: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_pentathlon_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s
2000 - XXVII Olympic Games - Sydney, Australia
Competition info:
Number of pentathletes: 48 (24 men and 24 women)
Dates: September 30 (men), October 1 (women)
Venues: The Dome and Pavillions (Shooting and fencing), Sydney International Aquatic Center (swimming) and Baseball Stadium (riding and cross-country running).
Medals
Men
Gold: Dmitry Svatkovski (RUS)
Silver: Gabor Balogh (HUN)
Bronze: Pavel Dovgal (BLR)
Women
Gold: Stephanie Cook (GBR)
Silver: Emilie De Riel (USA)
Bronze: Kate Allenby (GBR)
Top10
Men
1. Dmitry Stavkovski (RUS) 5376
2. Gabor Balogh (HUN) 5353
3. Pavel Dovgal (BLR) 5338
4. Sebastien Deleigne (FRA) 5326
5. Vadym Tkachuk (UKR) 5274
6. Chad Senior (USA) 5256
7. Andrejus Zadneprovskis (LTU) 5236
8. Olivier Clergeau (FRA) 5217
9. Velizar Iliev (USA) 5201
10. Georgii Tchimeris (UKR) 5188
Women
1. Stephanie Cook (GBR) 5216
2. Emilie De Riel (USA) 5310
3. KateAllenby (GBR)5273
4. Mary Beth Iagorashvili (USA) 5129
5. Paulina Boenisz (POL) 5099
6. Janna Choubenok (BLR) 5086
7. Elizaveta Suvorova (RUS) 5076
8. Elena Rublevska (LAT) 5051
9. Claudia Cerutti (ITA) 5026
10. Caroline Delemer (FRA) 4992
Full results (with points breakdown) can be found at UIPM website or at:
http://www.abc.net.au/olympics/2000/results/Oly_results_sport_MODERNPENTATHLON.htm
2004 - XVIII Olympic Games - Athina, Greece
Competition info:
Number of pentathletes: 64 (32 men and 32 women)
Dates: August 26 (men) and August 27 (women)
Venue: Goudi Olympic Complex (all 5 events)
Medals
Men
Gold: Andrei Moiseev (RUS)
Silver: Andrejus Zadneprovskis (LTU)
Bronze: Libor Capalini (CZE)
Women
Gold: Zsuzsana Vörös (HUN)
Silver: Elena Rublevska (LAT)
Bronze: Georgina Harland (GBR)
Top10
Men
1. Andrei Moiseev (RUS) 5480
2. Andrejus Zadneprovskis (LTU) 5428
3. Libor Capalini (CZE) 5392
4. Deniss Cherkovskis (LAT) 5356
5. Dzmitry Meliakh (BLR) 5340
6. Michal Michalik (CZE) 5332
7. Eric Walther (GER) 5320
8. Gabor Balogh (HUN) 5296
9. Vahktang Iagorashvili (USA) 5276
10. Rustim Sabirkhouzine (RUS) 5252
Women
1. Zsuzsana Vörös (HUN) 5448
2. Elena Rublevska (LAT) 5380
3. Georgina Harland (GBR) 5344
4. Claudia Corsini (ITA) 5324
5. Kim Raisner (GER) 5312
6. Sylvia Czwojdzinska (POL) 5276
7. Victoria Tereshuk (UKR) 5256
8. Kate Allenby (GBR) 5236
9. Tatsiana Mazurkevich (UKR) 5220
10. Paulian Boenisz (POL) 5184
Complete results with points breakdown can be found at UIPM website or at the folllowing link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_pentathlon_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics
2008 - XIX Olympic Games - Beijing, China
Competition info:
Number of pentathletes: 72 (36 men and 36 women)
Dates: August 21 (men) and August 22 (women)
Venues: Fencing Hall of National Convention Center (shooting and fencing), Ying Tung Natatorium (swimming) and Olympic Sports Center Stadium (riding and running)
Medals
Men
Gold: Andrei Moiseev (RUS)
Silver: Edvinas Krungolcas (LTU)
Bronze: Andrejus Zadneprovskis (LTU)
Women
Gold: Lena Schöneborn (GER)
Silver: Heather Fell (GBR)
Bronze: Victoria Tereshuk (UKR)
Top10
Men
1. Andrei Moiseev (RUS) 5632
2. Edvinas Krungolcas (LTU) 5548
3. Andrejus Zadneprovskis (LTU) 5524
4. Zenhua Qian (CHN) 5516
5. Steffen Gebhardt (GER) 5480
6. Michal Michalik (CZE) 5460
7. Pavlo Tymoschenko (UKR) 5436
8. Oscar Soto (MEX) 5420
9. Dmytro Kirpulyanskyy (UKR) 5416
10. Samuel Weale (GBR) 5412
Women
1. Lena Schöneborn (GER) 5792
2. Heather Fell (GBR) 5752
3. Victoria Tereshuk (UKR) 5672
4. Anastasia Samusevich (BLR) 5640
5. Qian Chen (CHN) 5612
6. Paulina Boenisz (POL) 5564
7. Katy Livingston (GBR) 5548
8. Aya Medany (EGY) 5544
9. Amélie Cazé (FRA) 5536
10. Xiu Xiu (CHN) 5464
Full results and points breakdown can be found at UIPM website and at:
Men's: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_pentathlon_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s
Women's: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_pentathlon_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s
Monday, 7 December 2009
The 2009 UIPM Congress - some links.
I've wrote before about the 2009 UIPM Congress that was held in Kopenhagen, Denmark, from 9-11 October and honestly I can't personally add much to the discussion, so I'd like to share three interesting documents.
The first one is a blog entry from US Pentathlon CEO Brad Camp about the UIPM Congress, offers a deeper view about the discussions that happened in Denmark, especially about the work that will be needed in the next 3 years to keep Modern Pentathlon the Olympic sport status. Even though it's a sport idealized by Baron de Coubertain and born/strongly linked to Olympic Games, is also endangered to be left out of the Olympic program.
http://www.usapentathlon.org/blogs/blog-for-brad-camp/posts/1369-uipm-congress
The second one is the UIPM Congress book (PDF document), with 141 pages (no, I didn't read it all).
http://www.femkamp.dk/Danmarks_Moderne_Femkampforbund/UIPM_congress/Entries/2009/6/24_Booking_&_visa_files/Congress%20book%20FINAL%20PDF%2016%209%202009.pdf
And the last one is how the sport managed to stay in the Olympic program last time it faced a possibility of being left out (2002):
http://www.thesportjournal.org/article/special-edition-sport-journal-ioc-planning-drop-modern-pentathlon-olympic-games
The first one is a blog entry from US Pentathlon CEO Brad Camp about the UIPM Congress, offers a deeper view about the discussions that happened in Denmark, especially about the work that will be needed in the next 3 years to keep Modern Pentathlon the Olympic sport status. Even though it's a sport idealized by Baron de Coubertain and born/strongly linked to Olympic Games, is also endangered to be left out of the Olympic program.
http://www.usapentathlon.org/blogs/blog-for-brad-camp/posts/1369-uipm-congress
The second one is the UIPM Congress book (PDF document), with 141 pages (no, I didn't read it all).
http://www.femkamp.dk/Danmarks_Moderne_Femkampforbund/UIPM_congress/Entries/2009/6/24_Booking_&_visa_files/Congress%20book%20FINAL%20PDF%2016%209%202009.pdf
And the last one is how the sport managed to stay in the Olympic program last time it faced a possibility of being left out (2002):
http://www.thesportjournal.org/article/special-edition-sport-journal-ioc-planning-drop-modern-pentathlon-olympic-games
2009 Pan American Championships (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
The competition was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, last weekend. Simultaneously there was the Youth Olympic Games qualification (2 spots for each gender, Youth A). The seniors field had 38 men and 18 women and the Mexican and Canadian teams didn't compete.
Men
1. Andrei Gheorghe (GUA) 5924
2. William Brady (USA) 5900
3. Dennis Bowsher (USA) 5872
4. Cristian Bustos (CHI) 5812
5. Nikkos Papadopoulos (GUA) 5744
6. Wagner Romão (BRA) 5704
7. Luís Armando Barroso Magno (BRA) 5644
8. Pedro pablo Gonzalez (GUA) 5548
9. Emanuel Zapata (ARG) 5516
10. Francisco Montenegro (GUA) 5420
Women
1. Yane Marques (BRA) 5616
2. Larissa Lellys (BRA) 5372
3. Marines Garza (GUA) 5352
4. Ayelen Zapata (ARG) 4952
5. Isabel Herrarte (GUA) 4864
6. Abigail Garzo (GUA) 4712
7. Priscila Oliveira (BRA) 4468
8. Kenzie McWest (USA) 4152
9. Pamela Zapata (ARG) 4064
10. Emily Andrews (USA) 4024
Teams
Men
1. Guatemala
2. Brazil
3. USA
4. Argentina
5. Chile
6. Dominican Republic
7. Panama
8. Ecuador
Women
1. Brazil
2. Guatemala
3. Argentina
4. USA
Youth A Competition - Qualifying of 2010 Youth Olympic Games (Singapore)
In the boy's competition, Mexican Abraham Camacho won the event with 4792 points and secured a spot in the competition to be held in Singapore, August 2010. His countryman Manuel Padilla was second placed, with 4604 points. Since it's allowed only 1 athlete per NOC (National Olympic Comitteee), American Nathan Schrimsher, who came third with 4584 points, will repressent USA in Singapore. The best South American was Esteban Bustos, from Chile, who came 5th with 4516 points.
In the girl's competition, Mexican Tamara Vega clinched the title and a spot in YOG with 4164 points, followed by Cuban Leidis Laura Moya (4064). Both athletes are secured in YOG. American Anna Olesinski completed the podium (4020 points) and Brazilian Mariana Laporte was the best South American, finishing in 6th position and scoring 3424 points.
The boy's field had 24 competitors and the girl's field was of only 8 young pentathletes.
Find more about the competition and Gheorghe's great comeback in the last lap at UIPM December newsletter: http://www.pentathlon.org/images/newsletters/093112_dec.pdf
In the boy's competition, Mexican Abraham Camacho won the event with 4792 points and secured a spot in the competition to be held in Singapore, August 2010. His countryman Manuel Padilla was second placed, with 4604 points. Since it's allowed only 1 athlete per NOC (National Olympic Comitteee), American Nathan Schrimsher, who came third with 4584 points, will repressent USA in Singapore. The best South American was Esteban Bustos, from Chile, who came 5th with 4516 points.
In the girl's competition, Mexican Tamara Vega clinched the title and a spot in YOG with 4164 points, followed by Cuban Leidis Laura Moya (4064). Both athletes are secured in YOG. American Anna Olesinski completed the podium (4020 points) and Brazilian Mariana Laporte was the best South American, finishing in 6th position and scoring 3424 points.
The boy's field had 24 competitors and the girl's field was of only 8 young pentathletes.
Find more about the competition and Gheorghe's great comeback in the last lap at UIPM December newsletter: http://www.pentathlon.org/images/newsletters/093112_dec.pdf
Saturday, 5 December 2009
Pentathlon couples
As expected in every profession, it's common to find couples in the modern pentathlon world. It's not my intention to spread gossip and I respect the athlete's right to privacy, especially since it's a low-profile sport, but some couples are well established and known in the métier. In the last UIPM newsletter (November) there is a note about the wedding of Andrejus Zadneprovskis and Laura Asadauskaitė, both from Lithuania.
Picture: zmones24.lt / Roberto Dackaus
You can check a photo gallery of the ceremony at: http://www.15min.lt/gallery/show/Susituoke-penkiakovininkai-Zadneprovskis-ir-Asadauskaite
Another very talented (and young) couple from Eastern Europe is Ondřej Polívka and his girlfriend Natálie Dianová, from Czech Republic, portrayed in this artistic picture by Jan Saudek.
Picture: Jan Saudek - http://www.sport.cz/ostatni/ostatni/159476-sportovni-hvezdy-na-fotografiich-jana-saudka.html
From Belarus we have Anastasia Samusevich and Mihail Prokopenko who are also married, while in Brazil the current national champions Yane Marques and Aloísio Sandes date for many years already.
My best wishes for the couples. And remember, make love, not war.
Picture: zmones24.lt / Roberto Dackaus
You can check a photo gallery of the ceremony at: http://www.15min.lt/gallery/show/Susituoke-penkiakovininkai-Zadneprovskis-ir-Asadauskaite
Another very talented (and young) couple from Eastern Europe is Ondřej Polívka and his girlfriend Natálie Dianová, from Czech Republic, portrayed in this artistic picture by Jan Saudek.
Picture: Jan Saudek - http://www.sport.cz/ostatni/ostatni/159476-sportovni-hvezdy-na-fotografiich-jana-saudka.html
From Belarus we have Anastasia Samusevich and Mihail Prokopenko who are also married, while in Brazil the current national champions Yane Marques and Aloísio Sandes date for many years already.
My best wishes for the couples. And remember, make love, not war.
Friday, 27 November 2009
Art - Photography - Shoko Ogushi's Modern Pentathlon
So I've bought the last remaining Shoko Ogushi's Modern Pentathlon book at amazon.de. The shipping cost more than the book itself, but it was worthy paying and waiting for the arrival. I never tried a photo book review, even in my native language, so I recommend to check the link at the bottom of the post to get more info about the book. Since the editions are all sold, hopefully they will publish a new one soon, stay tuned if you're interested.
The pictures were taken through several years (2005-2008) in several events under the old format (before the introduction of the combined event) and the book has 5 chapters, one for each event, plus a small- and beautiful like the pictures- text with illustrations (comics in one of Japanese typical styles). One of her declared aims was to capture the manhood sexyness (not vulgar), I'm OK with my sexuality to say she accomplished it, but then I also missed more ladies pictures. Anyway, the book is not about hot bodies and I think it catches perfectly the modern pentathlon spirit. It's a different record from the regular ones we have from the competitions, with many pictures off-competition and also under the artistic view. I highly recommend the book and a sample can be found at the website.
Shoko Ogushi's Modern Pentathlon Photo Project website:
http://www.modernpentathlonphotoproject.com/blog/?attachment_id=80
The pictures were taken through several years (2005-2008) in several events under the old format (before the introduction of the combined event) and the book has 5 chapters, one for each event, plus a small- and beautiful like the pictures- text with illustrations (comics in one of Japanese typical styles). One of her declared aims was to capture the manhood sexyness (not vulgar), I'm OK with my sexuality to say she accomplished it, but then I also missed more ladies pictures. Anyway, the book is not about hot bodies and I think it catches perfectly the modern pentathlon spirit. It's a different record from the regular ones we have from the competitions, with many pictures off-competition and also under the artistic view. I highly recommend the book and a sample can be found at the website.
Shoko Ogushi's Modern Pentathlon Photo Project website:
http://www.modernpentathlonphotoproject.com/blog/?attachment_id=80
Saturday, 21 November 2009
2009 Season Rankings - Women - Countries' Ranking
Adapted from the current women's New Balance World Ranking, based on nationality, with the following ranges:
Top10 (195 - 149 points)
Top20 (195-127 points)
Top30 (195-100 points)
Top50 (195-59 points)
Country with most number of pentathletes goes to top, if leveled the tie-break criteria is the average ranking.
Country Code (number of pentathletes)
Top10
1. LTU (2)
2. EGY (1)
3. FRA (1)
4. GBR (1)
5. RUS (1)
6. HUN (1)
7. CHN (1)
8. POL (1)
9. GER (1)
Top20
1. LTU (2)
2. GBR (2)
3. HUN (2)
4. GER (2)
5. CZE (2)
6. EGY (1)
7. FRA (1)
8. RUS (1)
9. CHN (1)
10. BRA (1)
11. LAT (1)
12. USA (1)
13. BLR (1)
Top30
1. HUN (5)
2. GBR (4)
3. POL (3)
4. GER (3)
5. LTU (2)
6=. CZE (2)
6=. RUS (2)
8. CHN (2)
9. BLR (2)
10. EGY (1)
11. FRA (1)
12. BRA (1)
13. LAT (1)
14. USA (1)
Top50
1. GBR (6)
2. HUN (5)
3. RUS (5)
4. GER (4)
5. POL (4)
6. CZE (4)
7. FRA (4)
8. CHN (3)
9. EGY (3)
10. LTU (2)
11. BLR (2)
12. CAN (2)
13. BRA (1)
14. LAT (1)
15. USA (1)
16. KOR (1)
17. ITA (1)
18. KAZ (1)
Top10 (195 - 149 points)
Top20 (195-127 points)
Top30 (195-100 points)
Top50 (195-59 points)
Country with most number of pentathletes goes to top, if leveled the tie-break criteria is the average ranking.
Country Code (number of pentathletes)
Top10
1. LTU (2)
2. EGY (1)
3. FRA (1)
4. GBR (1)
5. RUS (1)
6. HUN (1)
7. CHN (1)
8. POL (1)
9. GER (1)
Top20
1. LTU (2)
2. GBR (2)
3. HUN (2)
4. GER (2)
5. CZE (2)
6. EGY (1)
7. FRA (1)
8. RUS (1)
9. CHN (1)
10. BRA (1)
11. LAT (1)
12. USA (1)
13. BLR (1)
Top30
1. HUN (5)
2. GBR (4)
3. POL (3)
4. GER (3)
5. LTU (2)
6=. CZE (2)
6=. RUS (2)
8. CHN (2)
9. BLR (2)
10. EGY (1)
11. FRA (1)
12. BRA (1)
13. LAT (1)
14. USA (1)
Top50
1. GBR (6)
2. HUN (5)
3. RUS (5)
4. GER (4)
5. POL (4)
6. CZE (4)
7. FRA (4)
8. CHN (3)
9. EGY (3)
10. LTU (2)
11. BLR (2)
12. CAN (2)
13. BRA (1)
14. LAT (1)
15. USA (1)
16. KOR (1)
17. ITA (1)
18. KAZ (1)
Friday, 20 November 2009
2009 Season Rankings - Countries' Rankings - Men
Adapted from current men's New Balance World Ranking, based on nationality, with the following ranges:
top10 (215-146 points)
top20 (215-119 points)
top30 (215-104 points)
top50 (215-68 points)
Country with more pentathletes goes to top, if there's a tie it's based on the avarage.
Country Code (Number of pentathetes)
Top10
1. CZE (2)
2. LTU (2)
3. HUN (1)
4. RUS (1)
5. ITA (1)
6. AUT (1)
7. BLR (1)
8. UKR (1)
Top20
1. HUN (3)
2. EGY (3)
3. CZE (2)
4. LTU (2)
5. UKR (2)
6. ITA (1)
7. RUS (1)
8. AUT (1)
9. BLR (1)
10. POL (1)
11. MEX (1)
12. GBR (1)
Top30
1. LTU (4)
2. EGY (4)
3. HUN (3)
4. CZE (3)
5. ITA (3)
6. UKR (2)
7. RUS (2)
8. BLR (2)
9. GBR (2)
10. AUT (1)
11. POL (1)
12. MEX (1)
13. LAT (1)
14. JPN (1)
Top50
1. LTU (4)
2. EGY (4)
3. CZE (3)
4. ITA (4)
5. RUS (4)
6. HUN (3)
7. UKR (3)
8. BLR (3)
9. POL (3)
10. KOR (3)
11. GBR (2)
12. MEX (2)
13. JPN (2)
14. LAT (2)
15. GER (2)
16. USA (2)
17. AUT (1)
18. FRA (1)
19. NED (1)
top10 (215-146 points)
top20 (215-119 points)
top30 (215-104 points)
top50 (215-68 points)
Country with more pentathletes goes to top, if there's a tie it's based on the avarage.
Country Code (Number of pentathetes)
Top10
1. CZE (2)
2. LTU (2)
3. HUN (1)
4. RUS (1)
5. ITA (1)
6. AUT (1)
7. BLR (1)
8. UKR (1)
Top20
1. HUN (3)
2. EGY (3)
3. CZE (2)
4. LTU (2)
5. UKR (2)
6. ITA (1)
7. RUS (1)
8. AUT (1)
9. BLR (1)
10. POL (1)
11. MEX (1)
12. GBR (1)
Top30
1. LTU (4)
2. EGY (4)
3. HUN (3)
4. CZE (3)
5. ITA (3)
6. UKR (2)
7. RUS (2)
8. BLR (2)
9. GBR (2)
10. AUT (1)
11. POL (1)
12. MEX (1)
13. LAT (1)
14. JPN (1)
Top50
1. LTU (4)
2. EGY (4)
3. CZE (3)
4. ITA (4)
5. RUS (4)
6. HUN (3)
7. UKR (3)
8. BLR (3)
9. POL (3)
10. KOR (3)
11. GBR (2)
12. MEX (2)
13. JPN (2)
14. LAT (2)
15. GER (2)
16. USA (2)
17. AUT (1)
18. FRA (1)
19. NED (1)
2009 Season Rankings - Women - Ranking by country
Let's have a look at the current New Balance World Ranking, pentahletes with 15 or more points in the ranking (up to #99).
Lithuania
1. Laura Asadauskaite (1)
2. Donata Rimsaite (2)
Egypt
1. Aya Medany (3)
2. Jiha El-Midany (39)
3. Yasmine Khaled (41)
4. Reem El-Sayed (77)
Great Britain
1. Heather Fell (4)
2. Mhairi Spence (15)
3. Freyja Prentice (21)
4. Katy Livingston (25)
5. Louise Helyer (37)
6. Charlotte Granfield (49)
7. Samantha Muurray (65)
8. Katy Burke (75)
9. Lydia Rosling (84)
France
1. Amelie Caze (5)
2. Juliette Darras (36)
3. Anais Eudes (42)
4. Elfie Arnaud (50)
5. Paola Bartoli (66)
Hungary
1. Leila Gyenesei (17)
2. Sarolta Kovacs (14)
3. Adrienn Toth (23)
4. Krisztina Cseh (26)
5. Zsuzsanna Vörös (28)
6. Zsofia Bartalis (74)
7. Viktoria Pataki (81)
China
1. Qian Chen (8)
2. Lean Dong (29)
3. Xiu Xiu (32)
4. Wenjing Zhu (73)
5. Yanyan Wu (80)
6. Ye Zhang (91)
Poland
1. Sylvia Czwojdxinska (9)
2. Paulina Boenisz (11)
3. Katarzyna Wojcik (24)
4. Edita Maloszyc (47)
5. Aleksandra Skarzynsk (64)
6. Magdalena Walesa (89)
Germany
1. Lena Schöneborn (10)
2. Eva Trautmann (19)
3. Claudia Knack 9220
4. Janine Kohlmann (35)
5. Annika Schleu (58)
6. Paria Mahrokh (78)
7. Ronja Doring (82)
Brazil
1. Yane Marques (12)
2. Larissa Lellys (61)
Latvia
1. Elena Rublevska (13)
Czech Republic
1. Lucie Grolichova (16)
2. Natalie Dianova (20)
3. Sylvie Cerna (31)
4. Barbora Kodedova (46)
United States
1. Margaux Isaksen (17)
Belarus
1. Anastasia Samusevich (18)
2. Anfisa Kasyanava (27)
3. Nadejda Zasimenka (51)
4. Anna Savchenko (57)
South Korea
1. Soo-Jin Yang (33)
2. Yerin Mun (72)
3. Eun-Byeol Kim (95)
4. Cho-Rong Yun (97)
Canada
1. Donna Vakalis (34)
2. Monica Pinette (38)
3. Kara Grant (53)
4. Rachael Gardner (87)
Italy
1. Lavinia Bonessio (40)
2. Marianna Videtta (54)
3. Alessia Mancini (56)
4. Sabrina Crognale (59)
5. Alessia Pieretti (70)
6. Claudia Cesarini (93)
Kazakhstan
1. Alena Abrossimova (48)
2. Lada Jienbalanova (76)
3. Galina Dolgushina (88)
4. Xenia Alexandrova (90)
Argentina
1. Pamela Zapata (52)
Mexico
1. Marlene Sanchez (55)
2. Andrea Yumiko Ponce (69)
3. Tamara Vega (71)
4. Adriana Trujillo (79)
Finland
1. Laura Salminen (60)
2. eevi Bengs (98)
Denmark
1. Rikke Hjort-Jensen (62)
Slovakia
1. Lucia Krsnakova (63)
Switzerland
1. Berlinda Schreiber (67)
2. Valeria Moser (99)
Ukraine
1. Ganna Buriak (68)
Japan
1. Narumi Kurosu (85)
Australia
1. Angie Darby (86)
2. Charlotte Curnow (92)
Greece
1. Xeni Katsimantou (94)
Bulgaria
1. Tania Barakova (96)
Lithuania
1. Laura Asadauskaite (1)
2. Donata Rimsaite (2)
Egypt
1. Aya Medany (3)
2. Jiha El-Midany (39)
3. Yasmine Khaled (41)
4. Reem El-Sayed (77)
Great Britain
1. Heather Fell (4)
2. Mhairi Spence (15)
3. Freyja Prentice (21)
4. Katy Livingston (25)
5. Louise Helyer (37)
6. Charlotte Granfield (49)
7. Samantha Muurray (65)
8. Katy Burke (75)
9. Lydia Rosling (84)
France
1. Amelie Caze (5)
2. Juliette Darras (36)
3. Anais Eudes (42)
4. Elfie Arnaud (50)
5. Paola Bartoli (66)
Hungary
1. Leila Gyenesei (17)
2. Sarolta Kovacs (14)
3. Adrienn Toth (23)
4. Krisztina Cseh (26)
5. Zsuzsanna Vörös (28)
6. Zsofia Bartalis (74)
7. Viktoria Pataki (81)
China
1. Qian Chen (8)
2. Lean Dong (29)
3. Xiu Xiu (32)
4. Wenjing Zhu (73)
5. Yanyan Wu (80)
6. Ye Zhang (91)
Poland
1. Sylvia Czwojdxinska (9)
2. Paulina Boenisz (11)
3. Katarzyna Wojcik (24)
4. Edita Maloszyc (47)
5. Aleksandra Skarzynsk (64)
6. Magdalena Walesa (89)
Germany
1. Lena Schöneborn (10)
2. Eva Trautmann (19)
3. Claudia Knack 9220
4. Janine Kohlmann (35)
5. Annika Schleu (58)
6. Paria Mahrokh (78)
7. Ronja Doring (82)
Brazil
1. Yane Marques (12)
2. Larissa Lellys (61)
Latvia
1. Elena Rublevska (13)
Czech Republic
1. Lucie Grolichova (16)
2. Natalie Dianova (20)
3. Sylvie Cerna (31)
4. Barbora Kodedova (46)
United States
1. Margaux Isaksen (17)
Belarus
1. Anastasia Samusevich (18)
2. Anfisa Kasyanava (27)
3. Nadejda Zasimenka (51)
4. Anna Savchenko (57)
South Korea
1. Soo-Jin Yang (33)
2. Yerin Mun (72)
3. Eun-Byeol Kim (95)
4. Cho-Rong Yun (97)
Canada
1. Donna Vakalis (34)
2. Monica Pinette (38)
3. Kara Grant (53)
4. Rachael Gardner (87)
Italy
1. Lavinia Bonessio (40)
2. Marianna Videtta (54)
3. Alessia Mancini (56)
4. Sabrina Crognale (59)
5. Alessia Pieretti (70)
6. Claudia Cesarini (93)
Kazakhstan
1. Alena Abrossimova (48)
2. Lada Jienbalanova (76)
3. Galina Dolgushina (88)
4. Xenia Alexandrova (90)
Argentina
1. Pamela Zapata (52)
Mexico
1. Marlene Sanchez (55)
2. Andrea Yumiko Ponce (69)
3. Tamara Vega (71)
4. Adriana Trujillo (79)
Finland
1. Laura Salminen (60)
2. eevi Bengs (98)
Denmark
1. Rikke Hjort-Jensen (62)
Slovakia
1. Lucia Krsnakova (63)
Switzerland
1. Berlinda Schreiber (67)
2. Valeria Moser (99)
Ukraine
1. Ganna Buriak (68)
Japan
1. Narumi Kurosu (85)
Australia
1. Angie Darby (86)
2. Charlotte Curnow (92)
Greece
1. Xeni Katsimantou (94)
Bulgaria
1. Tania Barakova (96)
Thursday, 19 November 2009
2009 Season Rankings - Men - Ranking by country
Let's have a look at the current ranking, after all major competitions were held. The cut was 15 points, next to #120 in the ranking. The actual ranking can be found at UIPM website, so I've made new rankings based on the New Balance World Ranking: countries' ranking and ranking by country. Here we go with the ranking by country
Hungary
1. Ádám Marosi (1)
2. Róbert Németh (13)
3. Peter Tibolya (14)
4. Róbert Kasza (94)
Czech Republic
1. David Svoboda (2)
2. Ondřej Polívka (3)
3. Michal Michalík (29)
4. Libor Capalini (43)
5. Michal Sedlecký (74)
6. Martin Dvořák (109)
Russia
1. Ilia Frolov (4)
2. Valery Ovcharov (26)
3. Pavel Sekretev (33)
4. Semen Burtsev (39)
5. Maxim Aldochkine (72)
6. Igor Bondarev (92)
Lithuania
1. Edvinas Krungolcas (5)
2. Justinas Kinderis (6)
3. Tadas Zemaitis (22)
4. Andrejus Zadneprovskis (27)
Italy
1. Federico Giancamilli (7)
2. Nicola Benedetti (16)
3. Riccardo de Luca (28)
4. Pierpaolo Petroni (47)
5. Luigi Quarto (56)
6. Davide Lupi (102)
7. Auro Franceschini (108)
8. Domenico Porreca (119)
Austria
1. Thomas Daniel (8)
Belarus
1. Yahor Lapo (9)
2. Mihail Prokopenko (24)
3. Dzmitry Meliakh (37)
4. Mihail Mitsyk (59)
Ukraine
1. Dmytro Kirpulyanskyy (10)
2. Pavlo Tymoshchenko (11)
3. Pavlo Kirpulyanskyy (31)
4. Mykola Sirenkyy (69)
5. Sergiy Kukshin (90)
6. Yevgeny Borkin (103)
Egypt
1. Amro El-Geziry (13)
2. Omar El-Geziry (18)
3. Mustafa Nofal (20)
4. Yasser Hafny (21)
5. Raouf Abd El-Raouf (52)
Poland
1. Marcin Horbacz (15)
2. Bartosz Majewski (34)
3. Szymon Staskiewicz (38)
4. Przemyslav Galecki (68)
5. Tomasz Chmielewski (100)
6. Mateusz Posnik (101)
7. Remigiusz Golis (107)
Mexico
1. Oscar Soto (17)
2. Alvaro Sandoval (36)
3. Jorge Inzunza (61)
4. Ismail Hernandez (62)
5. Jorge Camacgo (97)
6. Jesus Galicia (106)
7. Flavio Solis (117)
Great Britain
1. Samuel Weale (19)
2. Nicolas woodbridge (23)
3. Steven Mason (70)
Latvia
1. Deniss Cherkovskis (25)
2. Sandris Sika (48)
3. Mihails Jefremenko (91)
Japan
1. Shinichi Tomii (30)
2. Hayato Noguchi (41)
3. Shinya Fujii (65)
4. Yuuki Fujimori (89)
South Korea
1. Choon-Huan Lee (31)
2. Jung-Sub Kim (45)
3. Dong-Hong Nam 950)
4. Dong-Soo Park (53)
5. Sung-Hyun Lee (58)
6. Jinhwa Jung (67)
7. Jong-Hyub Lee (88)
8. Woojin Hwang (93)
9. Il-Mo Yoon (95)
10. Ki-Hyun Kim (96)
11. Jihun Ahn (112)
12. Hwonho Jung (116)
Germany
1. Sebastian Dietz (35)
2. Eric Walther (46)
3. Matthias Lehmann (71)
4. Sascha Vetter (75)
5. Steffan Kollner (86)
6. Christopher Link (111)
France
1. Christopher Patte (40)
2. Bruno Merle (57)
3. Cyril Viala (73)
4. John Zakrzewski (77)
5. Maurin Holyst (99)
United States
1. William Brady (42)
2. Sam Sacksen (49)
3. Denis Bowsher (81)
4. Eli Bremer (98)
Netherlands
1. Kevin Hilgeholt (44)
Greece
1. Dimitrios Motsios (54)
Kazakhstan
1. Nurjan Kusmoldanov (63)
2. Vladimir Tebenkov (76)
3. Evgeny Tebenkov (82)
4. Leonid Zimarev (84)
5. Denis Turov (114)
China
1. Lin Li (55)
2. Guan Wang (60)
3. Hepeng Wu (79)
Spain
1. Jaime Lopez (64)
Kyrgyzstan
1. Anton Novikov (66)
2. Nikolay Vedmed (89)
3. Nikita Kuznetsov (110)
4. Ilias Baktybekov (113)
Brazil
1. Rafael Marzullo (78)
2. Wagner Romão (83)
3. Luís Magno (87)
Argentina
1. Emanuel Zapata (80)
Bulgaria
1. Blagoy Dimitrov (104)
Hungary
1. Ádám Marosi (1)
2. Róbert Németh (13)
3. Peter Tibolya (14)
4. Róbert Kasza (94)
Czech Republic
1. David Svoboda (2)
2. Ondřej Polívka (3)
3. Michal Michalík (29)
4. Libor Capalini (43)
5. Michal Sedlecký (74)
6. Martin Dvořák (109)
Russia
1. Ilia Frolov (4)
2. Valery Ovcharov (26)
3. Pavel Sekretev (33)
4. Semen Burtsev (39)
5. Maxim Aldochkine (72)
6. Igor Bondarev (92)
Lithuania
1. Edvinas Krungolcas (5)
2. Justinas Kinderis (6)
3. Tadas Zemaitis (22)
4. Andrejus Zadneprovskis (27)
Italy
1. Federico Giancamilli (7)
2. Nicola Benedetti (16)
3. Riccardo de Luca (28)
4. Pierpaolo Petroni (47)
5. Luigi Quarto (56)
6. Davide Lupi (102)
7. Auro Franceschini (108)
8. Domenico Porreca (119)
Austria
1. Thomas Daniel (8)
Belarus
1. Yahor Lapo (9)
2. Mihail Prokopenko (24)
3. Dzmitry Meliakh (37)
4. Mihail Mitsyk (59)
Ukraine
1. Dmytro Kirpulyanskyy (10)
2. Pavlo Tymoshchenko (11)
3. Pavlo Kirpulyanskyy (31)
4. Mykola Sirenkyy (69)
5. Sergiy Kukshin (90)
6. Yevgeny Borkin (103)
Egypt
1. Amro El-Geziry (13)
2. Omar El-Geziry (18)
3. Mustafa Nofal (20)
4. Yasser Hafny (21)
5. Raouf Abd El-Raouf (52)
Poland
1. Marcin Horbacz (15)
2. Bartosz Majewski (34)
3. Szymon Staskiewicz (38)
4. Przemyslav Galecki (68)
5. Tomasz Chmielewski (100)
6. Mateusz Posnik (101)
7. Remigiusz Golis (107)
Mexico
1. Oscar Soto (17)
2. Alvaro Sandoval (36)
3. Jorge Inzunza (61)
4. Ismail Hernandez (62)
5. Jorge Camacgo (97)
6. Jesus Galicia (106)
7. Flavio Solis (117)
Great Britain
1. Samuel Weale (19)
2. Nicolas woodbridge (23)
3. Steven Mason (70)
Latvia
1. Deniss Cherkovskis (25)
2. Sandris Sika (48)
3. Mihails Jefremenko (91)
Japan
1. Shinichi Tomii (30)
2. Hayato Noguchi (41)
3. Shinya Fujii (65)
4. Yuuki Fujimori (89)
South Korea
1. Choon-Huan Lee (31)
2. Jung-Sub Kim (45)
3. Dong-Hong Nam 950)
4. Dong-Soo Park (53)
5. Sung-Hyun Lee (58)
6. Jinhwa Jung (67)
7. Jong-Hyub Lee (88)
8. Woojin Hwang (93)
9. Il-Mo Yoon (95)
10. Ki-Hyun Kim (96)
11. Jihun Ahn (112)
12. Hwonho Jung (116)
Germany
1. Sebastian Dietz (35)
2. Eric Walther (46)
3. Matthias Lehmann (71)
4. Sascha Vetter (75)
5. Steffan Kollner (86)
6. Christopher Link (111)
France
1. Christopher Patte (40)
2. Bruno Merle (57)
3. Cyril Viala (73)
4. John Zakrzewski (77)
5. Maurin Holyst (99)
United States
1. William Brady (42)
2. Sam Sacksen (49)
3. Denis Bowsher (81)
4. Eli Bremer (98)
Netherlands
1. Kevin Hilgeholt (44)
Greece
1. Dimitrios Motsios (54)
Kazakhstan
1. Nurjan Kusmoldanov (63)
2. Vladimir Tebenkov (76)
3. Evgeny Tebenkov (82)
4. Leonid Zimarev (84)
5. Denis Turov (114)
China
1. Lin Li (55)
2. Guan Wang (60)
3. Hepeng Wu (79)
Spain
1. Jaime Lopez (64)
Kyrgyzstan
1. Anton Novikov (66)
2. Nikolay Vedmed (89)
3. Nikita Kuznetsov (110)
4. Ilias Baktybekov (113)
Brazil
1. Rafael Marzullo (78)
2. Wagner Romão (83)
3. Luís Magno (87)
Argentina
1. Emanuel Zapata (80)
Bulgaria
1. Blagoy Dimitrov (104)
Monday, 16 November 2009
2009 French Championships
Last weekend happened the French Open International Championships in Paris
Both titles (men's and women's) went to local pentathletes. Mabrin Holyst won the men's competition on Saturday, Amélie Cazé was the winner on Sunday.
The men's competition had 27 pentathletes from 5 countries, and everyone was expecting Ádám Marosi to win another title. The Hungarian, the best pentathlete of the year, had problems in riding, when scored only 100 points and finished in 18th position. Holyst was the winner with 5976 points, and could rely in great fencing and riding to manage to win with a good 11:40 in combined event, 5th best time in this event. Second came German Christopher Link (5844 points) who had the best performance in combined event. Third position was of Italian Domenico Porreca (5832 points). Local hopes Patte, Merle and Zakrzewski were 5th, 6th and 8th, repectivelly, while Viala for some reason didn't start for the swimming, retiring from the competition.
In the women's competition, no place for surprises with Amélie Cazé winning with 5604 points. British Katy Burke was second with a pretty solid performance in first 3 events, being the first to start the combined event, ahead of Cazé, but Cazé was better in combined and took the title. French Elfie Arnaud was 3rd, scoring 5392 points and had the best time in combined event. The women's competition had 16 participants.
Results: http://ffpentathlon.franceolympique.com/ffpentathlonmoderne/fichiers/File/resultats/2009/france_sen_jun_2009.pdf
Both titles (men's and women's) went to local pentathletes. Mabrin Holyst won the men's competition on Saturday, Amélie Cazé was the winner on Sunday.
The men's competition had 27 pentathletes from 5 countries, and everyone was expecting Ádám Marosi to win another title. The Hungarian, the best pentathlete of the year, had problems in riding, when scored only 100 points and finished in 18th position. Holyst was the winner with 5976 points, and could rely in great fencing and riding to manage to win with a good 11:40 in combined event, 5th best time in this event. Second came German Christopher Link (5844 points) who had the best performance in combined event. Third position was of Italian Domenico Porreca (5832 points). Local hopes Patte, Merle and Zakrzewski were 5th, 6th and 8th, repectivelly, while Viala for some reason didn't start for the swimming, retiring from the competition.
In the women's competition, no place for surprises with Amélie Cazé winning with 5604 points. British Katy Burke was second with a pretty solid performance in first 3 events, being the first to start the combined event, ahead of Cazé, but Cazé was better in combined and took the title. French Elfie Arnaud was 3rd, scoring 5392 points and had the best time in combined event. The women's competition had 16 participants.
Results: http://ffpentathlon.franceolympique.com/ffpentathlonmoderne/fichiers/File/resultats/2009/france_sen_jun_2009.pdf
Friday, 6 November 2009
National Championships and Rankings around the world
I couldn't find rankings or national seniors competitions for Hungary, Great Britain, Egypt and Mexico. I have yet to have a look at Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania, Latvia, China, Japan and South Korea, all those difficult because of the different alphabet (except for the Baltic countries). I'd like also to add results or rankings for continents and regions (like Scandinavia, for example). If/when not available for any of these countries or regions, I'll build a ranking based on current New Balance World Ranking.
Coming in the next days...
2009 Polish Championships
The Polish Championships was actually an open event, with pentathletes from several countries, a really strong competition. It was held in Drzonków, where some future big events will be held, in June. Let's have a look at the results. Horbacz and Boenisz won the competitions.
Men
1 - Marcin Horbacz (POL) 6080
2 - Remigiusz Golis (POL) 5956
3 - Martin Dvorak (CZE) 5956 (no typo here)
4 - Ondrej Polívka (CZE) 5936
5 - Cyril Viala (FRA) 5908
6 - Tomasz Chmielewski (POL) 5896
http://www.pentathlon.org.pl/upload/2009/MPS_Men.xls
To have an idea of how strong was the field, were left out of the top 6 list: Majewski, Staśkiewicz, Sika, Patte, Sedeckly and Hilgelholt (of course it's not a big deal a top athlete having a bad day and a poor display, but the amount shows how tough was the field).
The women's field had less pentathletes, but was also a god line up
Women
1 - Paulina Boenisz (POL) 5648
2 - Sylwia Czwojdzińska(POL) 5600
3 - Lena Schöneborn (GER) 5564
4 - Lucia Kršňáková (SVK) 5320
5 - Joanna Gomolińska (POL) 5300
6 - Magdalena Walesa (POL) 5236
Wójcik finished 7th and legendary Małoszyc (born 1969) came 8th.
http://www.pentathlon.org.pl/upload/2009/MPS_Women.xls
Thursday, 5 November 2009
2009 Italian Championships
The Italian Champioships happened in Roma, 24-25 October. Giancamilli confirmed his good form showed in Rio de Janeiro and took the title. Former champion Benedetti came fourth in this strong competition, with Lupi and De Lucca finishing ahead of last year's winner. Quarto and Petroni disappointed with performances below the expected. In the women competition, Cesarini took the title, surpassing several athletes from the army.
Men
1 - Federico Giancamilli/CS Forestale 6100
2 - Davide Lupi/ASD De Gregorio 6052
3 - Riccardo De Lucca/CS Carabineri 6020
4 - Nicola Benedetti/CS Forestale 6016
5 - Domenico Porreca/Termoli 5916
Franceschini (6th - 5840), Quarto (12th - 5636), Pier PaoloPetroni (19th - 4624 - SF)
Women
1 - Claudia Cesarini /SS Lazio 5292
2 - Alessia Pieretti/Esercito 5276
3 - Marianna Videtta /Esercito 5188
4 - Alessia Mancini/Esercito 5148
5 - Lavinia Bonessio/Esercito 5120
http://www.fipm.it/file/35084.pdf
2009 Nationals and Internationals Level3/4 - Austria, Switzerland and Slovakia
From Austria we have Thomas Daniel, who had a great season and finished 8th in New Balance world Ranking. From Switzerland, Berlinda Schreiber only competed twice this year. Slovakia has a promising new generation of Tomas, and I always wanted to know the name of AC Martin, who is not active since last year.
Austria
International Women Competition - Wien, Austria - October 2009
1- Sandy Straus (GER) 5244
2 - Tabea Budde (GER) 5148
3 - Lenka Bilková (CZE) 4716
National Austrian Women
1 - Verena Jäggle/Wiener Verien MF (6th) 3884
2 - Elke Schuller/HSV Wiener Neustadt (8th) 3644
3 - Nicole Bartoska/HSV Graz (9th) 3332
National Austrian Men - Award
1- Thomas Daniel/HSV Wiener Neustadt
2 - Rüdiger Tesar/HSV Wiener Neustadt
2 - Robin Sanz/HSV Wiener Neustadt
http://www.modernerfuenfkampf.at/
Switzerland
Swiss Open Championships - Women - Frauenfeld (SUI)
1- Louise Helyer (GBR) 5448
2 - Lydia Rosling (GBR) 5072
3 - Narumi Kurosu (JPN) 4948
Swiss Open Championships - Men - Frauenfeld (SUI)
1- Tomáš Škopek (SVK) 5888
2 - Eanna Bailey (IRL) 5816
3 - Tomáš Doležel (SVK) 5796
http://www.pentathlonsuisse.ch/downloads/news/Liste%20Excel%20Rangliste%20engl..pdf
Slovakia
Grand Prix - Veľká cena Slovenska 2009 - Banska Bystrica - September 2009
Men
1- Tomáš Doležel 6012
2 - Tomáš Škopek 5960
3 - Tomáš Vrábel 5604
http://www.pentathlon.sk/preteky/vysledky_pretek.php?id_pretek=245&nazov_p=Ve%BEk%E1+cena+Slovenska+2009&rocnik=2009&kat=O&pohl=___1%25&potvrd=Vyp%ED%9A+v%FDsledky
Slovak Cup Final - November 07, Banska Bystrica
2009 German Championships
Some old news here, the German National Championships happened in May, in the city of Bonn. Germany has a solid team featuring Olympic champion Schöneborn and also Trautmann, Knack, Kohlmann, Walther, Vetter and Dietz. Steffen Gebhardt only competed in World Cup 2 Cairo this year, I hope he can be fit for next season.
Men's
1 - Eric Walther 5940
2 - Stefan Köllner 5800
3 - Michails Jefremenko (LAT) 5788
Sascha Vetter finished the competition in 8th, while Sebastian Dietz finished only in the 12th position. Some foreign athletes took part of the event, the most known being Martin Dvořák (CZE) and Sandris Sika (LAT).
http://www.dvmf.de/uploads/media/IDM_Bonn_Maenner_01.pdf
Women's
1 - Lena Schöneborn 5608
2 - Janine Kohlmann 5564
3 - Eva Trautmann 5464
Claudia Knack had problems in riding and finished in 18th position.
http://www.dvmf.de/uploads/media/IDM_Bonn_Frauen_01.pdf
2009 US Ranking and National Championships
Let's have a quick look at the 2009 American modern pentathlon season. The US Nationals were actually results from the NORCECA competition held in Palm Springs, California (June 2009). The American pentathletes that did well not only in national circuit but also in international competitions are Brady, Sam Sacksen, Bowsher, Bremer (men) and Isaksen (women).
Men's
National Championships (July 2009)
1 - Dennis Bowsher 5622
2 - William Brady 5397
3 - Sam Sacksen 5348
4 - Eli Bremer 5010
5 - Niul Manske 4756
Men's Ranking (as of November 2009)
1- William Brady 16837 points
2 - Sam Sacksen 16610 points
3- Dennis Bowsher 14702 points
4 - Eli Bremer 14612 points
5 - Niul Manske 4756
http://assets.teamusa.org/assets/documents/attached_file/filename/18810/MEN_S_IPPS_Ranking_List-November_4__2009.pdf
Women's
National Championships
1- Margaux Isaksen 5014
2 - McKenzie West 3947
3 - Marissa Berger 3923
Women's Ranking (as of June 2009)
1 - Margaux Isaksen 16137
2 - Daelyn Chase 6927
3 - Suzanne Stettinius 4622
http://assets.teamusa.org/assets/documents/attached_file/filename/13347/WOMEN_S_IPPS_Ranking_List-June_20_2009.pdf
2009 French Championships - Paris
The French Seniors Championships will be held in Paris, from 14 to 15 November. It will be a great competition, featuring French best pentahletes, like Berrou, Patte, Viala, Zakrewski and Merle in the men's and Cazé, Darras and Eudes in the women's. Pentathletes from Great Britain, Italy and Germany are expected to take part.
You can check the entry list at:
http://ffpentathlon.franceolympique.com/ffpentathlonmoderne/fichiers/File/competition/2009/engages/selections_france_seniors_2009.pdf
You can check the entry list at:
http://ffpentathlon.franceolympique.com/ffpentathlonmoderne/fichiers/File/competition/2009/engages/selections_france_seniors_2009.pdf
2009 Czech Modern Pentathlon Award
The Czech team had a great season, with medals in relay and team competitions and also great individual results. The individual highlights were Svoboda's silver in London World Senior Championships and Polívka's titles in Leipzig European Championships and World Cup 2 (Cairo), while the team won double gold in London at relay and also the silver medal in men's team. Svoboda and Polívka are currently #2 and #3, respectively, in the New Balance World Ranking. Too bad Libor Capalini and Michal Michalík couldn't compete a full season. Among the women, Grolichová won another national award but now faces close competition from junior up and coming Dianová.
Seniors
Men's
1- David Svoboda (ASC/Ados) 241 points
2 - Ondřej Polívka (ASC/Dukla) 224 points
3 - Michal Michalík (ASC/PSC) 134 points
Women's
1 - Lucie Grolichová (ASC/Ados) 135 points
2 - Natálie Dianová (ASC/Dukla) 125 points
3 - Silvie Černá (ASC/Ados) 91 points
Juniors
Men's
1 - Ondřej Polívka (ASC/Dukla) 195 points
2 - David Kindl (TJ Dukla) 49 points
3 - Jan Kuf (TJ Dukla) 41 points
Women's
1- Natálie Dianová (ASC/Dukla) 132 points
2 - Barbora Kodedová (PSC) 108 points
3 - Lenka Bilková (SCB) 64 points
note: I've tried several times to edit this post (and others as well) with the pictures, but the edition tool sucks big time. So there is a lot of space between the pictures.
Polívka, Michalík, Svoboda (London)
Polívka, Svoboda, Capalini (Leipzig)
Grolichová, Dianová (London)
Černá and Grolichová (Leipzig)
Seniors
Men's
1- David Svoboda (ASC/Ados) 241 points
2 - Ondřej Polívka (ASC/Dukla) 224 points
3 - Michal Michalík (ASC/PSC) 134 points
Women's
1 - Lucie Grolichová (ASC/Ados) 135 points
2 - Natálie Dianová (ASC/Dukla) 125 points
3 - Silvie Černá (ASC/Ados) 91 points
Juniors
Men's
1 - Ondřej Polívka (ASC/Dukla) 195 points
2 - David Kindl (TJ Dukla) 49 points
3 - Jan Kuf (TJ Dukla) 41 points
Women's
1- Natálie Dianová (ASC/Dukla) 132 points
2 - Barbora Kodedová (PSC) 108 points
3 - Lenka Bilková (SCB) 64 points
In another award, Polívka won the poll of best Czech pentathlete of 2009 season. The younger pentathlete ever to be #1 at world ranking won this award for the first time, leaving Svoboda in second place and Grolichová in third place. Svoboda won the last two awards, while Capalini won for seven times. Highlights of Polívka this year were the titles mentioned above (European Championships, World Cup 2) and the gold at relay (with Svoboda) and silver at team competition (with Svoboda and Michalík) in London World Champoionships , gold in mixed relay (with his girlfriend Natálie Dianová), silver in team competition (with Svoboda and Capalini) and bronze in relay (with Sedlecký and Dvořák) in 3-relay in Leipzig European Championships. Lucie Grolichová, Natálie Dianová a Sylvie Černá won the prize of best team for their performances in London ánd Leipzig, where they won the relays competitions.
Photo Gallery of the Czech Team - pictures by Vítězslav Bureš, published at http://www.idnes.cz/note: I've tried several times to edit this post (and others as well) with the pictures, but the edition tool sucks big time. So there is a lot of space between the pictures.
Polívka, Michalík, Svoboda (London)
Martin Dvořák, Ondřej Polívka a Michal Sedlecký (Leipzig)
Polívka, Svoboda, Capalini (Leipzig)
Grolichová, Dianová (London)
Černá and Grolichová (Leipzig)
2009 Brazilian Championships
The 2009 Brazilian Modern Pentathlon Championships was held last weekend in Resende, a city placed between Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, at the Agulhas Negras Militar Academy. As expected, Yane Marques won the women seniors competition, with 5336 points. Larissa Lellys was second and Paula Souza completed the podium. In the men's competition, Aloísio Sandes clinched the title, with Luís Barroso Magno in second and veteran Wagner Romão in third. Priscila Oliveira finished first in juniors and Mariana Laporte took the title in Youth A with an impressive score of 4588 points.
Yane Marques
Good luck to girls and boys at Youth Olympic Qualifying in Buenos Aires, Argentina, that will happen in December. I hope they can get a spot in Singapore Games.
Source: http://www.pentatlo.org.br/noticia_detalhe.php?cod_noticias=225 (in Portuguese)
2009 Season's Best - Women - Riding
It's not easy to make stats about riding since it's a bit random, but let's see which pentathletes had a good ride this year.
Competitions:
World Cup 1 - Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico - March 2009 - WC1
World Cup 2 - Cairo, Egypt - April 2009 - WC2
World Cup 3 - Székesfehérvár, Hungary - May 2009 - WC3 (note: different venue from the men's competition, which happened a week before in Budapest)
World Cup 4 - Roma, Italy - May 2009 - WC4
World Cup Final - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - WCF
Senior World Championships - London, Great Britain - August 2009 - SWC
Best scores:
WC1 - El Midany (EGY), Eudes (FRA), Knack (GER), Rimsaite (LTU), Samusevich (BLR), Spence (GBR), Tóth (HUN) 1192; Marques (BRA), Trujillo (MEX) 1188
WC2 - Rimsaite (LTU), Chen (CHN), Darras (FRA), Kasyanava (BLR) 1180; Grolichová (CZE) 1172; Asadauskaitė (LTU) 1164
WC3 - Fell (GBR), Feshchenko (RUS), Heyler (GBR), Pinette (CAN), Rimsaite (LTU), Vörös (HUN), 1200; Guo (CHN), Kovács (HUN) 1192; Kuznetsova (RUS) 1188; Boenisz (POL), Czwojdzińska (POL), Cseh (HUN), Isaksen (USA), Livingston (GBR), Maloszyc (POL), Spence (GBR), Tóth (HUN) and Trautmann (GER) 1180
WC4 - Arnaud (FRA), Bartoli (ITA), Černá (CZE), Cesarini (ITA), Crognale (ITA), Skarzynsk (POL), Videtta (ITA) 1200; Cseh (HUN), Dianová (CZE), Eudes (FRA), Gretchichnikova (RUS), Gyenesei (HUN), Kasyanava (BLR), Mancini (ITA), Medany (EGY), Prentice (GBR), Rublevska (LAT), Tóth (HUN), Walesa (POL) 1180
WCF - Boenisz (POL), Knack (GER), Marques (BRA) 1200; Asadauskaitė (LTU), Černá (CZE), Dianová (CZE), Fell (GBR), Gyenesei (HUN), Medany (EGY), Rimsaite (LTU), Rublevska (LAT), Wojcik (POL) 1180
SWC - Czwojdzińska (POL) 1200; Kohlmann (GER) 1184; Prentice (GBR) 1172; Trautmann (GER) 1168; Asadauskaitė (LTU), Schöneborn (GER) 1164; Cseh (HUN) 1160, Knack (GER) and Wojcik (POL) 1160
Competitions:
World Cup 1 - Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico - March 2009 - WC1
World Cup 2 - Cairo, Egypt - April 2009 - WC2
World Cup 3 - Székesfehérvár, Hungary - May 2009 - WC3 (note: different venue from the men's competition, which happened a week before in Budapest)
World Cup 4 - Roma, Italy - May 2009 - WC4
World Cup Final - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - WCF
Senior World Championships - London, Great Britain - August 2009 - SWC
Best scores:
WC1 - El Midany (EGY), Eudes (FRA), Knack (GER), Rimsaite (LTU), Samusevich (BLR), Spence (GBR), Tóth (HUN) 1192; Marques (BRA), Trujillo (MEX) 1188
WC2 - Rimsaite (LTU), Chen (CHN), Darras (FRA), Kasyanava (BLR) 1180; Grolichová (CZE) 1172; Asadauskaitė (LTU) 1164
WC3 - Fell (GBR), Feshchenko (RUS), Heyler (GBR), Pinette (CAN), Rimsaite (LTU), Vörös (HUN), 1200; Guo (CHN), Kovács (HUN) 1192; Kuznetsova (RUS) 1188; Boenisz (POL), Czwojdzińska (POL), Cseh (HUN), Isaksen (USA), Livingston (GBR), Maloszyc (POL), Spence (GBR), Tóth (HUN) and Trautmann (GER) 1180
WC4 - Arnaud (FRA), Bartoli (ITA), Černá (CZE), Cesarini (ITA), Crognale (ITA), Skarzynsk (POL), Videtta (ITA) 1200; Cseh (HUN), Dianová (CZE), Eudes (FRA), Gretchichnikova (RUS), Gyenesei (HUN), Kasyanava (BLR), Mancini (ITA), Medany (EGY), Prentice (GBR), Rublevska (LAT), Tóth (HUN), Walesa (POL) 1180
WCF - Boenisz (POL), Knack (GER), Marques (BRA) 1200; Asadauskaitė (LTU), Černá (CZE), Dianová (CZE), Fell (GBR), Gyenesei (HUN), Medany (EGY), Rimsaite (LTU), Rublevska (LAT), Wojcik (POL) 1180
SWC - Czwojdzińska (POL) 1200; Kohlmann (GER) 1184; Prentice (GBR) 1172; Trautmann (GER) 1168; Asadauskaitė (LTU), Schöneborn (GER) 1164; Cseh (HUN) 1160, Knack (GER) and Wojcik (POL) 1160
Rimsaite didn't lose much points in equestrian this season, neither did her countrywoman Asadauskaitė and Cseh . Trautmann and Knack were the highlights of the German squad that had a god ride this year, just like the Czech and Polish pentathletes that had to worry about others disciplines than equestrian, where they gained a lot of points.
Wednesday, 4 November 2009
2009 Season's Best - Women - Fencing
Let's see which pentathletes did well this year in fencing and riding.
Competitions (only finals):
World Cup 1 - Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico - March 2009 - WC1
World Cup 2 - Cairo, Egypt - April 2009 - WC2
World Cup 3 - Székesfehérvár, Hungary - May 2009 - WC3 (note: different venue from the men's competition, which happened a week before in Budapest)
World Cup 4 - Roma, Italy - May 2009 - WC4
World Cup Final - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - WCF
Senior World Championships - London, Great Britain - August 2009 - SWC
880 or better scores:
WC1 - Struchtkova (RUS) 1048 (27), Cazé (FRA) and Czwojdzińska (POL) 1024 (26), Medany (EGY), Samusevich (BLR) 1000 (25); Rublevska (LAT) 976 (24); Boenisz (POL) 928 (22); Spence (GBR) 904 (21); Asadauskaitė (LTU), Kasyanava (BLR) and Livingston (GBR) 880 (20)
WC2 - Cazé (FRA) 1096 (29), Medany (EGY) 1000 (25), Rublevska (LAT) 976 (24); Czwojdzińska (POL) 952 (23), Gretchichnikova (RUS) 928 (22); Asadauskaitė (LTU), Boenisz (POL), Grolichová (CZE) and Schöneborn (GER) 904 (21); Černá (CZE), Dong (CHN), Pinette (CAN) and Struchtkova (RUS) 880 (20)
WC3 - Cazé (FRA) 1072 (28); Gretchichnikova (RUS) and Czwojdzińska (POL) 952 (23); Asadauskaitė (LTU), Schöneborn (GER), Cseh (HUN) and Maloszyc (POL) 904 (21); Boenisz (POL), Helyer (GBR), Kovács (HUN), Pinette (CAN), Spence (GBR) and Vörös (HUN) 880 (20)
WC4 - Rublevska (LAT) 1024 (26); Kasyanava (BLR), Tóth (HUN) and Struchtkova (RUS) 976 (24); Grolichová (CZE), Spence (GBR) and Samusevich (BLR) 952 (23); Crognale (ITA), Gretchichnikova (RUS), Gyenesei (HUN) and Mancini (ITA) 904 (21); Medany (EGY) and Livingston (GBR) 880 (20)
WCF - Cazé (FRA) and Grolichová (CZE) 1040 (17); Marques (BRA) 1000 (16); Rimsaite (LTU), Gyenesei (HUN) and Rublevska (LAT) 960 (15); Livingston 920 (14), Spence (GBR) 908? (14?), Černá (CZE) 880 (13)
SWC - Livingston (GBR) 1096 (29), Cseh (HUN) 1024 (26), Chen (CHN) 1000 (25), Struchtkova (RUS) 952 (23), Gretchichnikova (RUS), Medany (EGY), Vörös (HUN) and Rublevska (LAT) 928 (22); Rimsaite (LIT) and spence (GBR) 904 (21); Schöneborn (GER) 880 (20)
Top 12 Fencing
1 - Livingston (GBR) 1096 (29) SWC London and Cazé (FRA) 1096 (29) WC2 Cairo
3 - Cazé (FRA) 1072 (28) WC3 Székesfehérvár
4 - Cazé (FRA) and Grolichová (CZE) 1040 (17) WCF Rio de Janeiro
6 - Cseh (HUN) 1024 (26) SWC London, Cazé (FRA) and Czwojdzińska (POL) 1024 (26) WC1 Ciudad de Mexico; Rublevska (LAT) 1024 (26) WC4 Roma
10 - Chen (CHN) 1000 (25) SWC London; Marques (BRA) 1000 (16) WCF Rio de Janeiro; Medany (EGY) 1000 (25) WC2 Cairo
Cazé had a very good year in fencing, and her success is based on good performances in swimming and fencing. She has 4 of 9 best scores this year. Then we have mostly pentathletes from Eastern Europe, Great Britain, Medany and Marques. Another highlight is Chen, whose good run in fencing helped her taking the World Championship title, where the crowd favourite Livingston had probably the most impressive record of the year.
Competitions (only finals):
World Cup 1 - Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico - March 2009 - WC1
World Cup 2 - Cairo, Egypt - April 2009 - WC2
World Cup 3 - Székesfehérvár, Hungary - May 2009 - WC3 (note: different venue from the men's competition, which happened a week before in Budapest)
World Cup 4 - Roma, Italy - May 2009 - WC4
World Cup Final - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - WCF
Senior World Championships - London, Great Britain - August 2009 - SWC
880 or better scores:
WC1 - Struchtkova (RUS) 1048 (27), Cazé (FRA) and Czwojdzińska (POL) 1024 (26), Medany (EGY), Samusevich (BLR) 1000 (25); Rublevska (LAT) 976 (24); Boenisz (POL) 928 (22); Spence (GBR) 904 (21); Asadauskaitė (LTU), Kasyanava (BLR) and Livingston (GBR) 880 (20)
WC2 - Cazé (FRA) 1096 (29), Medany (EGY) 1000 (25), Rublevska (LAT) 976 (24); Czwojdzińska (POL) 952 (23), Gretchichnikova (RUS) 928 (22); Asadauskaitė (LTU), Boenisz (POL), Grolichová (CZE) and Schöneborn (GER) 904 (21); Černá (CZE), Dong (CHN), Pinette (CAN) and Struchtkova (RUS) 880 (20)
WC3 - Cazé (FRA) 1072 (28); Gretchichnikova (RUS) and Czwojdzińska (POL) 952 (23); Asadauskaitė (LTU), Schöneborn (GER), Cseh (HUN) and Maloszyc (POL) 904 (21); Boenisz (POL), Helyer (GBR), Kovács (HUN), Pinette (CAN), Spence (GBR) and Vörös (HUN) 880 (20)
WC4 - Rublevska (LAT) 1024 (26); Kasyanava (BLR), Tóth (HUN) and Struchtkova (RUS) 976 (24); Grolichová (CZE), Spence (GBR) and Samusevich (BLR) 952 (23); Crognale (ITA), Gretchichnikova (RUS), Gyenesei (HUN) and Mancini (ITA) 904 (21); Medany (EGY) and Livingston (GBR) 880 (20)
WCF - Cazé (FRA) and Grolichová (CZE) 1040 (17); Marques (BRA) 1000 (16); Rimsaite (LTU), Gyenesei (HUN) and Rublevska (LAT) 960 (15); Livingston 920 (14), Spence (GBR) 908? (14?), Černá (CZE) 880 (13)
SWC - Livingston (GBR) 1096 (29), Cseh (HUN) 1024 (26), Chen (CHN) 1000 (25), Struchtkova (RUS) 952 (23), Gretchichnikova (RUS), Medany (EGY), Vörös (HUN) and Rublevska (LAT) 928 (22); Rimsaite (LIT) and spence (GBR) 904 (21); Schöneborn (GER) 880 (20)
Top 12 Fencing
1 - Livingston (GBR) 1096 (29) SWC London and Cazé (FRA) 1096 (29) WC2 Cairo
3 - Cazé (FRA) 1072 (28) WC3 Székesfehérvár
4 - Cazé (FRA) and Grolichová (CZE) 1040 (17) WCF Rio de Janeiro
6 - Cseh (HUN) 1024 (26) SWC London, Cazé (FRA) and Czwojdzińska (POL) 1024 (26) WC1 Ciudad de Mexico; Rublevska (LAT) 1024 (26) WC4 Roma
10 - Chen (CHN) 1000 (25) SWC London; Marques (BRA) 1000 (16) WCF Rio de Janeiro; Medany (EGY) 1000 (25) WC2 Cairo
Cazé had a very good year in fencing, and her success is based on good performances in swimming and fencing. She has 4 of 9 best scores this year. Then we have mostly pentathletes from Eastern Europe, Great Britain, Medany and Marques. Another highlight is Chen, whose good run in fencing helped her taking the World Championship title, where the crowd favourite Livingston had probably the most impressive record of the year.
2009 Season's Best - Women - Swimming
Let's see how the girls who swam faster this season, last year of the full swimsuit. I'd like to know what will be of Medany, who swims with the "burkini" due to her religion belief (she's Muslim), hopefully they will find a solution for this question.
Competitions (finals only):
World Cup 1 - Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico - March 2009 - WC1
World Cup 2 - Cairo, Egypt - April 2009 - WC2
World Cup 3 - Székesfehérvár, Hungary - May 2009 - WC3 (note: different venue from the men's competition, which happened a week before in Budapest)
World Cup 4 - Roma, Italy - May 2009 - WC4
World Cup Final - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - WCF
Senior World Championships - London, Great Britain - August 2009 - SWC
Best times:
WC1 - Cazé (FRA) 1192 (2:14.19), Struchtkova (RUS) 1172 (2:15.97), Kovács (HUN) 1168 (2:16.20)
WC2 - Gyenesei (HUN) 1256 (2:08.92), Struchtkova (RUS) 1208 (2:12.73), Cazé (FRA) 1208 (2:12.80)
WC3 - Gyenesei (HUN) 1248 (2:09.42), Kovács (HUN) 1212 (2:12.60), Cazé (FRA) 1208 (2:12.75)
WC4 - Gyenesei (HUN) 1244 (2:09.71), Struchtkova (RUS) 1192 (2:14.21), Fell (GBR) 1168 (2:16.30)
WCF - Cazé (FRA) 1192 (2:14.00), Gyenesei (HUN) 1188 (2:14.39), Marques (BRA) 1176 (2:15.62)
SWC - Struchtkova (RUS) 1244 (2:09.76), Gyenesei (HUN) 1236 (2:10.64), Kovács (HUN) 1216 (2:12.02)
Others pentathletes that swam under 2:18 (or pretty close, in two cases under 2:18.10):
WC1 - Medany (EGY) 1156 (2:17.03)
WC2 - Granfield (GBR) 1196 (2:13.89), Medany (EGY) 2:16.00, Helyer (GBR) 1152 (2:17.75), Czwojdzińska (POL) 1148 (2:17.66), Trautmann (GER) 1148 (2:17.75)
WC3 - Vörös (HUN) 1160 (2:16.77), Livingston (GBR) 1160 (2:16.80), Isaksen (USA) 1156 (2:17.13), Dianová (CZE) 1156 (2:17.17), Czwojdzińska (POL) 1144 (2:18.01)
WC4 - Medany (EGY) 1164 (2:16.38), Livingston (GBR) 1164 (2:16.58), Walesa (POL) 1160 (2:16.79), Isaksen (USA) 1156 (2:17.17), Dianová (CZE) 1148 (2:17.77)
WCF - Medany (EGY) 1168 (2:16.27), Fell (GBR) 1164 (2:16.39), Dianová (CZE) 1152 (2:17.40)
SWC: Cazé (FRA) 1208 (2:12.67), Livingston (GBR) 1188 (2:14.64), Dianová (CZE) 1184 (2:14.80), Trautmann (GER) 1180 (2:15.27), Fell (GBR) 1172 (2:15.93), Vörös (HUN) 1156 (2:17.23), Marques (BRA) 1152 (2:17.40), Czwojdzińska (POL) 1148 (2:17.91), Medany (EGY) 1144 (2:18.05)
Top 11 - Women - Swimming - 2009
1 - Gyenesei (HUN) 1256 (2:08.92) WC2 Cairo
2 - Gyenesei (HUN) 1248 (2:09.42) WC3 Székesfehérvár
3 - Gyenesei (HUN) 1244 (2:09.71) WC4 Roma and Struchtkova (RUS) 1244 (2:09.76) SWC London
5 - Gyenesei (HUN) 1236 (2:10.64) SWC London
6 - Kovács (HUN) 1216 (2:12.02) SWC London
7 - Kovács (HUN) 1212 (2:12.60) WC3 Székesfehérvár
8 - Cazé (FRA) 1208 (2:12.67) SWC London, Cazé (FRA) 1208 (2:12.75) WC3 Székesfehérvár, Cazé (FRA) 1208 (2:12.80) WC2 Cairo, Struchtkova (RUS) 1208 (2:12.73) WC2 Cairo
Gyenesei was the fastest swimmer this season, with 4 scores in top5. Kovács also honour the Hungarian tradition in swimming and with Cazé and Struchkova make the top4 swimmers that dominated 4 of 6 in best three times (in the other 2 competitions, only the third place was a different athlete). Then we have Medany and behind her Fell, Marques, Livingston, Dianová, Trautmann, Czwojdzińska, Vörös and Isaksen being consistent and gaining important points in swimming.
Competitions (finals only):
World Cup 1 - Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico - March 2009 - WC1
World Cup 2 - Cairo, Egypt - April 2009 - WC2
World Cup 3 - Székesfehérvár, Hungary - May 2009 - WC3 (note: different venue from the men's competition, which happened a week before in Budapest)
World Cup 4 - Roma, Italy - May 2009 - WC4
World Cup Final - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - WCF
Senior World Championships - London, Great Britain - August 2009 - SWC
Best times:
WC1 - Cazé (FRA) 1192 (2:14.19), Struchtkova (RUS) 1172 (2:15.97), Kovács (HUN) 1168 (2:16.20)
WC2 - Gyenesei (HUN) 1256 (2:08.92), Struchtkova (RUS) 1208 (2:12.73), Cazé (FRA) 1208 (2:12.80)
WC3 - Gyenesei (HUN) 1248 (2:09.42), Kovács (HUN) 1212 (2:12.60), Cazé (FRA) 1208 (2:12.75)
WC4 - Gyenesei (HUN) 1244 (2:09.71), Struchtkova (RUS) 1192 (2:14.21), Fell (GBR) 1168 (2:16.30)
WCF - Cazé (FRA) 1192 (2:14.00), Gyenesei (HUN) 1188 (2:14.39), Marques (BRA) 1176 (2:15.62)
SWC - Struchtkova (RUS) 1244 (2:09.76), Gyenesei (HUN) 1236 (2:10.64), Kovács (HUN) 1216 (2:12.02)
Others pentathletes that swam under 2:18 (or pretty close, in two cases under 2:18.10):
WC1 - Medany (EGY) 1156 (2:17.03)
WC2 - Granfield (GBR) 1196 (2:13.89), Medany (EGY) 2:16.00, Helyer (GBR) 1152 (2:17.75), Czwojdzińska (POL) 1148 (2:17.66), Trautmann (GER) 1148 (2:17.75)
WC3 - Vörös (HUN) 1160 (2:16.77), Livingston (GBR) 1160 (2:16.80), Isaksen (USA) 1156 (2:17.13), Dianová (CZE) 1156 (2:17.17), Czwojdzińska (POL) 1144 (2:18.01)
WC4 - Medany (EGY) 1164 (2:16.38), Livingston (GBR) 1164 (2:16.58), Walesa (POL) 1160 (2:16.79), Isaksen (USA) 1156 (2:17.17), Dianová (CZE) 1148 (2:17.77)
WCF - Medany (EGY) 1168 (2:16.27), Fell (GBR) 1164 (2:16.39), Dianová (CZE) 1152 (2:17.40)
SWC: Cazé (FRA) 1208 (2:12.67), Livingston (GBR) 1188 (2:14.64), Dianová (CZE) 1184 (2:14.80), Trautmann (GER) 1180 (2:15.27), Fell (GBR) 1172 (2:15.93), Vörös (HUN) 1156 (2:17.23), Marques (BRA) 1152 (2:17.40), Czwojdzińska (POL) 1148 (2:17.91), Medany (EGY) 1144 (2:18.05)
Top 11 - Women - Swimming - 2009
1 - Gyenesei (HUN) 1256 (2:08.92) WC2 Cairo
2 - Gyenesei (HUN) 1248 (2:09.42) WC3 Székesfehérvár
3 - Gyenesei (HUN) 1244 (2:09.71) WC4 Roma and Struchtkova (RUS) 1244 (2:09.76) SWC London
5 - Gyenesei (HUN) 1236 (2:10.64) SWC London
6 - Kovács (HUN) 1216 (2:12.02) SWC London
7 - Kovács (HUN) 1212 (2:12.60) WC3 Székesfehérvár
8 - Cazé (FRA) 1208 (2:12.67) SWC London, Cazé (FRA) 1208 (2:12.75) WC3 Székesfehérvár, Cazé (FRA) 1208 (2:12.80) WC2 Cairo, Struchtkova (RUS) 1208 (2:12.73) WC2 Cairo
Gyenesei was the fastest swimmer this season, with 4 scores in top5. Kovács also honour the Hungarian tradition in swimming and with Cazé and Struchkova make the top4 swimmers that dominated 4 of 6 in best three times (in the other 2 competitions, only the third place was a different athlete). Then we have Medany and behind her Fell, Marques, Livingston, Dianová, Trautmann, Czwojdzińska, Vörös and Isaksen being consistent and gaining important points in swimming.
2009 Season's Best - Women - Combined Event
First season of the combined event (running and shooting), we have a clear leader here and a smaller field of the top pentathletes in this event.
Competitions (finals only):
World Cup 1 - Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico - March 2009 - WC1
World Cup 2 - Cairo, Egypt - April 2009 - WC2
World Cup 3 - Székesfehérvár, Hungary - May 2009 - WC3 (note: different venue from the men's competition, which happened a week before in Budapest)
World Cup 4 - Roma, Italy - May 2009 - WC4
World Cup Final - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - WCF
Senior World Championships - London, Great Britain - August 2009 - SWC
Top scores:
WC1 - Asadauskaitė (LTU) 2264 (12:54.13), Medany (EGY) 2208 (13:08.45), Boenisz (POL) 2204 (13:09.44)
WC2 - Asadauskaitė (LTU) 2652 (11:17), Medany (EGY) 2556 (11:41), Rimsaite (LTU) 2520 (11:50)
WC3 - Asadauskaitė (LTU) 2512 (11:52.08), Boenisz (POL) 2348 (12:33.64), Gretchichnikova (RUS) 2328 (12:38.33)
WC4 - Medany (EGY) 2432 (12:12.04), Gretchichnikova (RUS) 2400 (12:20.07), Samusevich (BLR) 2360 (12:30.20)
WCF - Rimsaite (LTU) 2344 (12:34), Asadauskaitė (LTU) 2328 (12:38), Fell (GBR) 2284 (12:49)
SWC - Asadauskaitė (LTU) 2584 (11:34.76), Chen (CHN) 2564 (11:39.67), Gretchichnikova (RUS) 2524 (11:49.53)
Others scores under 12 minutes:
WC2 - Samusevich (BLR) 2516 (11:51), Gretchchinikova (RUS) 2484 (11:59.00)
SWC - Trautmann (GER) 2500 (11:55.32), Fell (GBR) 2496 (11:56.76), Schöneborn (GER) 2492 (11:57.18), Rimsaite (LTU) 2488 (11:58.97)
Top 10 - Women - Combined Event - 2009
1 - Asadauskaitė (LTU) 2652 (11:17) WC2 Cairo
2 - Asadauskaitė (LTU) 2584 (11:34.76) SWC London
3 - Chen (CHN) 2564 (11:39.67) SWC London
4 - Medany (EGY) 2556 (11:41) WC2 Cairo
5 - Gretchichnikova (RUS) 2524 (11:49.53) SWC London
6 - Rimsaite (LTU) 2520 (11:50) WC2 Cairo
7 - Samusevich (BLR) 2516 (11:51) WC2 Cairo
8 - Asadauskaitė (LTU) 2512 (11:52.08) WC3 Székesfehérvár
9 - Trautmann (GER) 2500 (11:55.32) SWC London
10 - Fell (GBR) 2496 (11:56.76) SWC London
It seems Asadauskaitė adapted very well to the new format and took advantage of it to make an amazing season. Her name is the only one that is listed more than once in the top 10 list, with 3 records, including the top 2. From the 6 events, she had the best performance in the combined event in 4 of them, and once she was the second best of the field, that's really impressive. Medany, Gretchichnikova, Rimsaite, Boenisz, Fell and Samusevich also had a good season when it comes to the combined event. Chen's combined event in London was really impressive and third overall, enough to manage to win the title over Asaudaskaitė who had actually the best combined event run.
Competitions (finals only):
World Cup 1 - Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico - March 2009 - WC1
World Cup 2 - Cairo, Egypt - April 2009 - WC2
World Cup 3 - Székesfehérvár, Hungary - May 2009 - WC3 (note: different venue from the men's competition, which happened a week before in Budapest)
World Cup 4 - Roma, Italy - May 2009 - WC4
World Cup Final - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - WCF
Senior World Championships - London, Great Britain - August 2009 - SWC
Top scores:
WC1 - Asadauskaitė (LTU) 2264 (12:54.13), Medany (EGY) 2208 (13:08.45), Boenisz (POL) 2204 (13:09.44)
WC2 - Asadauskaitė (LTU) 2652 (11:17), Medany (EGY) 2556 (11:41), Rimsaite (LTU) 2520 (11:50)
WC3 - Asadauskaitė (LTU) 2512 (11:52.08), Boenisz (POL) 2348 (12:33.64), Gretchichnikova (RUS) 2328 (12:38.33)
WC4 - Medany (EGY) 2432 (12:12.04), Gretchichnikova (RUS) 2400 (12:20.07), Samusevich (BLR) 2360 (12:30.20)
WCF - Rimsaite (LTU) 2344 (12:34), Asadauskaitė (LTU) 2328 (12:38), Fell (GBR) 2284 (12:49)
SWC - Asadauskaitė (LTU) 2584 (11:34.76), Chen (CHN) 2564 (11:39.67), Gretchichnikova (RUS) 2524 (11:49.53)
Others scores under 12 minutes:
WC2 - Samusevich (BLR) 2516 (11:51), Gretchchinikova (RUS) 2484 (11:59.00)
SWC - Trautmann (GER) 2500 (11:55.32), Fell (GBR) 2496 (11:56.76), Schöneborn (GER) 2492 (11:57.18), Rimsaite (LTU) 2488 (11:58.97)
Top 10 - Women - Combined Event - 2009
1 - Asadauskaitė (LTU) 2652 (11:17) WC2 Cairo
2 - Asadauskaitė (LTU) 2584 (11:34.76) SWC London
3 - Chen (CHN) 2564 (11:39.67) SWC London
4 - Medany (EGY) 2556 (11:41) WC2 Cairo
5 - Gretchichnikova (RUS) 2524 (11:49.53) SWC London
6 - Rimsaite (LTU) 2520 (11:50) WC2 Cairo
7 - Samusevich (BLR) 2516 (11:51) WC2 Cairo
8 - Asadauskaitė (LTU) 2512 (11:52.08) WC3 Székesfehérvár
9 - Trautmann (GER) 2500 (11:55.32) SWC London
10 - Fell (GBR) 2496 (11:56.76) SWC London
It seems Asadauskaitė adapted very well to the new format and took advantage of it to make an amazing season. Her name is the only one that is listed more than once in the top 10 list, with 3 records, including the top 2. From the 6 events, she had the best performance in the combined event in 4 of them, and once she was the second best of the field, that's really impressive. Medany, Gretchichnikova, Rimsaite, Boenisz, Fell and Samusevich also had a good season when it comes to the combined event. Chen's combined event in London was really impressive and third overall, enough to manage to win the title over Asaudaskaitė who had actually the best combined event run.
2009 Season's Best - Women -Total Points
Well, now let's have a look at the women's season. I apologize in advance if there are mistakes, if I missed something or if there is any typo.
Competitions:
World Cup 1 - Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico - March 2009 - WC1
World Cup 2 - Cairo, Egypt - April 2009 - WC2
World Cup 3 - Székesfehérvár, Hungary - May 2009 - WC3 (note: different venue from the men's competition, which happened a week before in Budapest)
World Cup 4 - Roma, Italy - May 2009 - WC4
World Cup Final - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - WCF
Senior World Championships - London, Great Britain - August 2009 - SWC
Podiums:
WC1 - Medany (EGY) 5544, Asaudaskaitė (LTU) 5436, Cazé (FRA) 5408
WC2 - Asadauskaitė (LTU) 5840, Medany (EGY) 5816, Cazé (FRA) 5768
WC3 - Asadauskaitė (LTU) 5636, Cazé (FRA) 5572, Gretchichnikova (RUS) 5544
WC4 - Medany (EGY) 5656, Gyenesei (HUN) 5596, Gretchichnikova (RUS) 5544
WCF - Rimsaite (LTU) 5548, Marques (BRA) 5508, Gyenesei (HUN) 5492
SWC - Chen (CHN) 5840, Asadauskaitė (LTU) 5736, Schöneborn (GER) 5664
Others scores over 5600 points were:
WC2 - Gretchichnikova (RUS) 5668, Boenisz (POL) 5632
SWC - Gretchichnikova (RUS) 5652, Czwojdzińska (POL) 5648, Trautmann (GER) 5632, Medany (EGY) 5624, Rimsaite (LTU) 5604
Top 10 - Women - Total Points - 2009
1 - Chen (CHN) 5840 SWC London and Asadauskaitė (LTU) 5840 WC2 Cairo
3 - Medany (EGY) 5816 WC2 Cairo
4 - Cazé (FRA) 5768 WC2 Cairo
5 - Asadauskaitė (LTU) 5736 SWC London
6 - Gretchichnikova (RUS) 5668 WC2 Cairo
7 - Schöneborn (GER) 5664 SWC London
8- Medany (EGY) 5656 WC4 Roma
9- Gretchichnikova (RUS) 5652 SWC London
10 - Czwojdzińska (POL) 5648 SWC London
London and Cairo were the toughest competitions. Russian Gretchichnikova came 4th in both competitions with over 5600 points. Chen and Asadauskaitė had the best score of 5840 points, and the pentathlete of Lithuania appears twice in the top 10, Medany from Egypt also is twice in the list. The season was dominated by Asadauskaitė, Medany and Cazé. The most important title went to Chinese Chen, though, a great performance in the strongest field.
Competitions:
World Cup 1 - Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico - March 2009 - WC1
World Cup 2 - Cairo, Egypt - April 2009 - WC2
World Cup 3 - Székesfehérvár, Hungary - May 2009 - WC3 (note: different venue from the men's competition, which happened a week before in Budapest)
World Cup 4 - Roma, Italy - May 2009 - WC4
World Cup Final - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - WCF
Senior World Championships - London, Great Britain - August 2009 - SWC
Podiums:
WC1 - Medany (EGY) 5544, Asaudaskaitė (LTU) 5436, Cazé (FRA) 5408
WC2 - Asadauskaitė (LTU) 5840, Medany (EGY) 5816, Cazé (FRA) 5768
WC3 - Asadauskaitė (LTU) 5636, Cazé (FRA) 5572, Gretchichnikova (RUS) 5544
WC4 - Medany (EGY) 5656, Gyenesei (HUN) 5596, Gretchichnikova (RUS) 5544
WCF - Rimsaite (LTU) 5548, Marques (BRA) 5508, Gyenesei (HUN) 5492
SWC - Chen (CHN) 5840, Asadauskaitė (LTU) 5736, Schöneborn (GER) 5664
Others scores over 5600 points were:
WC2 - Gretchichnikova (RUS) 5668, Boenisz (POL) 5632
SWC - Gretchichnikova (RUS) 5652, Czwojdzińska (POL) 5648, Trautmann (GER) 5632, Medany (EGY) 5624, Rimsaite (LTU) 5604
Top 10 - Women - Total Points - 2009
1 - Chen (CHN) 5840 SWC London and Asadauskaitė (LTU) 5840 WC2 Cairo
3 - Medany (EGY) 5816 WC2 Cairo
4 - Cazé (FRA) 5768 WC2 Cairo
5 - Asadauskaitė (LTU) 5736 SWC London
6 - Gretchichnikova (RUS) 5668 WC2 Cairo
7 - Schöneborn (GER) 5664 SWC London
8- Medany (EGY) 5656 WC4 Roma
9- Gretchichnikova (RUS) 5652 SWC London
10 - Czwojdzińska (POL) 5648 SWC London
London and Cairo were the toughest competitions. Russian Gretchichnikova came 4th in both competitions with over 5600 points. Chen and Asadauskaitė had the best score of 5840 points, and the pentathlete of Lithuania appears twice in the top 10, Medany from Egypt also is twice in the list. The season was dominated by Asadauskaitė, Medany and Cazé. The most important title went to Chinese Chen, though, a great performance in the strongest field.
Sunday, 1 November 2009
2009 Season's Best - Men - Fencing and Riding
These are the best scores of the year for fencing and equestrian, in the following competitions:
World Cup 1 - Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico - March 2009 - WC1
World Cup 2 - Cairo, Egypt - April 2009 - WC2
World Cup 3 - Budapest, Hungary - May 2009 - WC3
World Cup 4 - Roma, Italy - May 2009 - WC4
World Cup Final - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - WCF
Senior World Championships - London, Great Britain - August 2009 - SWC
Fencing - Top scores (only finals)
WC1 - Horbacz (POL) 1024 (26), Daniel (AUT) 1000 (25), Woodbridge (GBR) 952 (23)
WC2 - Omar El Geziry (EGY) 1024 (26), Kinderis (LTU) and Sekretev (RUS) 952 (23), Svoboda (CZE) and Cherkovskis (LAT) 904 (21)
WC3 - Choon-Huan Lee (KOR) 952 (23), Omar El Geziry (EGY), Cherkovskis (LAT), Nofal (EGY) and Tibolya (HUN) 928 (22)
WC4 - De Lucca (ITA) 1024 (26), Marosi (HUN) 928 (22), Michalík (CZE) and Prokopenko (BLR) 904 (21)
WCF - Omar El Geziry (EGY) 1056 (24), Tymoschenko (UKR) 1028 (23), Marosi (HUN) 1000 (22)
SWC - Sika (LAT) 1024 (26), Frolov (RUS) 1000 (25), Dmytro Kirpulyanskyy (UKR) and Woodbridge (GBR) 952 (23)
It's interesting how in fencing the top athletes are usually contenders to the podium - like we saw in last Olympics - and is the competition that usually gives less points. The highlights are Sika and Omar El Geziry (London and Rio de Janeiro), in the strongest fields (ironically, none of them ended in top 3 in those competitions). The Egyptian was the best fencer in the year, but his strong starts were not enough to reach a podium. Marosi was pretty solid being twice in the list above, same with Cherkovskis, and Horbacz, Tymoschenko and Dmytro Kirpulyanskyy had their best results helped by a great fencing competition.
Riding - Top scores
WC1 - Majewski (POL), Daniel (AUT), Brady (USA) 1200; Horbacz (POL) 1192
WC2 - Cherkovskis (LAT), Kinderis (LTU) 1200; Krungolcas (LTU), Németh (HUN) 1192
WC3 - Zemaitis (LTU) 1180, Marosi (HUN) 1160, Cherkovskis (LAT) 1152
WC4 - Woodbridge (GBR), Dong-Soo Park (KOR), Tomii (JPN), Marosi (HUN) 1200; Lapo (BLR), Weale (GBR), Quarto (ITA) 1180
WCF - Omar El Geziry (EGY), Polívka (CZE), Daniel (AUT), Cherkovskis (LAT) 1200; Nofal (EGY), Woodbridge (GBR), Tomii (JPN), Kinderis (LTU), Romão (BRA), Amro El Geziry (EGY), Staskiewicz (POL), Lapo (BLR), Marosi (HUN) 1180
SWC - Krungolcas (LTU) 1200; Németh (HUN), Brady (USA) 1196
In equestrian I should have get the bottom scores to have an idea of how tough was each field. It seems Budapest was a tough competition, while Rio de Janeiro (where I worked) was a smooth field. The pentathletes from the Baltic countries had a good year in riding, losing few points in the competitions. Marosi had great shows in his way to several medals,
World Cup 1 - Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico - March 2009 - WC1
World Cup 2 - Cairo, Egypt - April 2009 - WC2
World Cup 3 - Budapest, Hungary - May 2009 - WC3
World Cup 4 - Roma, Italy - May 2009 - WC4
World Cup Final - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - WCF
Senior World Championships - London, Great Britain - August 2009 - SWC
Fencing - Top scores (only finals)
WC1 - Horbacz (POL) 1024 (26), Daniel (AUT) 1000 (25), Woodbridge (GBR) 952 (23)
WC2 - Omar El Geziry (EGY) 1024 (26), Kinderis (LTU) and Sekretev (RUS) 952 (23), Svoboda (CZE) and Cherkovskis (LAT) 904 (21)
WC3 - Choon-Huan Lee (KOR) 952 (23), Omar El Geziry (EGY), Cherkovskis (LAT), Nofal (EGY) and Tibolya (HUN) 928 (22)
WC4 - De Lucca (ITA) 1024 (26), Marosi (HUN) 928 (22), Michalík (CZE) and Prokopenko (BLR) 904 (21)
WCF - Omar El Geziry (EGY) 1056 (24), Tymoschenko (UKR) 1028 (23), Marosi (HUN) 1000 (22)
SWC - Sika (LAT) 1024 (26), Frolov (RUS) 1000 (25), Dmytro Kirpulyanskyy (UKR) and Woodbridge (GBR) 952 (23)
It's interesting how in fencing the top athletes are usually contenders to the podium - like we saw in last Olympics - and is the competition that usually gives less points. The highlights are Sika and Omar El Geziry (London and Rio de Janeiro), in the strongest fields (ironically, none of them ended in top 3 in those competitions). The Egyptian was the best fencer in the year, but his strong starts were not enough to reach a podium. Marosi was pretty solid being twice in the list above, same with Cherkovskis, and Horbacz, Tymoschenko and Dmytro Kirpulyanskyy had their best results helped by a great fencing competition.
Riding - Top scores
WC1 - Majewski (POL), Daniel (AUT), Brady (USA) 1200; Horbacz (POL) 1192
WC2 - Cherkovskis (LAT), Kinderis (LTU) 1200; Krungolcas (LTU), Németh (HUN) 1192
WC3 - Zemaitis (LTU) 1180, Marosi (HUN) 1160, Cherkovskis (LAT) 1152
WC4 - Woodbridge (GBR), Dong-Soo Park (KOR), Tomii (JPN), Marosi (HUN) 1200; Lapo (BLR), Weale (GBR), Quarto (ITA) 1180
WCF - Omar El Geziry (EGY), Polívka (CZE), Daniel (AUT), Cherkovskis (LAT) 1200; Nofal (EGY), Woodbridge (GBR), Tomii (JPN), Kinderis (LTU), Romão (BRA), Amro El Geziry (EGY), Staskiewicz (POL), Lapo (BLR), Marosi (HUN) 1180
SWC - Krungolcas (LTU) 1200; Németh (HUN), Brady (USA) 1196
In equestrian I should have get the bottom scores to have an idea of how tough was each field. It seems Budapest was a tough competition, while Rio de Janeiro (where I worked) was a smooth field. The pentathletes from the Baltic countries had a good year in riding, losing few points in the competitions. Marosi had great shows in his way to several medals,
2009 Season's Best - Men - Swimming
2009 was the last year of the full length body suits - following the decision of FINA, these high-tech swimsuits won't be allowed in the next season. We may expect slower times in the next seasons, but I guess the leaders in this event will remain the same (except for up and coming pentathletes).
3 pentathletes dominated the swimming in 2009 season: Amro El Geziry (EGY), Nicolas Woodbridge (GBR) and the NB world ranking leader Ádám Marosi (HUN). Let's have a look at the best times of the year.
Competitions:
World Cup 1 - Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico - March 2009 - WC1
World Cup 2 - Cairo, Egypt - April 2009 - WC2
World Cup 3 - Budapest, Hungary - May 2009 - WC3
World Cup 4 - Roma, Italy - May 2009 - WC4
World Cup Final - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - WCF
Senior World Championships - London, Great Britain - August 2009 - SWC
Top 3 by event - Swimming (only finals)
WC1 - Amro El Geziry (EGY) 1372 (1:59.00), Woodbridge (GBR) 1328 (2:02.84), Marosi (HUN) 1308 (2:04.46)
WC2 - Amro El Geziry (EGY) 1404 (1:56.51), Sung Hyun Lee (KOR) 1336 (2:02.27), Omar El Geziry (EGY) 1328 (2:02.81)
WC3 - Petroni (ITA) 1392 (1:57.40), Marosi (HUN) 1392 (1:57.64), Zadneprovskis (LTU) 1376 (1:58.87)
WC4 - Amro El Geziry (EGY) 1384 (1:58.29), Woodbridge (GBR) 1372 (1:59.18), Marosi (HUN) 1344 (2:01.63)
WCF - Woodbridge (GBR) 1372 (1:59.26), Amro El Geziry (EGY) 1368 (1:59.57), Tomii (JPN) 1340 (2:01.80)
SWC - Woodbridge (GBR) 1404 (1:56.40), Motsios (GRE) 1368 (1:59.61), Horbacz (POL) 1352 (2:00.95)
Others with less than 2 minutes are:
WC3 - Omar El Geziry (EGY) 1372 (1:59.13), Németh 1368 (1:59.60), Tomii (JPN) 1364 (1:59.69), Weale (GBR) 1364 (1:59.91), Walther (GER) 1364 (1:59.97)
Top 10 - Swimming - 2009
1 - Woodbridge (GBR) 1:56.40 SWC London and Amro El Geziry (EGY) 1:56.51 WC2 Cairo - 1404
3 - Petroni (ITA) 1:57.40 and Marosi (HUN) 1:57.64 - WC3 Budapest - 1392
5 - Amro El Geziry (EGY) 1:58.29 - WC4 Roma - 1384
6 - Zadneprovskis (LTU) 1:58.87 - Wc3 Budapest - 1376
7 - Amro El Geziry (EGY) 1:59.00 WC1 Mexico, Omar El Geziry (EGY) 1:59.13 WC3 Budapest, Woodbridge (GBR) 1:59.18 WC4 Roma, Woodbridge (GBR) 1:59.26 WCF Rio de Janeiro - 1372
The World Cup in Hungary had the most competitive field, with 8 pentathletes finishing under 2 minutes; the higher scores were in London and Cairo, though. Woodbridge and Amro El Geziry have 6 of the top 10 best times. Marosi kept his high level regularity in swimming as well and Omar El Geziry comes close to his brother.
3 pentathletes dominated the swimming in 2009 season: Amro El Geziry (EGY), Nicolas Woodbridge (GBR) and the NB world ranking leader Ádám Marosi (HUN). Let's have a look at the best times of the year.
Competitions:
World Cup 1 - Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico - March 2009 - WC1
World Cup 2 - Cairo, Egypt - April 2009 - WC2
World Cup 3 - Budapest, Hungary - May 2009 - WC3
World Cup 4 - Roma, Italy - May 2009 - WC4
World Cup Final - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - WCF
Senior World Championships - London, Great Britain - August 2009 - SWC
Top 3 by event - Swimming (only finals)
WC1 - Amro El Geziry (EGY) 1372 (1:59.00), Woodbridge (GBR) 1328 (2:02.84), Marosi (HUN) 1308 (2:04.46)
WC2 - Amro El Geziry (EGY) 1404 (1:56.51), Sung Hyun Lee (KOR) 1336 (2:02.27), Omar El Geziry (EGY) 1328 (2:02.81)
WC3 - Petroni (ITA) 1392 (1:57.40), Marosi (HUN) 1392 (1:57.64), Zadneprovskis (LTU) 1376 (1:58.87)
WC4 - Amro El Geziry (EGY) 1384 (1:58.29), Woodbridge (GBR) 1372 (1:59.18), Marosi (HUN) 1344 (2:01.63)
WCF - Woodbridge (GBR) 1372 (1:59.26), Amro El Geziry (EGY) 1368 (1:59.57), Tomii (JPN) 1340 (2:01.80)
SWC - Woodbridge (GBR) 1404 (1:56.40), Motsios (GRE) 1368 (1:59.61), Horbacz (POL) 1352 (2:00.95)
Others with less than 2 minutes are:
WC3 - Omar El Geziry (EGY) 1372 (1:59.13), Németh 1368 (1:59.60), Tomii (JPN) 1364 (1:59.69), Weale (GBR) 1364 (1:59.91), Walther (GER) 1364 (1:59.97)
Top 10 - Swimming - 2009
1 - Woodbridge (GBR) 1:56.40 SWC London and Amro El Geziry (EGY) 1:56.51 WC2 Cairo - 1404
3 - Petroni (ITA) 1:57.40 and Marosi (HUN) 1:57.64 - WC3 Budapest - 1392
5 - Amro El Geziry (EGY) 1:58.29 - WC4 Roma - 1384
6 - Zadneprovskis (LTU) 1:58.87 - Wc3 Budapest - 1376
7 - Amro El Geziry (EGY) 1:59.00 WC1 Mexico, Omar El Geziry (EGY) 1:59.13 WC3 Budapest, Woodbridge (GBR) 1:59.18 WC4 Roma, Woodbridge (GBR) 1:59.26 WCF Rio de Janeiro - 1372
The World Cup in Hungary had the most competitive field, with 8 pentathletes finishing under 2 minutes; the higher scores were in London and Cairo, though. Woodbridge and Amro El Geziry have 6 of the top 10 best times. Marosi kept his high level regularity in swimming as well and Omar El Geziry comes close to his brother.
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