Saturday 19 December 2009

The Decade Review (2000-2009) - World Cups - Women (Provisional)

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 Asadauskait
ė (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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.