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
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