Wednesday 24 March 2010

World Cup #2 - Cairo, Egypt - Womens Semifinals

There were 51 competitors in women's semifinals on Thursday, 18 March, divided into two groups and looking for a place in the final on Saturday. A place in the top 18 of each group was enough to guarantee the qualification.

Semifinal A
1. Katarzyna Wojczik (POL) 3808
2. Anne Hackel (GBR) 3752
3. Sylvia Czwojdzinska (POL) 3684
4. Polina Struchtukova (RUS) 3552
5. Leila Gyenesei (HUN) 3536
6. Katy Burke (GBR) 3532
7. Sarolta Kovacs (HUN) 3502
8. Elfie Arnaud (FRA) 3472
9. Donata Rimsaite (LTU) 3472
10. Yuliya Kolegova (LTU) 3452
11. Narumi Kurosu (JPN) 3452
12. Jihan El Midany (EGY) 3432
13. Laura Salminen (FIN) 3428
14. Tabea Budde (GER) 3420
15. Mhairi Spence (GBR) 3404
16. Lada Jienbalanova (KAZ) 3400
17. Svetlana Lebedeva (RUS) 3392
18. Claudia Cesarini (ITA) 3340
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19. Alena Abrossimova (KAZ) 3248
20. Tania Barakova (BUL) 3156
21. Xeni Katsimantou (GRE) 3080
22. Fatma El Midany (EGY) 2944
23. Nourhan El Esaily (EGY) 2928
24. Nirine Nada (EGY) 2748
25. Hitomi Seki (JPN) 2608
26. Youssra Dessouky (EGY) 2600

The best performances by event of the group were:
Fencing
1. Czwojdzinska (1108 points, 21 wins)
2. Struchtukova and Wojczik (1072, 20 wins)
4. Jienbalanova (1000, 18 wins)
5. Gyenesei and Hackel (964, 17 wins)
7. Burke, Kurosu and Seki (892, 15 wins)
10. Kovacs, Rimsaite (856, 14 wins)

Seki was the only one of those athletes who didn't manage to qualify for the final. Kolegova was the one who scored less points (568, with only 6 wins and 24th overall in the group) and still secured a spot in the final with good performances in swimming and combined event.

Swimming
1. Kovacs (1184 points, 2:14.72)
2. Gyenesei (1184, 2:14.96)
3. Burke (1164, 2:16.52)
4. Struchtukova (1164, 2:16.60)
5. Fatma Elmedany (1156, 2:17.08)
6. Kolegova (1132, 2:19.31)
7. Lebedeva (1116, 2:20.58)
8. Hackel (1100, 2:21.89)
9. Arnaud (1096, 2:22.00)
10. Spence (1096, 2:22.04)

From the 10 best times, Elmedany was the only one who missed the final. The top 4 swimmers were also in the top 10 fencers and started the combined event in a good position.

Combined Event
1. Kolegova (1752 points, 13:32.10)
2. Budde (1700, 13:45.15)
3. Hackel (1688, 13:48.12)
4. Wojcik (1680, 13:50.50)
5. Jihan El Midany (1636, 14:01.10)
6. Salminen (1584, 14:14.43)
7. Rimsaite (1576, 14:16.71)
8. Arnaud (1556, 14: 21.52)
9. Barakova (1552, 14:22.12)
10. Cesarini (1508, 14:33.93)

In the combined event, some just manage to qualify, while others have different fates, some "choke" and fail to qualify while others try a comeback, sometimes succesfull or not. Barakova was the 9th in the event and still it was not enough to qualify, while Cesarini secured the last spot in the group with the tenth performance in combined event. Seki had the worst time in the group (18:12.92) and missed the final, Struchtukova (20th in CE) and Gyenesei (18th in CE) also didn't perform well but managed to finish in 4th and 5th places in the group. Kolegova and Budde could rely on her performances to secure a spot in the final.

Semifinal B
1. Viktoria Pataki (HUN) 3724
2. Aya Medany (EGY) 3652
3. Yane Marques (BRA) 3616
4. Evdokia Gretchichnikova (RUS) 3536
5. Claudia Knack (GER) 3528
6. Anais Eudes (FRA) 3460
7. Elodie Clouvel (FRA) 3448
8. Nadejda Zasimenka (BLR) 3360
9. Ekaterina Khuraskina (RUS) 3360
10. Ronja Doring (GER) 3352
11. Freyja Prentice (GBR) 3352
12. Katy Livingston (GBR) 3348
13. Iryna Khokhlova (UKR) 3344
14. Anfisa Kasyanava (BLR) 3332
15. Reem El Sayed (EGY) 3304
16. Magdalena Walesa (POL) 3276
17. Aleksandra Skarzynsk (POL) 3208
18. Nada Ashraf (EGY) 3218
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19. Alaa Elsaftey (EGY) 3084
20. Ganna Buriak (UKR) 3024
21. Larissa Lellys (BRA) 2940
22. Anna Shondina (KAZ) 2740
23. Sarah Mohamad (EGY) 2672
24. Elena Rublevska (LAT) 1996 (DNF - Did Not Finish)
25. Valentina Nagornaya (KAZ) 0 (DNS - Did Not Start)

The only surprise between those who failed to qualify was Rublevska, who was disqualified in the combined event for using other athlete's pistol.

The best performances by event in Group B were:

Fencing
1. Medany, Gretchichnikova (1000 points, 17 wins)
3. Rublevska (964 points, 16 wins)
4. Marques, Eudes, El Sayed (928 points, 15 wins)
7. Pataki, Knack, Khuraskina, Livingston (892 points, 14 wins)

Swimming
1. Clouvel (1244 points, 2:09.88)
2. Khokhlova (1156 points, 2:17.27)
3. Medany (1152 points, 2:17.47)
4. Marques (1140 points, 2:18.42)
5. Livingston (1140 points, 2:18.59)
6. Pataki (1140 points, 2:18.62)
7. Knack (1108 points, 2:21.07)
8. Doring (1096 points, 2:22.10)
9. Walesa (1092 points, 2:22.37)
10. Prentice (1092 points, 2:22.40)

Combined Event
1. Pataki (1692 points, 13:47.22)
2. Kasyanava (1636 points, 14:01.17)
3. Marques (1548 points, 14:23.54)
4. Knack (1528 points, 14:28.21)
5. Gretchichnikova (1508 points, 14:33.10)
6. Elsaftey (1504 points, 14:34.05)
7. Medany (1500 points, 14:35.83)
8. Zasimenka (1480 points, 14:40.92)
9. Prentice (1476 points, 14:41.36)
10. Khuraskina (1476 points, 14:41.64)

Wednesday 17 March 2010

World Cup Standings - Race to Moscow (WCF) - After World Cup#1

These are the current World Cup Standings, after WC#1 (Playa del carmen, Mexico) and before WC#2 (Cairo, Egypt).

WORLD CUP STANDINGS - MEN - Current (after WC#1)
1. Svoboda (CZE) 60
2. Karyakin (RUS) 55
3. Zadneprovskis (LTU) 51
4. Weale (GBR) 48
5. Marosi (HUN) 46
6. Sung-Hyun Lee (KOR) 44
7. Gheorghe (GUA) 42
8. Pavlo Kirpulyanskyy (UKR) 40
9. Dmytro Kirpulyanskyy (UKR) 39
10. Tibolya (HUN) 38
11. Riker-Fox (CAN) 37
12. Frolov (RUS) 36
13. Polivka (CZE) 35
14. Omar El-Geziry (EGY)34
15. Gebhardt (GER) 33
16. Daniel (AUT) 32
17. Mordasov (UKR) 31
18. Nofal (EGY) 30
19. Sacksen (USA) 29
20. Panin (UKR) 28
21. Woodbridge (GBR) 27
22. Cooke (GBR) 26
23. Amro El-Geziry (EGY) 25
24. Burtsev (RUS) 24
25. Kollner (GER) 23
26. Dietz (GER) 22
27. Hernandez (MEX) 21
28. Motsios (GRE) 20
29. Inzunza (MEX) 19
30. Soto (MEX) 18
31. Brady (USA) 17
32. Moiseev (RUS) 16
33. Sedeckly (CZE) 15
34. Carbajal (MEX) 14
35. Bowsher (USA) 13
36. Dvorak (CZE) 12
37. Vetter (GER) 11
38. Bremer (USA) 10
39. Galicia (MEX) 9
40. Hefny (EGY) 8
41. Sanchez (MEX) 7
42. Camacho (MEX) 6
43. Chacon (GUA) 5
44. Padilla (MEX) 4
45. Gonzalez (GUA) 3
46. Lanigan O'Keeffe (IRL) 2
47. Bailey (IRL) 1
47. Astorga (MEX) 1
47. Fernandez (MEX) 1
47. Ortega (MEX) 1
47. Pietruczuk (CAN) 1


WORLD CUP STANDINGS - WOMEN - Current (after WC#1)
1. Schoneborn (GER) 60
2. Isaksen (USA) 55
3. Gretchichnikova (RUS) 51
4. Medany (EGY) 48
5. Fell (GBR) 46
6. Toth (HUN) 44
7. Struchtukova (RUS) 42
8. Helyer (GBR) 40
9. Cseh (HUN) 39
10. Trautmann (GER) 38
11. Vakalis (CAN) 37
12. Knack (GER) 36
13. Grolichova (CZE) 35
14. El-Midany (EGY) 34
15. Kohlmann (GER) 33
16. Murray (GBR) 32
17. Lebedeva (RUS) 31
18. Martinez (MEX) 30
19. Coyle (IRL) 29
20. Dianova (CZE) 28
21. Camacho (MEX) 27
22. Vega (MEX) 26
23. McCann (CAN) 25
24. Tereshuk (UKR) 24
25. Trujillo (MEX) 23
26. Stevens (CAN) 22
27. Oliver (MEX) 21
28. Rublevska (LAT) 20
29. Herrarte (GUA) 19
30. Ponce (MEX) 18
31. Feshchenko (RUS) 17
32. Arceo (MEX) 16
33. Guerra (MEX) 15
34. Farfan (MEX) 14
35. Valencia de la Torre (MEX) 13
36. Garzo (GUA) 12
37. Vazquez (MEX) 11

That's just the beginning of the season, many pentathletes are already to compete in their first World Cup of the year, so we can expect many changes. Those who are current on the top obviosuly had a good start and have a good shot to be in Moscow.

Sunday 14 March 2010

Ranking Watch and Race to Moscow (WCF) - Introduction

This year the world cup events are close to each other, just like last year, except for the World Cup Final coming shortly after the last regular WC, and that makes the ranking changes ephemeral. The points from 2009 World Cup #1 (Ciudad de Mexico) are yet to drop (will happen one week after 2010 World Cup #2 Cairo). Well, let's check how will the rankings change in the next weeks with the closing dates. IN means points to enter in the system (not necessarily they will make the athlete's best 3 in a year), OUT means previous year's event to fall off the system (only for next months):

March
07 - WC1 2010 Playa del Carmen, Mexico - IN
21 - WC2 2010 Cairo, Egypt - IN
29 - 2009 WC1 Mexico - OUT

April
11 - WC3 2010 Medway, Great Britain - IN
19 - 2009 WC2 Egypt - OUT

May
09 - WC4 2010 Budapest, Hungary - IN
10 - Men 2009 WC3 Hungary - OUT
17 - Women 2009 WC3 Hungary - OUT
25 - 2009 WC4 Italy - OUT


June
06 - WC5 Berlin, Germany - IN
20 - WCF Moskva, Russia - IN
30 - 2009 Senior European Championships, Leipzig, Germany - OUT

July
20- Senior European Championships, Debrecen, Hungary - IN

August
19 - 2009 UIPM Senior World Championships, London, England - OUT

September
07 - UIPM Senior World Championships, Chengdu, China - IN
13 - 2009 WCF Brazil - OUT

November
21 - Panamerican Championships, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - IN

December
06 - 2009 Panamerican Championships, Buenos Aires, Argentina - OUT


I'll try to have here the changes in the rankings after every level 1 and level 2 competitions, focused especially on the participants. Also I'll try to keep track of the World Cup standings (race to Moscow).

Friday 12 March 2010

World Cup #2 - Cairo, Egypt - Early commitments

The World Cup #2 starts within a week. Most of the participants will be known only when the event begins. These are the entries confirmed.


Great Britain

Men: Nicolas Woodbridge, David Atkinson, Russell North and Steven Mason
Women: Mhairi Spence, Katy Livingston, Katy Burke and Freyja Prentice
http://www.pentathlongb.org/home/home_news.php?news_id=1112

Italy
Men: Federico Giancamilli, Nicola Benedetti and Pierpaolo Petroni
Women: Claudia Cesarini
http://www.fipm.it/news.asp?i=80986&s=6

France
Men: John Zakrzewski, Christopher Patte and Bruno Merle
Women: Elfie Arnaud, Anaïs Eudes and Elodie Clouvel
http://ffpentathlon.franceolympique.com/ffpentathlonmoderne/fichiers/File/competition/2010/CONVOCATIONS/coupe_du_monde_le_caire.pdf


Germany

Women: Claudia Knack, Tabea Bude, Ronja Döring and Annika Schleu
http://www.dvmf.de/index.php?id=166&tx_cal_controller[getdate]=20100318&tx_cal_controller[lastview]=list-4&tx_cal_controller[view]=event&tx_cal_controller[type]=tx_cal_phpicalendar&tx_cal_controller[uid]=42&cHash=b2e44a9a77

Brazil
Men: Wagner Romão, Rafael Marzullo, Luís Barroso Magno and Dieferson Félix
Women: Yane Marques and Larissa Lellys
http://www.pentatlo.org.br/noticia_detalhe.php?cod_noticias=245


Ireland
Men: Eanna Bailey and Arthur Lanigan O'Keeffe
http://www.mpaireland.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=189&Itemid=89

Netherlands
Men: Kevin Hilgeholt
http://www.vijfkamp.nl/extern/newsflash.php?id=125

Poland
Men: Bartosz Majewski, Szymon Staskiezwicz, Krzysztof Staszak and Remigiusz Golis
Women: Sylwia Czwojdzinska, Katarzyna Wojcik, Aleksandra Skarzynska and Magdalena Walesa
http://www.pentathlon.org.pl/?go=news&id=80

Slovakia
athletes from Slovakia are expected to compete in Cairo according to the federation's calendars, no names confirmed though.
http://www.pentathlon.sk/preteky/kalendar_szmp.php

and of course we can expect the Egyptian team
http://www.pentathlonegypt.org/

Monday 8 March 2010

2010 World Cup # 1 - Playa del Carmen, Mexico - Women's Combined Event and Final Results- Schöneborn is the winner!

So after riding the finals were settled. Top pentathletes kept their lead and the field was still open in the combined event that would decide the podium since the difference between the top 7 athletes was small and the combined event is place for some turns where a good shooting and/or running can make an athlete gain some positions.

In the final B, Lebedeva was the winner, followed by Dianova.

In the final A, after 1st shooting Struchkova kept the lead, Schoneborn jumped to 2nd, Toth to 3rd, Medany left as 4th and Fell and Isaksen kept their positions; in the running, though, Medany took the lead, Struchkova started running out of gas and fell to 4th, with Schoneborn in second and Toth in 3rd. With a great shooting, Schoneborn took the lead, followed by Toth, Medany, Gretchichnikova and Isaksen, the last one has a strong run in the next 1km and jumps to 3rd position. In the end, Schoneborn manages the lead, followed by Isaksen and Gretchichnikova to complete the podium in the first World Cup of the year.


Combined event standings (mixed final A and B)
Code:
Position. Name (Country) Time (points) Heat
1. Isaksen (USA) 11:44.90 (2184) A
2. Schoneborn (GER) 11:47.90 (2172) A
3. Gretchichnikova (RUS) 11:54.58 (2144) A
4. Fell (GBR) 12:09.61 (2084) A
5. Medany (EGY) 12:16.68 (2056)A
6. Rublevska (LAT) 12:27.91 (2012) B
7. Toth (HUN) 12:33.97 (1988) A
8. Vakalis (CAN) 12:39.10 (1964) A
9. El-Midany (EGY) 12:51.65 (1916) A
10. Oliver (MEX) 12:59.62 (1884) B
11. Trautmann (GER) 13:03.21 (1868) A
12. Knack (GER) 13:03.60 (1868) A
13. Cseh (HUN) 13:08.68 (1848) A
14. Helyer (GBR) 13:10.91 (1840) A
15. Grolichova (CZE) 13:11.84 (1836) A
16. Struchtukova (RUS) 13:17.40 (1812) A
17. Murray (GBR) 13:22.93 (1792) A
18. Ponce (MEX) 13:27.95 (1772) B
19. Vega (MEX) 13:28.00 (1768) B
20. Dianova (CZE) 13:28.90 (1768) B
21. Stevens (CAN) 13:31.53 (1756) B
22. Lebedeva (RUS) 13:32.17 (1752) B
23. Guerra (MEX) 13:32.21 (1752) B
24. Kohlmann (GER) 13:37.08 (1732) A
25. Martinez (MEX) 13:39.31 (1724) B
26. Farfan (MEX) 13:43.91 (1708) B
27. Tereshuk (UKR) 13:45.35 (1700) B
28. Trujillo (MEX) 13:52.32 (1672) B
29. Feshchenko (RUS) 13:55.00 (1660) B
30. Arceo (MEX) 14:00.41 (1640) B
31. Camacho (MEX) 14:01.03 (1636) B
32. Coyle 14:02.20 (1632) A
33. Vazquez (MEX) 14:08.47 (1608) B
34. McCann (CAN) 14:11.04 (1596) B
35. Herrarte (GUA) 14:14.53 (1584) B
36. Garzo (GUA) 14:56.35 (1416) B
37. Valencia de la Torre (MEX) 15:02.73 (1392) B

It's interesting that in the women's competition the combined event the "elite group" performed in general better than the "bottom group", unlike we saw in the men's field where there was a big mix between the groups when regarding the combined event. It was enough, though, to turn things around and make the 3rd to start the first, the seventh into the 2nd and the fifth into 3rd (former leader dropped to seventh). There is a coincidence (match) in 1st and 2nd positions with the men's start list for combined event (Svoboda, the winner, was also the 3rd and Karyakin, silver medal, was the 7th), but the former leader managed to get a medal in men's field (Zadneprovskis), while in the women's field Gretchichnikova took the bronze starting at 5th position.


Final Standings

Code:
position. Name (Country) points (positions moved)

1. Schoneborn (GER) 5476 (+2)
2. Isaksen (USA) 5432 (+5)
3. Gretchichnikova (RUS) 5408 (+2)
4. Medany (EGY) 5372 (-2)
5. Fell (GBR) 5340 (+1)
6. Toth (HUN) 5288 (-2)
7. Struchtukova (RUS) 5184 (-6)
8. Helyer (GBR) 5076 (=)
9. Cseh (HUN) 5028 (+1)
10. Trautmann (GER) 5020 (+2)
11. Vakalis (CAN) 5008 (+6)
12. Knack (GER) 5000 (+1)
13. Grolichova (CZE) 4988 (-2)
14. El-Midany (EGY) 4972 (+1)
15. Kohlmann (GER) 4944 (-6)
16. Murray (GBR) 4892 (-2)
17. Lebedeva (RUS) 4756 B (+4)
18. Martinez (MEX) 4752 (+1)
19. Coyle (IRL) 4688 (-3)
20. Dianova (CZE) 4680 B (+3)
21. Camacho (MEX) 4672 (-3)
22. Vega (MEX) 4628 B (+4)
23. McCann (CAN) 4604 B (-3)
24. Tereshuk (UKR) 4600 B (+1)
25. Trujillo (MEX) 4588 B (-3)
26. Stevens (CAN) 4584 B (+1)
27. Oliver (MEX) 4524 (+3)
28. Rublevska (LAT) 4504 (+9)
29. Herrarte (GUA) 4492 (-5)
30. Ponce (MEX) 4448 (-1)
31. Feshchenko (RUS) 4360 (=)
32. Arceo (MEX) 4324 (-4)
33. Guerra (MEX) 4312 (=)
34. Farfan (MEX) 4132 (+2)
35. Valencia de la Torre (MEX) 3992 (-3)
36. Garzo (GUA) 3968 (-2)
37. Vazquez (MEX) 3288 (=)

Sunday 7 March 2010

2010 World Cup # 1 - Playa del Carmen, Mexico - Women's Riding

It was a tough course even though the height of obstacles was adapted to the circumstances, so the riding skills were really tested, and luck at the horses draw had a role as always. Anyway, most of the pentathletes scored high and only a few had their chances ruined by a bad riding (watching it live and not being much familiar with the rules really makes it tense). When points are tied and positions are not leveled, I'm using the still unofficial data from UIPM, so ask/blame them, I'm just copying it (be careful with my typos by the way!), I'm displaying the results in points groups anyway - like in fencing. I guess the tie-break is the time.

Riding Standings - WC1 Playa del Carmen

Code:
position. Name (Country) points
1. Schöneborn (GER) 1200
1. Isaksen (USA) 1200
3. Helyer (GBR) 1200
3. Cseh (HUN) 1200
5. Vakalis (CAN) 1200
5. Martinez (MEX) 1200
7. Struchtukova (RUS) 1200
8. Medany (EGY) 1200
8. Toth (HUN) 1200
10. Camacho (MEX) 1200
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11. Coyle (IRL) 1196
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12. Oliver (MEX) 1192
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13. El-Midany (EGY) 1188
13. Stevens (CAN) 1188
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15. Tereshuk (UKR) 1184
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16. Grolichova (CZE) 1180
16. Fell (GBR) 1180
18. Trautmann (GER) 1180
18. Herrarte (GUA) 1180
20. Gretchichnikova (RUS) 1180
21. Kohlmann (GER) 1180
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22. Murray (GBR) 1172
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23. Vega (MEX) 1148
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24. Trujillo (MEX) 1144
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25. Knack (GER) 1136
26. Dianova (CZE) 1136
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27. Valencia de la Torre (MEX) 1132
28. Lebedeva (RUS) 1120
29. Ponce (MEX) 1112
30. Guerra (MEX) 1064
31. Garzo (GUA) 1016
32. Arceo (MEX) 984
33. McCann (CAN) 960
34. Farfan (MEX) 892
35. Feshchenko (RUS) 748
36. Rublevska (LAT) 504
37. Vazquez (MEX) 0

The riding settled the start list for the final event, the combined run+shooting, again it was split in two finals, A and B, featuring the top 19 and the last 18. Enough of points, let's display the handicap time (you can see that there were no changes at all until 6th place in the order of the ranking):

Final A
Code:
position. Name (Country) time behind (positions moved)
1. Struchtukova (RUS) 0" (=)
2. Medany (EGY) 14" (=)
3. Schoneborn (GER) 17" (=)
4. Toth (HUN) 18" (=)
5. Gretchichnikova (RUS) 27" (=)
6. Fell (GBR) 29" (=)
7. Isaksen (USA) 31" (=1)
8. Helyer (GBR) 34" (-1)
9. Kohlmann (GER) 40" (+1)
10. Cseh (HUN) 48" (+3)
11. Grolichova (CZE) 55" (+3)
12. Trautmann (GER) 55" (+3)
13. Knack (GER) 1'00" (-2)
14. Murray (GBR) 1'08" (+3)
15. El-Midany (EGY) 1'19" (+4)
16. Coyle (IRL) 1'19" (+4)
17. Vakalis (CAN) 1'22" (+4)
18. Camacho (MEX) 1'24" (+4)
19. Martinez (MEX) 1'26" (+4)

Final B

Code:
position. Name (Country) (positions moved)
1. McCann (CAN) (-13)
2. Lebedeva (RUS) (-3)
3. Trujillo (MEX) (+3)
4. Dianova (CZE) (+1)
5. Herrarte (GUA) (+2)
6. Tereshuk (UKR) (+2)
7. Vega (MEX) (+2)
8. Stevens (CAN) (+4)
9. Arceo (MEX) (+1)
10. Ponce (MEX) (+3)
11. Oliver (MEX) (+7)
12. Feshchenko (RUS) (-15)
13. Valencia de la Torre (MEX)(+4)
14. Guerra (MEX) (+2)
15. Garzo (GUA) (-1)
16. Rublevska (LAT) (-23)
17. Farfan (MEX) (-2)
18. Vazquez (MEX) (-7)

2010 World Cup # 1 - Playa del Carmen, Mexico - Women's Fencing

After the swimming pool, ladies went to the pistes for fencing. Here are the stands:

Fencing - WC1 2010 Playa del Carmen, Mexico
Code:
position. Name (Country) points (wins)
1. Gretchichnikova (RUS) 1024 (27)
1. Schoneborn (GER) 1024 (27)
1. Rublevska (LAT) 1024 (27)
4. Struchtukova (RUS) 1000 (26)
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4. Medany (EGY) 1000 (26)
4. Toth (HUN) 1000 (26)
4. Fell (GBR) 1000 (26)
4. McCann (CAN) 1000 (26)
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9. Kohlmann (GER) 952 (24)
9. Cseh (HUN) 952 (24)
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11. Knack (GER) 928 (23)
11. Feshchenko (RUS) 928 (23)
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13. Isaksen (USA) 904 (22)
13. Grolichova (CZE) 904 (22)
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15. Trautmann (GER) 880 (21)
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16. Helyer (GBR) 856 (20)
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17. El-Midany (EGY) 832 (19)
17. Herrarte (GUA) 832 (19)
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19. Camacho (MEX) 808 (18)
19. Martinez (MEX) 808 (18)
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21. Coyle (IRL) 784 (17)
21. Vakalis (CAN) 784 (17)
21. Trujillo (MEX) 784 (17)
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24. Murray (GBR) 760 (16)
24. Vazquez (MEX) 760 (16)
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26. Lebedeva (RUS) 748 (15)
26. Guerra (MEX) 748 (15)
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28. Tereshuk (UKR) 692 (14)
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29. Oliver (MEX) 688 (13)
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30. Vega (MEX) 664 (12)
30. Arceo (MEX) 664 (12)
30. Stevens (CAN) 664 (12)
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33. Dianova (CZE) 640 (11)
33. Ponce (MEX) 640 (11)
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36. Farfan (MEX) 592 (9)
36. Valencia de la Torre (MEX) 592 (9)
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37. Garzo (GUA) 544 (7)

3 pentathletes topped the fencing collecting 1024 points each one, Gretchichnikova, Schoneborn and Rublevska, who masters in this discipline last year. 8 pentathletes scored 1000 points or more (among them Struchtukova and Toth, for a place in the top 5 before riding) and 13 did it over 900 points. The upset was Czech Dianova who got only 11 wins and dropped sharply in the ranking. Tereshuk again didn't show the great form she used to have.

Standings after fencing
1. Struchtukova (RUS) 2172
2. Medany (EGY) 2116
3. Schoneborn (GER) 2104
4. Toth (HUN) 2100
5. Gretchichnikova (RUS) 2084
6. Fel (GBR) 2076
7. McCann (CAN) 2048
8. Isaksen (USA) 2048
9. Helyer (GBR) 2036
10. Kohlmann (GER) 2031
11. Knack (GER) 1996
12. Rublevska (LAT) 1988
13. Cseh (HUN) 1980
14. Trautmann (GER) 1972
14. Grolichova (CZE) 1972
16. Feshchenko (RUS) 1964
17. Murray (GBR) 1928
18. Lebedeva (RUS) 1872
19. El-Midany (EGY) 1868
20. Coyle (IRL) 1860
21. Vakalis (CAN) 1844
22. Camacho (MEX) 1836
23. Martinez (MEX) 1828
24. Dianova (CZE) 1776
25. Trujillo (MEX) 1772
26. Herrarte (GUA) 1728
27. Tereshuk (UKR) 1716
28. Vega (MEX) 1712
29. Arceo (MEX) 1700
30. Vazquez (MEX) 1680
31. Stevens (CAN) 1640
32. Ponce (MEX) 1564
33. Garzo (GUA) 1536
34. Farfan (MEX) 1532
35. Guerra (MEX) 1496
36. Valencia de la Torre (MEX) 1468
37. Oliver (MEX) 1448

2010 World Cup # 1 - Playa del Carmen, Mexico - Women's Swimming

Swimming opened the ladies' final in World Cup #1 in Playa del Carmen, Mexico.
These are the standings:

Swimming - WC1 2010
Code:
position. Name (Country) Time (Points) Heat-Lane
1. Helyer (GBR) 2:15.01 (1180) 5-5
2. Struchtkova (RUS) 2:15.58 (1172) 5-4
3. Murray (GBR) 2:16.04 (1168) 5-7
4. Isaksen (USA) 2:18.03 (1144) 5-8
5. Dianova (CZE) 2:18.96 (1136) 5-3
6. Lebedeva (RUS) 2:19.71 (1124) 4-4
7. Medany (EGY) 2:20.41 (1116) 5-1
8. Toth (HUN) 2:21.82 (1100) 3-7
9. Trautmann (GER) 2:22.61 (1092) 5-6
10. Schoneborn (GER) 2:23.41 (1080) 4-3
11. Kohlmann (GER) 2:23.37 (1080) 4-2
12. Coyle (IRL) 2:23.80 (1076) 3-8
13. Fell (GBR) 2:23.87 (1076) 5-2
14. Knack (GER) 2:24.57 (1068) 4-7
15. Grolichova (CZE) 2:24.46 (1068) 4-5
16. Gretchichnikova (RUS) 2:25.06 (1060) 3-4
17. Valakis (CAN) 2:25.17 (1060) 4-6
18. Vega (MEX) 2:26.02 (1048) 4-8
19. McCann (CAN) 2:26.07 (1048) 3-1
20. El-Midany (EGY) 2:27.32 (1036) 3-5
21. Arceo (MEX) 2:27.11 (1036) 1-?
22. Feshchenko (RUS) 2:27.20 (1036) 3-2
23. Cseh (HUN) 2:27.78 (1028) 3-3
24. Camacho (MEX) 2:27.83 (1028) 2-6
25. Tereshuk (UKR) 2:28.01 (1024) 2-4
26. Martinez (MEX) 2:28.60 (1020) 2-5
27. Garzo (GUA) 2:30.95 (992) 2-7
28. Trujillo (MEX) 2:31.02 (988) 2-1
29. Stevens (CAN) 2:32.29 (976) 2-3
30. Rublevska (LAT) 2:33.27 (964) 4-1
31. Farfan (MEX) 2:33.27 (940) 1-?
32. Ponce (MEX) 2:36.47 (924) 2-2
33. Vazquez (MEX) 2:36.70 (920) 2-8
34. Herrarte (GUA) 2:38.69 (896) 2-8
35. Valencia de la Torre (MEX) 2:40.46 (876) 1-?
36. Oliver (MEX) 2:50.17 (760) 1-?
36. Guerra (MEX) 2:50.17 (760) 1-?

6 pentathletes clocked above 2:20.00, British Helyer was the fastest, followed by Russian Struchtukova and another British, Murray. Most of the top pentathletes confirmed their status by scoring big points, except for Rublevska and Tereshuk. The surprise was local pentathlete Arceo, who swam in heat 1 and made the 21st best time.

Maximum: 2:15.01 (Helyer)
1st Quartile: 2:22.61 (Trautmann)
Median (18th): 2:26.02 (Vega)
Minimum: 2:50.17 (Oliver and Guerra) - distance from leader: 0:35.16

2010 World Cup # 1 - Playa del Carmen, Mexico - Women's Start List

So we have 37 pentathletes from all over the world competing in Playa del Carmen World Cup today. Let's have a quick look at who are the contestants, a strong field with 3 top10, 9 top20 and 19 top50 in the current New Balance World Ranking and like in the men's field, some new talents from juniors making their début at a World Cup.

Start List - Women's World Cup 1 - Playa del Carmen, Mexico

Code:
Name (Country) Current ranking

Aya Medany (EGY) 3
Heather Fell (GBR) 4
Evdokia Gretchichnikova (RUS) 6
Lena Schonerborn (GER) 11
Elena Rublevska (LAT) 13
Lucie Grolichova (CZE) 16
Margaux Isaksen (USA) 17
Eva Trautmann (GER) 19
Natalie Dianova (CZE) 20
Claudia Knack (GER) 22
Adrienn Toth (HUN) 23
Krisztina Cseh (HUN) 26
Polina Struchtkova (RUS) 30
Donna Vakalis (CAN) 34
Janine Kohlmann (GER) 35
Louise Helyer (GBR) 37
Jihan El-Midany (EGY) 39
Svetlana Lebedeva (RUS) 43
Vera Feshchenko (RUS) 44
Samantha Murray (GBR) 65
Andrea Yumiko Ponce (MEX) 69
Tamara Vega (MEX) 71
Ariadna Trujillo (MEX) 79
Isabel Herrarte (GUA) 95
Abigail Garzo (GUA) 97
Fanny Farfan (MEX) 106
Mathea Stevens (CAN) 109
Melanie McCann (CAN) 112
Thelma Martinez (MEX) 121
Yael Guerra (MEX) 146
Jessica Camacho (MEX) 155
Victoria Tereshuk (UKR) Not Ranked (didn't compete in 2009 season), but once top ranked
Natalya Coyle (IRL) NR
Mariana Arceo (MEX) NR
Teresa Vazquez (MEX) NR
Daniela Valencia de la Torre (MEX) NR
Mayan Oliver (MEX) NR

2010 World Cup # 1 - Playa del Carmen, Mexico - Men's Final - Combined Event- SVOBODA is the winner!

Pentathletes were divided into two groups for combined event, so we had a "Final A" and a "Final B" (top 18 in Final A, last 18 in Final B).

This was the start list:

Final A - Start List
Code:
position. Name (Country) time behind (positions moved after riding)
1. Zadneprovskis (LTU) 0" (=)
2. Omar El-Geziry (EGY) 25" (=)
3. Svoboda (CZE) 32" (=)
4. Lee (KOR) 33" (+4)
5. Marosi (HUN) 34" (=)
6. Dmytro Kirpulyanskyy (UKR) 42" (=)
7. Karyakin (RUS) 43" (-4)
8. Tibolya (HUN) 49" (+1)
9. Woodbridge (GBR) 53" (+6)
10. Gebhardt (GER) 56" (+3)
11. Moiseev (RUS) 59" (+5)
12. Pavlo Kirpulyanskyy (UKR) 1'01" (-4)
13. Frolov (RUS) 1'02" (-4)
14. Weale (GBR) 1'03" (+4)
15. Amro El-Geziry (EGY) 1'03" (-3)
16. Gheorghe (GUA) 1'11" (+4)
17. Motsios (GRE) (+2)
18. Riker-Fox (CAN) (+2)

After the first shooting session, the top 7 pentathletes left in the 7 top places for the run, with the 3 top in start list in their positions (but with reduced time lead by Zadneprovskis, who missed 2 shots of the first 3) and a mass start of 4-7, followed by Samuel Weale who had an amazing shooting. After the second shooting session, Zadneprovskis left in first, with Svoboda coming close, Lee in 3rd, followed by Kirpulyanskyy, Omar El-Geziry, Marosi, Karyakin and Weale. For the 3rd and last shooting session, Zadneprovskis and Svoboda arrived together, followed by Karyakin, Marosi, Weale and Lee. Omar had a poor shooting and was left behind. Svoboda surpassed Zadneprovskis in the final shooting and managed in the run to get the win in the World Cup, Andrejus couldn't resist also to Karyakin's run and finished third, with Weale coming close in fourth and world champion Marosi in fifth.
Congrats Svoboda on his first world Cup title!

Combined Event - B Final - Start List
Code:
position. Name (Country) (positions moved after riding)
1. Panin (UKR) (+4)
2. Polivka (CZE) (-9)
3. Cooke (GBR) (-4)
4. Inzunza (MEX) (+4)
5. Brady (USA) (+1)
6. Sacksen (USA) (+8)
7. Daniel (AUT) (+8)
8. Sedeckly (CZE) (+5)
9. Mordasov (UKR) (-2)
10. Burtsev (RUS) (-15)
11. Nofal (EGY) (+5)
12. Kollner (GER)(=)
13. Dietz (GER)(-3)
14. Carbajal (MEX) (+4)
15. Hernandez (MEX) (+2)
16. Soto (MEX) (-12)
17. Bowsher (USA) (-8)
18. Dvorak (CZE)(-8)

Polivka was the winner of the combined event B final.

Standings - Combined event - A & B Finals
Code:
position. Name (Country) Time (Points) Final
1. Hernandez (MEX) 10:38.70 (2448) B
2. Weale (GBR) 10:39.00 (2444) A
3. Nofal (EGY) 10:39.30 (2444) B
4. Mordasov (UKR) 10:41.25 (2436) B
5. Soto (MEX) 10:42.90 (2432) B
6. Daniel (AUT) 10:44.08 (2424) B
7. Svoboda (CZE) 10:44.64 (2424) A
8. Gheorghe (GUA) 10:45.00 (2420) A
9. Polivka (CZE) 10:49.47 (2404) B
10. Karyakov (RUS) 10:54.11 (2384) A
11. Riker-Fox (CAN) 10:54.40 (2384) A
12. Sacksen (USA) 10:57.30 (2372) B
13. Kollner (GER) 10:59.20 (2364) B
14. Dietz (GER) 10:59.86 (2364) B
15. Pavlo Kirpulyanskyy (UKR) 11:00.51 (2360) A
16. Burtsev (RUS) 11:02.00 (2352) B
17. Frolov (RUS) 11:15.25 (2300) A
18. Marosi (HUN) 11:16.95 (2296) A
19. Cooke (GBR) 11:19.04 (2284) B
20. Tibolya (HUN) 11:19.10 (2284) A
21. Lee (KOR) 11:20.61 (2280) A
22. Dmytro Kirpulyanskyy (UKR) 11:22.11 (2272) A
23. Panin (UKR) 11:24.66 (2264) B
24. Bowsher (USA) 11:31.94 (2236) B
25. Gebhardt (GER) 11:33.01 (2228) A
26. Dvorak (CZE) 11:35.98 (2220) B
27. Zadneprovskis (LTU) 11:38.42 (2208) A
28. Inzunza (MEX) 11:39.95 (2204) B
29. Brady (USA) 11:42.47 (2192)
30. Carbajal (MEX) 11:42.47 (2192) B
31. Sedeckly (CZE) 11:50. 51 (2160) B
32. Amro El-Geziry (EGY) 11:51.30 (2156) A
33. Woodbridge (GBR) 11:54.52 (2144) A
34. Motsios (GRE) 11:55.56 (2140) A
35. Omar El-Geziry (EGY) 11:58.32 (2128) A
36. Moiseev (RUS) 12:31.66 (1996) A

Maximum: 2448 (Hernandez)
1st Quartel: 2404 (Polivka)
Median (18th): 2296 (Marosi)
Minimum: 1996 (Moiseev) - difference from the leader: 452 points


Final Standings
Code:
position. Name (Country) points (positions moved after combined event)
1. Svoboda (CZE) 5808 (+2)
2. Karyakin (RUS) 5724 (+5)
3. Zadneprovskis (LTU) 5720 (-2)
4. Weale (GBR) 5704 (+10)
5. Marosi (HUN) 5672 (=)
6. Lee (KOR) 5660 (-2)
7. Gheorghe (GUA) 5648 (+9)
8. Pavlo Kirpulyanskyy (UKR) 5628 (+4)
9. Dmytro Kirpulyanskyy (UKR) 5616 (-3)
10. Tibolya (HUN) 5600 (-2)
11. Riker-Fox (CAN) 5600 (+7)
12. Frolov (RUS) 5564 (+1)
13. Polivka (CZE) 5564 (+7) B
14. Omar El-Geziry (EGY) 5540 (-12)
15. Gebhardt (GER) 5516 (-5)
16. Daniel (AUT) 5512 (+9) B
17. Mordasov (UKR) 5500 (+10) B
18. Nofal (EGY) 5492 (+11) B
19. Sacksen (USA) 5464 (+5) B
20. Panin (UKR) 5448 (-1) B
21. Woodbridge (GBR) 5444 (-12)
22. Cooke (GBR) 5440 (-1) B
23. Amro El-Geziry (EGY) 5416 (-8)
24. Burtsev (RUS) 5412 (+4) B
25. Kollner (GER) 5392 (+5) B
26. Dietz (GER) 5388 (+5) B
27. Hernandez (MEX) 5376 (+6) B
28. Motsios (GRE) 5368 (-11)
29. Inzunza (MEX) 5344 (-7) B
30. Soto (MEX) 5316 (+4) B
31. Brady (USA) 5292 (-8)
32. Moiseev (RUS) 5272 (-21)
33. Sedeckly (CZE) 5232 (-7)
34. Carbajal (MEX) 5124 (-2)
35. Bowsher (USA) 5092 (=)
36. Dvorak (CZE) 4792 (=)


pentathletes in final B have a "B" at the end of the line.

2010 World Cup # 1 - Playa del Carmen, Mexico - Men's Final - Riding

You can picture the start list of riding by checking previous post, starting from last to first in standings after fencing. It wasn't a smooth riding session in Playa del Carmen, even though we had 7 flawless rides. Here the important is to not lose points, then we had 10 pentathletes scoring less than 1100 points (4 less than 1000) that missed a chance of fighting for better positions in the World Cup 1.

Standings - Riding
Code:
position. Name (Country) points
1. Daniel (AUT) 1200
2. Lee (KOR) 1200
3. Zadneprovskis (LTU) 1200
4. Weale (GBR) 1200
5. Woodbridge (GBR) 1200
6. Nofal (EGY) 1200
7. Moiseev (RUS) 1200
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8. Carbajal (MEX) 1188
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9. Gebhardt (GER) 1180
10. Omar El-Geziry (EGY) 1180
11. Gheorghe (GUA) 1180
12. Tibolya (HUN) 1180
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13. Motsios (GRE) 1168
14. Riker-Fox (CAN) 1168
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15. Panin (UKR) 1164
16. Sacksen (USA) 1164
17. Svoboda (CZE) 1164
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18. Marosi (HUN) 1160
19. Inzunza (MEX) 1160
20. Dmytro Kirpulyanskyy (UKR) 1160
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21. Amro El-Geziry (EGY) 1140
22. Sedeckly (CZE) 1140
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23. Frolov (RUS) 1128
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24. Pavlo Kirpulyanskyy (UKR) 1120
25. Karyakin (RUS) 1120
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26. Hernandez (MEX) 1112
27. Cooke (GBR) 1092
28. Kollner (GER) 1088
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29. Brady (USA) 1072
30. Dietz (GER) 1072
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31. Mordasov (UKR) 1060
32. Polivka (CZE) 1028
33. Burtsev (RUS) 952
34. Bowsher (USA) 952
35. Soto (MEX) 844
36. Dvorak (CZE) 620

Polivka (CZE)was the biggest upset in riding, and ended missing a place in the men's final A combined event. Last year's silver medal in his country home, Soto, was also surprised by a bad ride and Burtsev from Russia was another one that had an unlucky ride that spoiled his chances of a good finish in World Cup. Zadneprovskis, Omar El-Geziry and Lee did great and kept in the top of standings for the combined event start. Svoboda, Marosi, Karyakin and D. Kirpulyanskyy managed at least to not lose too much points and start the combined event in a good position.

Maximum: 1200 points (7 pentathletes)
1st Quartile: 1180 points (4 pentathletes)
Median (18th): 1160 (3 pentathletes)
Minimum: 620 - difference from the leader: 580 points.

2010 World Cup # 1 - Playa del Carmen, Mexico - Men's Final - Fencing

Fencing followed swimming in the schedule and as always changed the standings a lot for the start list of riding.

Fencing - Ranking

Code:
Position. Name (country) wins/points

1. Zadneprovskis (LTU) 26/1024
2. Omar El-Geziry (EGY) 24/976
2. Dmitro Kirpulyanskyy (UKR)24/976
4. Svoboda (CZE) 23/952
4. Pavlo Kirpulyanskyy (UKR) 23/952
6. Karyakin (RUS) 22/928
6. Tibolya (HUN) 22/928
8. Gebhardt (GER) 21/904
8. Marosi (HUN) 21/904
8. Gheorghe (GUA) 21/904
11. Frolov (RUS) 20/880
11. Riker-Fox (CAN) 20/880
11. Polivka (CZE) 20/880
14. Lee (KOR) 19/856
14. Mordasov (UKR) 19/856
14. Burtsev (RUS) 19/856
14. Soto (MEX) 19/856
18. Sedeckly (CZE) 17/808
18. Moiseev (RUS) 17/808
18. Brady (USA) 17/808
18. Weale (GBR) 17/808
22. Amro El-Geziry (EGY) 16/784
22. Dvorak (CZE) 16/784
24. Kollner (GER) 15/760
24. Dietz (GER) 15/760
24. Woodbridge (GBR) 15/760
24. Panin (UKR) 15/760
28. Motsios (GRE) 14/736
29. Bowsher (USA) 13/712
29. Cooke (GBR) 13/712
31. Daniel (AUT) 12/688
31. Sacksen (USA) 12/688
31. Inzunza (MEX) 12/688
34. Hernandez (MEX) 9/616
34. Nofal (EGY) 9/616
36. Carbajal (MEX) 8/592

Zadneprovskis from Lithuania was the best fencer of the field with 26 wins, and moved to 1st in the ranking - in semifinals he showed a great performance too. Omar El-Geziry (EGY) and Dmytro Kirpulyanskyy (UKR) also confirmed their favouritism against most of other fencers and were tied in second in this field, with 24 victories. Svoboda also had a solid performance to finish 4th in this event and 3rd overall. Pavlo Kirpulyanskyy (UKR) notched the same 23 wins as Svoboda and climbed the ranking. Others to climb the ranking after fencing were Gebhardt (GER), Riker-Fox (CAN) and Gheorghe (GUA), while British swimming leaders Cooke and Woodbridge fell in the rankings by scoring few points. Thomas Daniel (AUT), ranked in the top 10 in the world, had a poor performance and wasted his chances of a good position in the World Cup.

Maximum: 1024 (Zadneprovskis)
1st Quartile: 904 (Marosi, Gebhardt, Gheorghe)
Median (18th): 808 (Sedeckly, Moiseev, Brady, Weale)
Minimum: Carbajal: 592 - difference from the leader: 432


Standings after fencing
Code:
position. Name (Country) points (positions moved)
1. Zadneprovskis (LTU) 2312 (+8)
2. Omar El-Geziry (EGY) 2232 (+12)
3. Svoboda (CZE) 2220 (+8)
3. Karyakin (RUS) 2220 (+4)
5. Marosi (HUN) 2216 (+1)
6. Dmytro Kirpulyanskyy (UKR) 2184 (+17)
7. Lee (KOR) 2180 (-3)
8. Pavlo Kirpulyanskyy (UKR) 2148 (+19)
9. Frolov (RUS) 2136 (+6)
9. Tibolya (HUN) 2136 (+11)
11. Polivka (CZE) 2132 (+7)
12. Amro El-Geziry (EGY) 2120 (-8)
13. Gebhardt (GER) 2108 (+11)
13. Burtsev (RUS) 2108 (+4)
15. Woodbridge (GBR) 2100 (-13)
16. Moiseev (RUS) 2076 (-6)
17. Cooke (GBR) 2064 (-16)
18. Weale (GBR) 2060 (-2)
19. Motsios (GRE) 2060 (-14)
20. Riker-Fox (CAN) 2048 (+12)
20. Gheorghe (GUA) 2048 (+15)
22. Soto (MEX) 2040 (+7)
23. Panin (UKR) 2020 (-10)
24. Brady (USA) 2028 (-3)
25. Mordasov (UKR) 2004 (+9)
26. Inzunza (MEX) 1980 (-18)
27. Bowsher (USA) 1972 (-15)
28. Dvorak (CZE) 1952 (+3)
28. Dietz (GER) 1952 (=)
30. Kollner (GER) 1940 (=)
31. Sedeckly (CZE) 1932 (+5)
32. Sacksen (USA) 1928 (-13)
33. Daniel (AUT) 1888 (-8)
34. Nofal (EGY) 1848 (-14)
35. Hernandez (MEX) 1816 (-9)
36. Carbajal (MEX) 1744 (-3)

2010 World Cup # 1 - Playa del Carmen, Mexico - Men's Final - Swimming

The men's final started with swimming. There were 36 pentathletes divided into 5 heats.

Results/Standings after 1 event

Code:
Position. Name (Country) Time (Heat) Points

1. Cooke (GBR) 2:00.70 (H5) 1352
2. Woodbridge (GBR) 2:01.69 (H5) 1340
3. Amro El-Geziry (EGY) 2:02.31 (H5)1336
4. Lee (KOR) 2:03.22 (H5) 1324
5. Motsios (GRE) 2:03.23 (H5) 1324
6. Marosi (HUN) 2:04.03 (H5) 1312
7. Karyakin (RUS) 2:05.85 (H4) 1292
8. Inzunza (MEX) 2:05.91 (H5) 1292
9. Zadneprovskis (LTU) 2:06.10 (H5) 1288
10. Moiseev (RUS) 2:07.70 (H4) 1268
11. Svoboda (CZE) 2:07.71 (H4) 1268
12. Bowsher (USA) 2:08.53 (H4) 1260
13. Panin (UKR) 2:08.58 (H4) 1260
14. Omar El-Geziry (EGY) 2:08.73 (H4) 1256
15. Frolov (RUS) 2:08.76 (H3) 1256
16. Weale (GBR) 2:09.27 (H4) 1252
17. Burtsev (RUS) 2:09.30 (H4) 1252
18. Polivka (CZE) 2:09.31 (H3) 1252
19. Sacksen (USA) 2:10.21 (H3) 1240
20. Nofal (EGY) 2:10.84 (H3) 1232
21. Brady (USA) 2:11.79 (H3) 1220
22. Tibolya (HUN) 2:12.73 (H2) 1208
23. Dmitry Kirpulyanskyy (UKR) 2:12.99 (H3) 1208
24. Gebhardt (GER) 2:13.04 (H2) 1204
25. Daniel (AUT) 2:13.15 (H1) 1200
26. Hernandez (MEX) 2:13.53 (H3)1200
27. Pavlo Kirpulyanskyy (UKR) 2:13.81 (H2) 1196
28. Dietz (GER) 2:14.02 (H3) 1192
29. Soto (MEX) 2:14.80 (H2) 1184
30. Kollner (GER) 2:15.06 (H2) 1180
31. Dvorak (CZE) 2:16.14 (H1) 1168
32. Riker-Fox (CAN) 2:16.23 (H2) 1168
33. Carbajal (MEX) 2:17.35 (H1) 1152
34. Mordasov (RUS) 2:17.69 (H2) 1148
35. Gheorghe (GUA) 2:18.17 (H1) 1144
36. Sedeckly (CZE) 2:19.90 (H2) 1124

Results by Heat

Code:
position. Name (Country) Time (Lane)

Heat 1
1. Daniel (AUT) 2:13.15 (6)
2. Dvorak (CZE) 2:16.14 (5)
3. Carbajal (MEX) 2:17.35 (4)
4. Gheorghe (GUA) 2:18.17 (3)

Heat 2
1. Tibolya (HUN) 2:12.73 (3)
2. Gebhardt (GER) 2:13.04 (6)
3. Pavlo Kirpulyanskyy (UKR) 2:13.81 (4)
4. Soto (MEX) 2:14.80 (2)
5. Kollner (GER) 2:15.06 (7)
6. Riker-Fox (CAN) 2:16.23 (5)
7. Mordasov (RUS) 2:17.69 (8)
8. Sedeckly (CZE) 2:19.90 (1)

Heat 3
1. Frolov (RUS) 2:08.76 (6)
2. Polivka (CZE) 2:09.31 (4)
3. Sacksen (USA) 2:10.21 (2)
4. Nofal (EGY) 2:10.84 (3)
5. Brady (USA) 2:11.79 (7)
6. Dmitry Kirpulyanskyy (UKR) 2:12.99 (5)
7. Hernandez (MEX) 2:13.53 (1)
8. Dietz (GER) 2:14.02 (8)

Heat 4
1. Karyakin (RUS) 2:05.85 (1)
2. Moiseev (RUS) 2:07.70 (5)
3. Svoboda (CZE) 2:07.71 (2)
4. Bowsher (USA) 2:08.53 (3)
5. Panin (UKR) 2:08.58 (8)
6. Omar El-Geziry (EGY) 2:08.73 (4)
7. Weale (GBR) 2:09.27 (7)
8. Burtsev (RUS) 2:09.30 (6)

Heat 5
1. Cooke (GBR) 2:00.70 (4)
2. Woodbridge (GBR) 2:01.69 (5)
3. Amro El-Geziry (EGY) 2:02.31 (3)
4. Lee (KOR) 2:03.22 (6)
5. Motsios (GRE) 2:03.23 (8)
6. Marosi (HUN) 2:04.03 (1)
7. Inzunza (MEX) 2:05.91 (2)
8. Zadneprovskis (LTU) 2:06.10 (7)

British youngster James Cooke confirmed his good display in semifinal and again clocked the best time, even though he didn't beat his own time in qualifying and finished over 2 minutes, still 1 second faster than the second best swimmer, his countryman Nicolas Woodbridge. Amro El-Geziry, from Egypt, also didn't disappoint by collecting the third best time. Czech Svoboda, winner of the World Cup, swam 7 seconds behind Cooke and finished eleventh in this event. Russian Karyakin, who finished in second in the World Cup, was the seventh time in swimming and Zadneprovskis was 9th in swimming and 3rd overall.

Maximum: 1352 (Cooke)
1st Quartile: 1288 (Zadneprovskis)
Median (18th): 1252 (Weale, Burtsev and Polivka)
Minimum: 1124 (Sedeckly) - difference from the leader: 228 points

Friday 5 March 2010

World Cup #1 - Playa del Carmen - Men's semifinal B

Semifinal B

1. Dietz (GER) 4352 Q
2. D. Kirpulyanskyy (UKR) 4332 Q
3. O. El Geziry (EGY) 4332 Q
4. Zadneprovskis (LTU) 4328 Q
5. Polivka (CZE) 4328 Q
6. Svoboda (CZE) 4328 Q
7. Cooke (GBR) 4320 Q
8. Woodbridge (GBR) 4296 Q
9. Burtsev (RUS) 4292 Q
10. Riker-Fox (CAN) 4284 Q
11. Brady (USA) 4232 Q
12. A. El Geziry (EGY) 4232 Q
13. S-H Lee (KOR) 4212 Q
14. Moiseev (RUS) 4204 Q
15. Carbajal (MEX) 4200 Q
16. Inzunza (MEX) 4196 Q
17. Panin (UKR) 4196 Q
18. Sacksen (USA) 4132 Q
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19. Vetter (GER) 4092
20. J. Galicia (MEX) 4084
21. Sanchez (MEX) 4072
22. Chacon (GUA) 3996
23. Gonzalez (MEX) 3964
24. Bailey (IRL) 3896
25. L. Galicia (MEX) 3856
26. Fernandez (MEX) 3728



No surprises in the fencing pistes, Zadneprovskis (LTU) was the leader with 19 wins (worth 1036 points), while Omar El-Geziry from Egypt came close in second, with 18 wins and 100 points. Polivka (CZE) was third and sure it boosts his confidence, since he's been a bit irregular in fencing with 17 wins, same like Moiseev (RUS). Dmytro Kirpulyanskyy (UKR) was fifth in this discipline with 16 wins and in this balanced field Dietz (GER), Svoboda (CZE), Burtsev (RUS) and Amro El-Geziry (EGY) scored 892 points (15 wins) each one.
The swimming pool witnessed fastest times in this group than in semifinal A, British youngster James Cooke was first (1:58.87, 1376 points), followed by his countryman Woodbridge (2:01.75); Amro El-Geziry (EGY) finished in 2:01.96 and South-Korean Lee had the fourth best time (2:03.72).
Pentathletes from North America mastered in combined event and secured a spot in the final thanks to to a great run and shooting. Brady (USA) had the best time, followed by Riker-Fox (CAN), Sacksen (USA) and Inzunza (MEX). Dietz had the 5th best time, enough to finish first in the cross line. Carbajal (MEX) was another one who after a relatively poor start was helped by a good combined event to represent the host country in the finals.


Full results at: http://www.pentathlon.org/index.php?option=com_wrapper&view=wrapper&Itemid=126

World Cup #1 - Playa del Carmen - Men's semifinal A

Semifinal A
1. Hernandez (MEX) 4260 Q
2. Weale (GBR) 4192 Q
3. Bowsher (USA) 4192 Q
4. Gheorghe (GUA) 4188 Q
5. P. Kirpulyanskyy (UKR) 4188 Q
6. Mordasov (UKR) 4188 Q
7. Soto (MEX) 4184 Q
8. Karyakin (RUS) 4184 Q
9. Tibolya (HUN) 4184 Q
10. Köllner (GER) 4180 Q
11. Nofal (EGY) 4176 Q
12. Sedeckly (CZE) 4168 Q
13. Dvorak (CZE) 4160 Q
14. Gebhardt (GER) 4156 Q
15. Daniel (AUT) 4152 Q
16. Marosi (HUN) 4120 Q
17. Frolov (RUS) 4072 Q
18. Motsios (GRE) 4064 Q
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19. Bremer (USA) 3976
20. Hefny (EGY) 3972
21. Camacho (MEX) 3904
22. Padilla (MEX) 3904
23. Lanigan O'Keeffe (IRL) 3828
24. Astorga (MEX) 3780
24. Pietruczuk (CAN) 3780
26. Ortega (MEX) 3756


Pavlo Kirpulyanskyy (UKR) and Peter Tibolya (HUN) were the top scorers in fencing (collected 1072 points), followed by Martin Dvorak (CZE, 1000 points) and Mordasov (RUS) and Gebhardt (GER) with 892 points.

The fastest swimmer in all heats of semifinal A was youngster Irish Lanigan O'Keeffe, 2:06 (worth 1288 points), but still he failed to qualify for the finals, just like veteran American Eli Bremer, who clocked the 4th best time. Motsios (GRE) and Marosi (HUN) were the second and third fastest swimmers, and almost missed the qualification by finishing in 16th and 18th overall in the group. Marosi probably will perform better when it counts, in tomorrow's final. The pentathletes that promise a good display in the final's combined event are Thomas Daniel (AUT), Hernandez (MEX), Weale (GBR) and Köllner (GER), that improved their positions in the semifinals with a great run and shooting.

World Cup #1 - Playa del Carmen, Mexico - Update

Women's semifinals that should happen today, Friday, were cancelled (not enough number of competitors, I guess).

Men's semifinals that started yesterday, Thursday, are going to be finished today (delay due to darkness), actually semifinals A were finished yesterday and group B will have the combined event today.

Thanks to Bill Kellick and USA Pentathlon for the updates:
http://usapentathlon.org/news/2010/03/04/update-from-world-cup-1/34310?ngb_id=17

Get to know more about...

The American team: http://usapentathlon.org/news/2010/03/03/first-world-cup-of-2010-set-to-begin-in-mexico/34271?ngb_id=17

The Irish team: http://www.mpaireland.com/images/stories/mexico2010/mexico1.pdf

The British team: http://www.pentathlongb.org/home/home_news.php?news_id=1112

The German team: http://www.dvmf.de/index.php?id=13&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=110&tx_ttnews[backPid]=4&cHash=0a6937bd16

The Hungarian team: http://www.pentathlon.hu/

The Guatemalan team: http://www.pentatlonmodernoguatemala.com/training.php

The Czech team: http://www.pentathlon.cz/cs/Reprezentace-6.htm

The Mexican team: http://www.codeme.org.mx/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=194:pentatletas-en-copa-mexico-2010&catid=35:noticias&Itemid=117

Local media coverage (in Spanish):
http://www.radiomayainternacional.com/2010/02/playa-del-carmen-sera-sede-del-pentatlon-internacional/
http://mx.news.yahoo.com/s/04032010/7/noticias-deportes-inauguran-copa-mundo-pentatlon.html

Thursday 4 March 2010

World Cup #1 - Playa del Carmen, Mexico - Start List - Men

Yay, the World Cup Series has just begun! The first step is Playa del Carmen, Mexico (originally scheduled for Guadalajara). The field is pretty strong this year and these are the participants in the men's field who will compete in fencing, swimming and combined event for a place in the final (Saturday), divided into two semifinals groups:

Code: Name (Nation) Ranking/Semifinal

Adam Marosi (HUN) 1/A
Peter Tibolya (HUN) 14/A

David Svoboda (CZE) 2/B
Ondrej Polivka (CZE) 3/B
Martin Dvorak (CZE) 132/A
Michal Sedeckly (CZE) 82/A

Ilia Frolov (RUS) 4/A
Andrei Moiseev (RUS) 188/B
Semen Burtsev (RUS) 40/B
Sergey Karyakin (RUS) A

Andrejus Zadneprovskis (LTU) 28/B

Sung-Hyun Lee (KOR) 64/B

Dennis Bowsher (USA) 46/A
William Brady (USA) 19/B
Sam Sacksen (USA) 52/B
Eli Bremer (USA) 119/A

Nicolas Woodbridge (GBR) 24/B
James Cooke (GBR) B
Samuel Weale (GBR) 20/A

Sebastian Dietz (GER) 36/B
Steffan Kollner (GER) 99/A
Steffen Gebhardt (GER) 184/A
Sascha Vetter (GER) 83/B

Pavlo Kyrpulyanskyy (UKR) 32/A
Oleksander Panin (UKR) B
Dmytro Kyrpulyanskyy (UKR) 10/B
Oleksander Mordasov (UKR) 176/A

Andrei Gheorghe (GUA) 49/A
Jonathan Chacon (GUA) B
Pedro Pablo Gonzalez (GUA) 65/B

Thomas Daniel (AUT) 8/A

Dimitrios Motsios (GRE) 59/A

Joshua Riker-Fox (CAN) 56/B
Christopher Pietruczuk (CAN) A

Oscar Soto (MEX) 17/A
Manuel Padilla (MEX) 181/A
Alan Astorga (MEX) A
Ismael Hernandez (MEX) 70/A
Abraham Camacho (MEX) A
Jonathan Ortega (MEX) A
Alvaro Sandoval (MEX) 37/A
Fausto Carbajal (MEX) B
Jorge Inzunza (MEX) 68/B
Jesus Galicia (MEX) 128/B
Luis Galicia (MEX) 177/B
Christian Fernandez (MEX) 179/B
Gerardo Sanchez (MEX) B

Omar El Geziry (EGY) 18/B
Amro El Geziry (EGY) 12/B
Yasser Hefny (EGY) 22/A
Mustafa Nofal (EGY) 21/A

Eanna Bailey (IRL) B
Arthur Lannigan-O'Keeffe (IRL) A


The first stop of World Cup Series usually has a quite depleted field, because of the expensive cost of travelling to Mexico (for Europeans athletes especially), but the start list is pretty good. Nice to see Moiseev and Gebhardt here, I hope they are fit and get some important points to build their rankings again. I'm a bit surprised the Polish team (with the men's defending champion) skipped this World Cup - I'm also missing the Italian, French and Belarussian teams from the biggest teams in Europe that I recall right now. Too bad there is only one Asian and that South-American countries didn't send their teams (I know the Brazilian team will start the season in Egypt WC2). Even though this is the first WC competition of the year, pentathletes have been training hard and we can expect quality action in Playa del Carmen.

Results are being updated through the day at UIPM webpage:
http://www.pentathlon.org/index.php?option=com_wrapper&view=wrapper&Itemid=126

Let's see who will perform enough today for a spot in the final (on Saturday), there are 52 pentathletes in two groups of 26, top 18 in each group are qualified, last 8 will miss the final.