Friday 16 April 2010

World Cup #3 - Medway, Great Britain - Women's Semifinals

Detailed results can be found at UIPM website or in these alternative options:
http://www.pentathlongb.org/mpwc/results.php (need Acrobat Reader, format file PDF)
http://www.cardsys.hu/versenyek/2010medway/index.htm

Top 18 in each group qualified to final.

Group A

1. Leila Gyenesei (HUN) 3988
2. Freyja Prentice (GBR) 3936
3. Katy Livingston (GBR) 3936
4. Lena Schöneborn (GER) 3932
5. Margaux Isaksen (USA) 3916
6. Paulina Boenisz (POL) 3912
7. Lydia Rosling (GBR) 3900
8. Katy Burke (GBR) 3896
9. Samantha Murray (GBR) 3876
10. Elfie Arnaud (FRA) 3876
11. Ekaterina Khuraskina (RUS) 3848
12. Claudia Cesarini (ITA) 3844
13. Joanna Gomolinska (POL) 3840
14. Donata Rimsaite (LTU) 3828
15. Anaïs Eudes (FRA) 3812
16. Iryna Khokhlova (UKR) 3808
17. Eva Trautmann (GER) 3796
18. Yihua Miao (CHN) 3796
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19. Rixiao Gao (CHN) 3744
20. Adrienn Toth (HUN) 3692
21. Lucie Grolichova (CZE) 3676
22. Louise Helyer (GBR) 3672
23. Iryna Labetsik (BLR) 3644
24. Anna Shondina (KAZ) 3544
25. Donna Vakalis (CAN) 3516
26. Lina Kukushkina (BLR) 3296
27. Miriam Cashman (IRL) 3028

Top5 by event

Fencing
1. Gyenesei (1036, 19)
2. Cesarini, Boenizs, Khuraskina, Prentice (928, 16)

Swimming
1. Burke (1256, 2:08.94)
2. Gyenesei (1236, 2:10.43)
3. Murray (1236, 2:10.57)
4. Livingston (1228, 2:11.12)
5. Khokhlova ( 1212, 2:12.44)
Note: Kukushkina clocked 2:11.21, but had a false start and had 40 penalty points.

Combined event
1. Trautmann (1960, 12:40.33)
2. Arnaud (1932, 12:47.32)
3. Boenisz (1920, 12:50.08)
4. Schöneborn (1916, 12:51.08)
5. Gomolinska (1900, 12:55.20), Eudes (1900, 12:55.59)

Gyenesei topped group A with a great swim, as expected, and a great fencing, this one surprising. British swimmers dominated the pool and Trautmann's good performance in combined event was enough to qualify for the final. The surprises were Toth and Grolichova missing the final. Top pentathlete Rimsaite qualified in 14th place, saving her energy for the final.

Group B
1. Amelie Caze (FRA) 3976
2. Mhairi Spence (GBR) 3912
3. Victoria Tereshuk (UKR) 3832
4. Sylvia Czowojdzinska (POL) 3828
5. Evdokia Gretchichnikova (RUS) 3776
6. Krisztina Cseh (HUN) 3772
7. Elena Rublevska (LAT) 3724
8. Heather Fell (GBR) 3724
9. Sylvie Cerna (CZE) 3720
10. Natalie Dianova (CZE) 3716
11. Katarzyna Wojcik (POL) 3712
12. Melanie McCann (CAN) 3692
13. Mathea Stevens (CAN) 3684
14. Angie Darby (AUS) 3676
15. Ye Zhang (CHN) 3660
16. Polina Struchtkova (RUS) 3640
17. Annika Schleu (GER) 3640
18. Kate French (GBR) 3616
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19. Ronja Doring (GER) 3596
20. Natalya Coyle (IRL) 3568
21. Lavinia Bonessio (ITA) 3496
22. Pamela Zapata (ARG) 3452
23. Grace France (GBR) 3444
24. Amelia Jobling (GBR) 3416
25. Allessia Mancini (ITA) 3416
26. Rachael Hares (GBR) 3660
27. Alena Abrossimova (KAZ) 3308
28. Ayelen Zapata (ARG) 2920

Top5 by event

Fencing
1. Cseh (1032, 20)
2. Gretchichnikova, Spence (1000, 19)
4. McCann, Caze, Cerna (968, 18)

Swimming
1. Caze (1228, 2:11.31)
2. Struchtkova (1220, 2:11.73)
3. Dianova (1188, 2:14.64)
4. Spence (1180, 2:15.07)
5. Doring (1148, 2:17.77) and Fell (1148, 2:17.85)

Combined Event
1. Zhang (2060, 12:15.36)
2. Schleu (1868, 13:03.66)
3. Czwojdzinska (1828, 13:13.62)
4. Stevens (1824, 13:14.89)
5. Dianova (1816, 13:16.78)

Caze just managed the lead in combined event to qualify in first place in the group. Canadians McCann and Stevens had good performances in fencing and combined event, respectively, to reach the final, while Canadian#1 Vakalis failed to qualify in Group A; the Italian team had different fate, with Bonessio and Mancini failing to qualify while in the other group the national #1 (Cesarini) didn't disappoint. Group A had in general best times in swimming and combined event than Group B (cut point in group A was 3796, enough for a 5th place in Group B), even though Chinese Zhang (Gr. B) had the best time in combined event overall with a massive 3/4 minute lead over the second place in this event in her group and it was enough to put her in the final.

Wednesday 14 April 2010

World Cup #3 - Medway, Great Britain - Semifinals - Men

Detailed results can be found at UIPM website or in these alternative options;
http://www.pentathlongb.org/mpwc/results.php (need Acrobat Reader, format file PDF)
http://www.cardsys.hu/versenyek/2010medway/index.htm

Group A
1- Marosi (HUN) 4484
2- Kinderis (LTU) 4400
3- Noguchi (JPN) 4400
4- Tymoschenko (UKR) 4392
5- Merle (FRA) 4392
6- Karyakin (RUS) 4392
7- Mitsyk (BLR) 4388
8- Motsios (GRE) 4388
9- Xu (CHN) 4388
10- Benedetti (ITA) 4380
11- Tibolya (HUN) 4376
12- Hilgeholt (NED) 4364
13- Borrmann (GER) 4352
14- Lombach (SWE) 4308
15- Worrall (GBR) 4300
16- Atkinson (GBR) 4276
17- Evans (GBR) 4268
18- Taylor (GBR) 4168
19- Lupi (ITA) 4092
20- Vetter (GER) 4004
21- Chun-Wei Juan (TPE) 4004
22- Abd El-Raouf (EGY) 3800
23- Chung (TPE) 3688
24- Fagundes (BRA) 3584
25- Souza (BRA) 3556

Top5 by event

Fencing
1- Noguchi (1072, 19)
2- Marosi (1000, 17)
3- Tymoshchenko, Lombach (964, 16)
5- Taylor (928, 15)

Swimming
1- Motsios (1376, 1:58.87)
2- Xu (1364, 1:59.82)
3- Noguchi (1360, 2:00.29)
4- Marosi (1356, 2:00.35)
5- Karyakin (1356, 2:00.55)

Combined Event
1- Atkinson (2388, 10:53.02)
2- Mitsyk (2348, 11:03.94)
3- Borrmann (2300, 11:15.75)
4- Benedetti (2276, 11:21.06)
5- Hilgeholt (2268, 11:23.61)

Marosi easily qualified this time (he barely qualified to final in Mexican world cup) and just managed the lead in combined event (with only 15th time of the group) to be the qualifier with best score of all groups. Lombach good run in fencing was not enough to put Sweden in the final, a country with a long tradition in modern pentathlon, and Atkinson couldn't repeat his final appearence in Cairo even with a great run and shooting in combined event, where Mitsyk and Higelholt improved their positions to take a place in the final and Borrmann faced the same fate of Atkinson. Taylor also started the combined event in a good position but failed to qualify. The surprises were Xu with a good performance and clinching the 9th position and Lupi out of the top12 in the group.


Group B
1- Riker-Fox (CAN) 4420
2- Svoboda (CZE) 4416
3- De Lucca (ITA) 4416
4- Nemeth (HUN) 4408
5- Daniel (AUT) 4400
6- Fujii (JPN) 4400
7- Frolov (RUS) 4392
8- Lopez (ESP) 4388
9- Miguchi (JPN) 4380
10- Brady (USA) 4372
11- Majewski (POL) 4368
12- Li (CHN) 4364
13- Capalini (CZE) 4316
14- Hayanouski (BLR) 4284
15- Cooke (GBR) 4280
16- Liu (CHN) 4228
17- Kacer (POL) 4160
18- Link (GER) 4112
19- Bremer (USA) 4092
20- Gebhardt (GER) 4008
21- Zissler (GBR) 3996
22- Kuznetsov (RUS) 3948
23- North (GBR) 3940
24- Dimitrov (BUL) 3856
25- Larkin (IRL) 3780
26- Liu (TPE) 3452

Top5 by event

Fencing
1- Lopez (1072, 20)
2- Daniel, Riker-Fox (928, 16)
4- Svoboda, Nemeth, De Luca (892, 15)

Swimming
1- Cooke (1448, 1:52.83)
2- Miguchi (1364, 1:59.75)
3- Fujii (1360, 2:00.19)
4- North (1340, 2:01.73)
5- Frolov (1340, 2:01.74)

Combined Event
1- Majewski (2324, 11:09.18)
2- Brady (2284, 11:19.74)
3- De Luca (2252, 11:27.34)
4- Miguchi (2232, 11:32.35)
5- Frolov (2232, 11:32:58)

Canadian Riker-Fox was the winner of the group, that have experienced and talented pentathletes like Capalini, Gebhardt and Bremer left out of the final. Like in Mexico, Cooke had the fastest swim, but he couldn't repeat the final appearence he had in Playa del Carmen. Majewski, Brady and Miguchi had a good combined event to finish amongst the finalists.

Group C
1- Chmielewski (POL) 4408
2- Giancamilli (ITA) 4396
3- Lesun (RUS) 4392
4- Mordasov (RUS) 4392
5- Golis (POL) 4392
6- Polivka (CZE) 4388
7- Zhurauliou (BLR) 4384
8- Krungolcas (LTU) 4380
9- Cerkovskis (LAT) 4380
10- Kasza (HUN) 4380
11- Woodbridge (GBR) 4372
12- Bowsher (USA) 4364
13- Guo (CHN) 4328
14- Lapo (BLR) 4300
15- Sacksen (USA) 4300
16- Sedlecky (CZE) 4272
17- Panin (RUS) 4028
18- Bailey (IRL) 3908
19- Mason (GBR) 3856
20- Lanigan O'Keefee (IRL) 3844
21- Flack (GBR) 3836
22- Emanuel Zapata (ARG) 3828
23- Myatt (GBR) 3804
24- Muinhos (BRA) 3692
25- Chun-Yuan Juan (TPE) 3428
26- Zakrzewski (FRA) - 2228 - Did Not Finish

Top5 by event

Fencing
1- Zhurauliou, Cerkovskis (964/17)
3- Zakrzewski (928/16)
4- Chmielewski, Polivka, Kasza, Woodbridge (892/15)

Swimming
1- Golis (1420, 1:55.20)
2- Woodbridge (1416, 1:55.65)
3- Guo (1376, 1:58.98)
4- Kasza (1364, 1:59.83)
5- Lesun (1348, 2:01.17)

Combined Event
1- Mordasov (2272, 11:22.21)
2- Giancamilli (2260, 11:25.12)
3- Lesun (2260, 11:25.68)
4- Chmielewski (2232, 11:32.90)
5- Krungolcas (2228, 11:33.98)

Group C had Polish Chmielewski surprising with a solid performance to qualify in first place. The upsets were Lapo and Sedlecky filing to qualify. Zakrzewski was in a good position before the combined event but for some reason he didn't start or finish the event. Junior Lesun, originally from Belarus but who changed nationality to Russian, showed his good form by finishing in third position. Woodbridge was the only Brit to qualify to final in all groups.














































































Thursday 8 April 2010

World Cup #3 - Medway, Great Britain - Start List

90 men and 67 women from 27 countries will be in action in UK during World Cup #3 in Medway. All continents represented in Medway.

http://www.pentathlongb.org/mpwc/competitors.php

These are the men's groups and the current ranking of the top200 in the world:

Group A

Adam MAROSI (HUN) - Ranking: 1

Justinas KINDERIS (LTU) - Ranking: 6

Pavlo TYMOSHCHENKO (UKR) - Ranking: 7

Peter TIBOLYA (HUN) - Ranking: 13

Nicola BENEDETTI (ITA) - Ranking: 17

Hayato NOGUCHI (JPN) - Ranking: 30

Dimitrios MOTSIOS (GRE) - Ranking: 35

Kelvin HILGEHOLT (NED) - Ranking: 46

Mikhail MITSYK (BLR) - Ranking: 52

Serguei KARYAKIN (RUS) - Ranking: 67

Bruno MERLE (FRA) - Ranking: 66

Raouf ABD EL-RAOUF (EGY) - Ranking: 78

Delf BORRMANN (GER) - Ranking: 80

Sascha VETTER (GER) - Ranking: 94

Danilo FAGUNDES (BRA) - Ranking: 99

Davide LUPI (ITA) - Ranking: 120

David ATKINSON (GBR) - Ranking: 133

Gareth EVANS (GBR) - Ranking: 173

Chun-Wei JUAN (TPE) - Ranking: 186

Yuri SOUZA (BRA)

Yunqi XU (CHN)

Daniel WORRALL (GBR)

Simon TAYLOR (GBR)

Wilhelm LOMBACH (SWE)

I-Lang JONG (TPE)


Group B

David SVOBODA (CZE) - Ranking: 2

Ilia FROLOV (RUS) - Ranking: 5

Thomas DANIEL (AUT) - Ranking: 8

Robert NEMETH (HUN) - Ranking: 12

William BRADY (USA) - Ranking: 18

Riccardo DE LUCA (ITA) - Ranking: 29

Maxim KUZNETSOV (RUS) - Ranking:

Joshua RIKER-FOX (CAN) - Ranking: 41

Libor CAPALINI (CZE) - Ranking: 45

Michal KACER (POL)

Bartosz MAJEWSKI (POL) - Ranking: 57

Lin LI (CHN) - Ranking: 63

Jaime LOPEZ (ESP) - Ranking: 77

Steffen GEBHARDT (GER) - Ranking: 85

Shinya FUJII (JPN) - Ranking: 93

Christopher LINK (GER) - Ranking: 95

James COOKE (GBR) - Ranking: 112

Blagoy DIMITROV (BUL)- Ranking: 137

Eli BREMER (USA) - Ranking: 142

Russell NORTH (GBR) - Ranking: 180

Mikalai HAYANOUSKI (BLR) - Ranking: 191

Yanli LIU (CHN)

Nicholas ZISSLER (GBR)

Neil LARKIN (IRL)

Tomoya MIGUCHI (JPN)

Shen-Hung LIU (TPE)


Group C

Edvinas KRUNGOLCAS (LTU) - Ranking: 3

Ondrej POLIVKA (CZE) - Ranking: 4

Federico GIANCAMILLI (ITA) - Ranking: 9

Yahor LAPO (BLR) - Ranking: 11

Denis CHERKOVSKIS (LAT) - Ranking: 25

Nicolas WOODBRIDGE (GBR) - Ranking: 26

Sam SACKSEN (USA) - Ranking: 43

Dennis BOWSHER (USA) - Ranking: 44

Emanuel ZAPATA (ARG) - Ranking: 59

Remigiusz GOLIS (POL)- Ranking: 62

Michal SEDLECKY (CZE) - Ranking: 72

Robert KASZA (HUN) - Ranking: 75

Oleksandr MORDASOV (UKR) - Ranking: 87

John ZAKRZEWSKI (FRA) - Ranking: 92

Stanislau ZHURAULIOU (BLR) - Ranking: 102

Oleksandr PANIN (UKR) - Ranking: 106

Tomasz CHMIELEWSKI (POL) - Ranking: 149

Steven MASON (GBR) - Ranking: 163

Arthur LANIGAN-O KEEFFE (IRL) - Ranking: 192

Eanna BAILEY (IRL) -Ranking: 199

Jianli GUO (CHN)

James MYATT (GBR)

Robert FLACK (GBR)

Willian MUINHOS (BRA)

Alexander LESUN (RUS)

Chun-Yuan JUAN (TPE)



Women were divided into 2 groups, as follow:

Group A

Donata RIMSAITE (LTU) - Ranking: 2
Leila GYENESEI (HUN) - Ranking: 6

Lena SCHONEBORN (GER) - Ranking: 7
Paulina BOENISZ (POL) - Ranking: 12
Margaux ISAKSEN (USA) - Ranking: 13
Lucie GROLICHOVA (CZE) - Ranking: 17
Eva TRAUTMANN (GER) - Ranking: 18
Freyja PRENTICE (GBR) - Ranking: 19
Adrienn TOTH (HUN) - Ranking: 23
Katy LIVINGSTON (GBR) - Ranking: 26

DonnaVAKALIS (CAN) - Ranking: 27
Louise HELYER (GBR) - Ranking: 33
Elfie ARNAUD (FRA) -Ranking: 43
Anais EUDES (FRA) - Ranking: 44
Ekaterina KHURASKINA (RUS) - Ranking: 45
Iryna KHOKHLOVA (UKR) - Ranking: 54
Samantha MURRAY (GBR) - Ranking: 57
Katy BURKE (GBR) - Ranking: 63
Claudia CESARINI (ITA) - Ranking: 66
Lydia ROSLING (GBR) - Ranking: 96
Anna SHONDINA (KAZ) - Ranking: 132

Liudmila KUKUSHKINA (RUS)
Rixiao GAO (CHN)

YihuaMIAO (CHN)

Iryna LABETSIK (BLR)
Miriam CASHMAN (IRL)
Joanna GOMOLINSKA (POL)









































Group B

Evdokia GRETCHICHNIKOVA(RUS) - Ranking:3
Heather FELL(GBR) - Ranking: 5
Amelie CAZE(FRA) -Ranking: 8
Sylvia CZWOJDZINSKA(POL) -Ranking: 10
Elena RUBLEVSKA(LAT) - Ranking: 14
Mhairi SPENCE(GBR) - Ranking: 16
Natalie DIANOVA(CZE) - Ranking: 20
Krisztina CSEH (HUN) - Ranking: 22
Katarzyna WOJCIK(POL) - Ranking: 24
Polina STRUCHTKOVA(RUS) - Ranking: 25
Sylvie CERNA(CZE) - Ranking: 38
Lavinia BONESSIO(ITA) - Ranking: 41
Alena ABROSSIMOVA (KAZ) - Ranking: 48
Ronja DORING(GER) - Ranking: 51
Allessia MANCINI(ITA) - Ranking: 56

Pamela ZAPATA (ARG) - Ranking: 58
Mathea STEVENS (CAN) - Ranking: 76
Natalya COYLE(IRL) - Ranking: 86
Annika SCHLEU(GER) - Ranking: 89
Melanie MCCANN (CAN) - Ranking: 90
Victoria TERESHUK(UKR) - Ranking: 92

Angie DARBY (AUS) - Ranking: 98
Ye ZHANG (CHN) -Ranking: 102
Ayelen ZAPATA (ARG) - Ranking: 116

Amelia JOBLING(GBR)
Grace FRANCE(GBR)
Rachael HARES(GBR)
Kate FRENCH(GBR)






































World Cup #2 - Cairo, Egypt - Menen's Final - Krungolcas is the winner!

Under construction...

World Cup #2 - Cairo, Egypt - Women's Final - Gretchichnikova is the champion!

Under construction...

Wednesday 7 April 2010

World Cup #2 - Cairo, Egypt - Men's Semifinals

Note: under construction, to be updated soon.

There were 74 athletes in semifinals, divided into 3 groups, fighting for a place in the final on Sunday, 20th March.


Semifinal A
1. Edvinas Krungolcas (LTU) 4192
2. Pavlo Tymoschenko (UKR) 4188
3. William Brady (USA) 4188
4. Valeriy Ovcharov (RUS) 4188
5. Stefan Kollner (GER) 4184
6. Stanislau Zhurauliou (BLR) 4180
7. Yahor Lapo (BLR) 4176
8. Mustafa Nofal (EGY) 4168
9. Remigiusz Golis (POL) 4164
10. Christopher Link (GER) 4164
11. Pierpaolo Petroni (ITA) 4164 - Withdrew from final
12. Maxim Kuznetsov (RUS) 4160
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13. Steven Mason (GBR) 4132
14. Christopher Patte (FRA) 3992
15. Eslam Hamad (EGY) 3984
16. Shinya Fujii (JPN) 3896
17. Dennis Bowsher (USA) 3844
18. Mahmoud El Naggar (EGY) 3824
19. Russell North (GBR) 3812
20. Ibrahim Nofal (EGY) 3780
21. Shinichi Tomii (JPN) 3776
22. Wagner Romão (BRA) 3752
23. Krzysztof Staszak (POL) 3692
24. Diefferson Félix (BRA) 3436
25. Kakha Gotsridze (GEO) 3436

Semifinal B
1. Robert Kasza (HUN) 4308
2. Kelvin Hilgeholt (NED) 4172
3. Justinas Kinderis (LTU) 4164
4. Dimitrios Motsios (GRE) 4160
5. Mikhail Mitsyk (RUS) 4156
6. Pavel Sekretev (RUS) 4156
7. Omar El Geziry (EGY) 4140
8. Rustim Sabirkhouzine (RUS) 4140
9. Dmytro Kirpulyanskyy (UKR) 4100
10. Bence Demeter (HUN) 4100
11. Yasser Hefny (EGY) 4080
12. Amro El Geziry (EGY) 4052
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13. Joshua Riker-Fox (CAN) 4028
14. Deniss Cerkovskis (LAT) 3992
15. Mikalai Hayanouski (BLR) 3948
16. Luís Magno (BRA) 3884
17. Sasaki Hiroki (JPN) 3828
18. Karim El Lebedy (EGY) 3812
19. Dimitry Kestenov (BUL) 3760
20. Eli Bremer (USA) 3704
21. Denis Turov (KAZ) 3700
22. Arthur Lanigan-O'Keeffe (IRL) 3652
23. John Gibbons (USA) 3568
24. Rafael Marzullo (BRA) 3524
25. Stoian Groshlev (BUL) 3444

Semifinal C
1. Tomas Makarovas (LTU) 4216
2. Federico Giancamilli (ITA) 4192
3. Bruno Merle (FRA) 4192
4. Raouf Abd-El Raouf (EGY) 4188
5. David Atkinson (GBR) 4184
6. Nicola Benedetti (ITA) 4184
7. Mohamed Eid Ahmed (EGY) 4184
8. Gomaa Allay El Dien (EGY) 4180
9. Matthias Lehmann (GER) 4168
10. Delf Borrmann (GER) 4168
11. Pavlo Kirpulyanskyy (UKR) 4132
12. Hayato Noguchi (JPN) 4124
13. Thomas Daniel (AUT) 4024 - Moved to Final (replacing Petroni)
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14. Sung-Hyun Lee (KOR) 4012
15. Bartosz Majewski (POL) 4000
16. Nicolas Woodbridge (GBR) 3996
17. Yevgeniy Borkin (UKR) 3924
18. Szymon Staskieiwcz (POL) 3892
19. John Zakrzewski (FRA) 3844
20. Dimitrius Kaliakoudis (GRE) 3784
21. Eugeny Tebenkov (KAZ) 3772
22. Eanna Bailey (IRL) 3640
23. Anas Beshr (EGY) 3608
24. Robert Nemeth (HUN) 1272 DNF