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.