Latest competition results: Paris, Drzonkow (2010) and Palm Springs, CA (2011)

Finishing the 2010 season, we had competitions in Paris (FRA) and Drzonkow (POL) and in the current year we had one competition already, a test and qualifying competition for US World Cup #1 in Palm Springs, California.

In Paris the French Championships  (11-12 December, 2010) had world champion Amelie Caze and youngster Maurin Holyst successfully defending their titles from the previous year. Competitors from Germany and Ireland took part in the competition.

UIPM report: http://www.pentathlon.org/media-centre/latest-news/item/667-caze-adds-french-champion-to-her-impressive-2010-collection
Results: http://ffpentathlon.franceolympique.com/ffpentathlonmoderne/fichiers/File/competition/2010/chpts_de_fce_2010.pdf

In Drzonkow there was an international tetrathlon competition (18-19 December, 2010) with a pretty good line-up and a lot of competitors (with pentathletes from Germany, Czech Republic and Russia). In the men's competition, Michal Kacer finished first, just ahead of Horbacz and Golis, in a very close competition, while in women's competition Oktawia Nowacka didn't have much trouble to top the field, leaving Gomolinska in second and Skarzynska in third.

Full results: http://www.pentathlon.org.pl/upload/2010/halowe_2010.pdf

Opening the 2011 season American and Canadian pentathletes were in action in January the 7th at the US Open/ World Cup Qualifier (featuring the laser pistol, the new addition to combined event). Margaux Isaksen confirmed her favouritism while Sam Sacksen was too strong in the combined event and claimed the title among the men.

Full results: http://www.pentathlonworldcup-us.org/Final_results_in_Palm_Spring.pdf
UIPM report: http://www.pentathlon.org/component/k2/item/675-saksen--isaksen-claim-us-open-title
Pictures: http://usapentathlon.org/multimedia/photo_gallery/2116?ngb_id=17