2009 French Championships

Last weekend happened the French Open International Championships in Paris

Both titles (men's and women's) went to local pentathletes. Mabrin Holyst won the men's competition on Saturday, Amélie Cazé was the winner on Sunday.

The men's competition had 27 pentathletes from 5 countries, and everyone was expecting Ádám Marosi to win another title. The Hungarian, the best pentathlete of the year, had problems in riding, when scored only 100 points and finished in 18th position. Holyst was the winner with 5976 points, and could rely in great fencing and riding to manage to win with a good 11:40 in combined event, 5th best time in this event. Second came German Christopher Link (5844 points) who had the best performance in combined event. Third position was of Italian Domenico Porreca (5832 points). Local hopes Patte, Merle and Zakrzewski were 5th, 6th and 8th, repectivelly, while Viala for some reason didn't start for the swimming, retiring from the competition.

In the women's competition, no place for surprises with Amélie Cazé winning with 5604 points. British Katy Burke was second with a pretty solid performance in first 3 events, being the first to start the combined event, ahead of Cazé, but Cazé was better in combined and took the title. French Elfie Arnaud was 3rd, scoring 5392 points and had the best time in combined event. The women's competition had 16 participants.

Results: http://ffpentathlon.franceolympique.com/ffpentathlonmoderne/fichiers/File/resultats/2009/france_sen_jun_2009.pdf

National Championships and Rankings around the world

I couldn't find rankings or national seniors competitions for Hungary, Great Britain, Egypt and Mexico. I have yet to have a look at Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania, Latvia, China, Japan and South Korea, all those difficult because of the different alphabet (except for the Baltic countries). I'd like also to add results or rankings for continents and regions (like Scandinavia, for example). If/when not available for any of these countries or regions, I'll build a ranking based on current New Balance World Ranking.

Coming in the next days...

2009 Polish Championships

The Polish Championships was actually an open event, with pentathletes from several countries, a really strong competition. It was held in Drzonków, where some future big events will be held, in June. Let's have a look at the results. Horbacz and Boenisz won the competitions.

Men
1 - Marcin Horbacz (POL) 6080
2 - Remigiusz Golis (POL) 5956
3 - Martin Dvorak (CZE) 5956 (no typo here)
4 - Ondrej Polívka (CZE) 5936
5 - Cyril Viala (FRA) 5908
6 - Tomasz Chmielewski (POL) 5896

http://www.pentathlon.org.pl/upload/2009/MPS_Men.xls

To have an idea of how strong was the field, were left out of the top 6 list: Majewski, Staśkiewicz, Sika, Patte, Sedeckly and Hilgelholt (of course it's not a big deal a top athlete having a bad day and a poor display, but the amount shows how tough was the field).

The women's field had less pentathletes, but was also a god line up

Women
1 - Paulina Boenisz (POL) 5648
2 - Sylwia Czwojdzińska(POL) 5600
3 - Lena Schöneborn (GER) 5564
4 - Lucia Kršňáková (SVK) 5320
5 - Joanna Gomolińska (POL) 5300
6 - Magdalena Walesa (POL) 5236

Wójcik finished 7th and legendary Małoszyc (born 1969) came 8th.

http://www.pentathlon.org.pl/upload/2009/MPS_Women.xls

2009 Italian Championships

The Italian Champioships happened in Roma, 24-25 October. Giancamilli confirmed his good form showed in Rio de Janeiro and took the title. Former champion Benedetti came fourth in this strong competition, with Lupi and De Lucca finishing ahead of last year's winner. Quarto and Petroni disappointed with performances below the expected. In the women competition, Cesarini took the title, surpassing several athletes from the army.

Men
1 - Federico Giancamilli/CS Forestale 6100
2 - Davide Lupi/ASD De Gregorio 6052
3 - Riccardo De Lucca/CS Carabineri 6020
4 - Nicola Benedetti/CS Forestale 6016
5 - Domenico Porreca/Termoli 5916

Franceschini (6th - 5840), Quarto (12th - 5636), Pier PaoloPetroni (19th - 4624 - SF)

Women
1 - Claudia Cesarini /SS Lazio 5292
2 - Alessia Pieretti/Esercito 5276
3 - Marianna Videtta /Esercito 5188
4 - Alessia Mancini/Esercito 5148
5 - Lavinia Bonessio/Esercito 5120

http://www.fipm.it/file/35084.pdf

2009 Nationals and Internationals Level3/4 - Austria, Switzerland and Slovakia

From Austria we have Thomas Daniel, who had a great season and finished 8th in New Balance world Ranking. From Switzerland, Berlinda Schreiber only competed twice this year. Slovakia has a promising new generation of Tomas, and I always wanted to know the name of AC Martin, who is not active since last year.

Austria

International Women Competition - Wien, Austria - October 2009

1- Sandy Straus (GER) 5244
2 - Tabea Budde (GER) 5148
3 - Lenka Bilková (CZE) 4716

National Austrian Women
1 - Verena Jäggle/Wiener Verien MF (6th) 3884
2 - Elke Schuller/HSV Wiener Neustadt (8th) 3644
3 - Nicole Bartoska/HSV Graz (9th) 3332

National Austrian Men - Award
1- Thomas Daniel/HSV Wiener Neustadt
2 - Rüdiger Tesar/HSV Wiener Neustadt
2 - Robin Sanz/HSV Wiener Neustadt

http://www.modernerfuenfkampf.at/

Switzerland

Swiss Open Championships - Women - Frauenfeld (SUI)
1- Louise Helyer (GBR) 5448
2 - Lydia Rosling (GBR) 5072
3 - Narumi Kurosu (JPN) 4948


Swiss Open Championships - Men - Frauenfeld (SUI)
1- Tomáš Škopek (SVK) 5888
2 - Eanna Bailey (IRL) 5816
3 - Tomáš Doležel (SVK) 5796

http://www.pentathlonsuisse.ch/downloads/news/Liste%20Excel%20Rangliste%20engl..pdf

Slovakia

Grand Prix - Veľká cena Slovenska 2009 - Banska Bystrica - September 2009
Men
1- Tomáš Doležel 6012
2 - Tomáš Škopek 5960
3 - Tomáš Vrábel 5604

http://www.pentathlon.sk/preteky/vysledky_pretek.php?id_pretek=245&nazov_p=Ve%BEk%E1+cena+Slovenska+2009&rocnik=2009&kat=O&pohl=___1%25&potvrd=Vyp%ED%9A+v%FDsledky


Slovak Cup Final - November 07, Banska Bystrica

2009 German Championships

Some old news here, the German National Championships happened in May, in the city of Bonn. Germany has a solid team featuring Olympic champion Schöneborn and also Trautmann, Knack, Kohlmann, Walther, Vetter and Dietz. Steffen Gebhardt only competed in World Cup 2 Cairo this year, I hope he can be fit for next season.

Men's
1 - Eric Walther 5940
2 - Stefan Köllner 5800
3 - Michails Jefremenko (LAT) 5788

Sascha Vetter finished the competition in 8th, while Sebastian Dietz finished only in the 12th position. Some foreign athletes took part of the event, the most known being Martin Dvořák (CZE) and Sandris Sika (LAT).

http://www.dvmf.de/uploads/media/IDM_Bonn_Maenner_01.pdf

Women's
1 - Lena Schöneborn 5608
2 - Janine Kohlmann 5564
3 - Eva Trautmann 5464

Claudia Knack had problems in riding and finished in 18th position.

http://www.dvmf.de/uploads/media/IDM_Bonn_Frauen_01.pdf

2009 US Ranking and National Championships

Let's have a quick look at the 2009 American modern pentathlon season. The US Nationals were actually results from the NORCECA competition held in Palm Springs, California (June 2009). The American pentathletes that did well not only in national circuit but also in international competitions are Brady, Sam Sacksen, Bowsher, Bremer (men) and Isaksen (women).

Men's

National Championships (July 2009)
1 - Dennis Bowsher 5622
2 - William Brady 5397
3 - Sam Sacksen 5348
4 - Eli Bremer 5010
5 - Niul Manske 4756


Men's Ranking (as of November 2009)
1- William Brady 16837 points
2 - Sam Sacksen 16610 points
3- Dennis Bowsher 14702 points
4 - Eli Bremer 14612 points
5 - Niul Manske 4756


http://assets.teamusa.org/assets/documents/attached_file/filename/18810/MEN_S_IPPS_Ranking_List-November_4__2009.pdf

Women's

National Championships
1- Margaux Isaksen 5014
2 - McKenzie West 3947
3 - Marissa Berger 3923

Women's Ranking (as of June 2009)
1 - Margaux Isaksen 16137
2 - Daelyn Chase 6927
3 - Suzanne Stettinius 4622

http://assets.teamusa.org/assets/documents/attached_file/filename/13347/WOMEN_S_IPPS_Ranking_List-June_20_2009.pdf

2009 French Championships - Paris

The French Seniors Championships will be held in Paris, from 14 to 15 November. It will be a great competition, featuring French best pentahletes, like Berrou, Patte, Viala, Zakrewski and Merle in the men's and Cazé, Darras and Eudes in the women's. Pentathletes from Great Britain, Italy and Germany are expected to take part.

You can check the entry list at:

http://ffpentathlon.franceolympique.com/ffpentathlonmoderne/fichiers/File/competition/2009/engages/selections_france_seniors_2009.pdf

2009 Czech Modern Pentathlon Award

The Czech team had a great season, with medals in relay and team competitions and also great individual results. The individual highlights were Svoboda's silver in London World Senior Championships and Polívka's titles in Leipzig European Championships and World Cup 2 (Cairo), while the team won double gold in London at relay and also the silver medal in men's team. Svoboda and Polívka are currently #2 and #3, respectively, in the New Balance World Ranking. Too bad Libor Capalini and Michal Michalík couldn't compete a full season. Among the women, Grolichová won another national award but now faces close competition from junior up and coming Dianová.


Seniors

Men's
1- David Svoboda (ASC/Ados) 241 points
2 - Ondřej Polívka (ASC/Dukla) 224 points
3 - Michal Michalík (ASC/PSC) 134 points

Women's
1 - Lucie Grolichová (ASC/Ados) 135 points
2 - Natálie Dianová (ASC/Dukla) 125 points
3 - Silvie Černá (ASC/Ados) 91 points

Juniors

Men's
1 - Ondřej Polívka (ASC/Dukla) 195 points
2 - David Kindl (TJ Dukla) 49 points
3 - Jan Kuf (TJ Dukla) 41 points

Women's
1- Natálie Dianová (ASC/Dukla) 132 points
2 - Barbora Kodedová (PSC) 108 points
3 - Lenka Bilková (SCB) 64 points

In another award, Polívka won the poll of best Czech pentathlete of 2009 season. The younger pentathlete ever to be #1 at world ranking won this award for the first time, leaving Svoboda in second place and Grolichová in third place. Svoboda won the last two awards, while Capalini won for seven times. Highlights of Polívka this year were the titles mentioned above (European Championships, World Cup 2) and the gold at relay (with Svoboda) and silver at team competition (with Svoboda and Michalík) in London World Champoionships , gold in mixed relay (with his girlfriend Natálie Dianová), silver in team competition (with Svoboda and Capalini) and bronze in relay (with Sedlecký and Dvořák) in 3-relay in Leipzig European Championships. Lucie Grolichová, Natálie Dianová a Sylvie Černá won the prize of best team for their performances in London ánd Leipzig, where they won the relays competitions.

Photo Gallery of the Czech Team - pictures by Vítězslav Bureš, published at http://www.idnes.cz/

note: I've tried several times to edit this post (and others as well) with the pictures, but the edition tool sucks big time. So there is a lot of space between the pictures.

Polívka, Michalík, Svoboda (London)

Martin Dvořák, Ondřej Polívka a Michal Sedlecký (Leipzig)

Polívka, Svoboda, Capalini (Leipzig)

Grolichová, Dianová (London)

Černá and Grolichová (Leipzig)

2009 Brazilian Championships

The 2009 Brazilian Modern Pentathlon Championships was held last weekend in Resende, a city placed between Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, at the Agulhas Negras Militar Academy. As expected, Yane Marques won the women seniors competition, with 5336 points. Larissa Lellys was second and Paula Souza completed the podium. In the men's competition, Aloísio Sandes clinched the title, with Luís Barroso Magno in second and veteran Wagner Romão in third. Priscila Oliveira finished first in juniors and Mariana Laporte took the title in Youth A with an impressive score of 4588 points.

Yane Marques

Good luck to girls and boys at Youth Olympic Qualifying in Buenos Aires, Argentina, that will happen in December. I hope they can get a spot in Singapore Games.

Source: http://www.pentatlo.org.br/noticia_detalhe.php?cod_noticias=225 (in Portuguese)