2014 announces exciting year of Modern Pentathlon ahead

January 2014 Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne Newsletter
HIGHLIGHTS
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UIPM appoints ‘Sport for All’ Commission members – p.2
News from around the Modern Pentathlon World – p.3
Tournament & Training camp invitations – p.13
Medical and Anti-Doping corner – p.13
Inside UIPM: Monthly activities of President Schormann – p.14
New Balance World Rankings – p.18
2014 announces exciting year of Modern
Pentathlon ahead
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UIPM Appoints ‘Sport for All’ Commission
UIPM, the International Modern Pentathlon Union, has put together a 'Sport for All'
Commission to engage the wider sporting community in taking up the sport of Modern
Pentathlon and to promote its development drive with the provision of low-cost equipment
worldwide to make it more accessible to all. The Commission unites experts from each
Confederation in order to bring insight into each continent.
VISION
The vision of 'The Sport for All Commission' is to make Modern Pentathlon with all its disciplines (or subsports) more accessible to all, irrespective of gender, age or ethnic background. Additionally, the vision is
also to provide a unique opportunity for growth at all socio-economic levels and most importantly to embrace
the diversity and inclusiveness of the Union's sporting Family.
MISSION
'The Sport for All Commission' mission is to undertake direct actions in favour of the Modern Pentathlon
Sport Development programs through a promotion of its basic disciplines such as World School Biathlon,
Modern Biathle (run/swim) and Modern Triathle (shoot/swim/run). Furthermore, the use of low cost
equipment and definition of new standards with coaches and former athletes recruited to contribute to the
future growth of the sport worldwide.
COMPOSITION and RESPONSIBILITIES
Made up of independent people, representing various regions, 'The Sport for All Commission' role is to
enhance the diffusion of the UIPM Development plans in a more consistent way. The commission will be
composed as follows:
Chairman:
 Dr h.c. Klaus Schormann (GER) - UIPM President
Members:
 Mrs Kitty Chiller (AUS) - President of Modern Pentathlon Australia, representing Asia and Oceania Australian Olympic Committee Executive Board Member
 Mrs Angela Ives (CAN) - former President of the Canadian Modern Pentathlon Association representing NORCECA and South America
 Mr Viacheslav Malishev (GEO) - Georgian Modern Pentathlon and Triathlon National Federation
President, representing Europe
 Mrs Fridah B.M. Shiroya (KEN) - President of Modern Pentathlon Kenya, representing Africa, Kenya
Olympic Commmittee Executive Board Member
Commission Coordinator:
 Luca Baracchi (UIPM)
Duties and responsibilities of the Commission Members:
1. Study and establish the status of the sport in their respective regions and formulate suggestions/actions
that be taken into the overall Sport Development Plan by the UIPM HQ
2. Share common information that can be used as "best practices" to support the Sport Development Plan in
all its forms
3. Educate, with the support of the local confederations, the diffusion of a 'Sport for All' vision within each
region and especially in those inactive area part of the UIPM family
4. Coordinate, with the HQ, the accessibility to further resources in order to direct better actions and evaluate
project feasibility and timelines
5. Facilitate regional institutional relations, also in the field of public and private education with the clear
objective of consistently growing the mass participation
6. Promote the organisation of events such as World School Biathlon, Modern Biathle and Modern Triathle
that can enhance the visibility of UIPM in each single region
The UIPM Executive Board has approved the composition of the 'Sport for All' commission and agreed on its
vision, mission and responsibilities/duties.
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News from around the Modern Pentathlon World
Cuba’s Leydi Laura Moya López nominated as YOG Young athlete ambassador
21-year-old 2010 Youth Olympic Games Modern Pentathlon
champion Leydi Laura Moya López (pictured, right) has been
nominated by the Cuban Olympic Committee to be their Young
athlete ambassador at this year’s YOG in Nanjing, China.
The IOC’s special Young Ambassadors will promote the Youth
Olympic Games (YOG) and the Culture and Education Programme
(CEP) of Nanjing 2014 in their own delegations. The IOC required
more than 100 NOCs to nominate a young person (18-25 year’s old),
who will take on the role of encouraging young athletes in their
delegation to take part in the CEP at the YOG Nanjing 2014 and to
really get the most out of their YOG experience.
Leydi Laura Moya López becoming the Young Ambassador for Cuba
is a recognition of her outstanding achievements for the Central
American nation. Her gold medal in Singapore four years ago and
her unquestionable promise means she was one of the frontrunners
for this role. In 2013, Moya López showed her maturity with several
exceptional performances, including winning the NORCECA Senior
Championships and coming an impressive 11th at the end-of-year
Champion of Champions in Doha, Qatar.
This appointment will only increase exposure for Modern Pentathlon
in Cuba and the bubbly personality of Leydi Laura Moya López
makes her the ideal candidate for the Young Ambassadors’ role.
Double Olympian Sam Weale announces retirement
Modern pentathlete Sam Weale (pictured, left) has
announced his retirement from the sport after a career
spanning more than a decade that saw him compete
at two Olympic Games.
Weale took up the demanding sport of modern
pentathlon in 2000 and represented Great Britain at
the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, finishing 10th, the
best performance by a GB man since Graham
Brookhouse’s eighth in 1992. He followed that up with
13th place competing in front of a home audience at
the London 2012 Olympics.
Weale made a piece of history when he won the individual silver medal at the 2010 European
Championships in Hungary, becoming the first British man to win an individual medal at a European
Championships. His other main achievements include a World Cup bronze at Millfield in Somerset in 2008
and an individual bronze at the 2002 European Junior Championships in Hungary.
Weale, originally from East Coker near Yeovil in Somerset, just missed out on a team relay medal at the
2009 World Championships at Crystal Palace when he came fourth partnering Nick Woodbridge.
He said: “I’ve had a fantastic career. The men’s team is looking absolutely fantastic at the moment and it’s
nice to see the achievements of the men equalling those of the women. “One of my biggest regrets is not
winning a team medal, but hopefully there are a lot of team medals in the men’s team now.”
Weale initially combined training at Pentathlon GB’s National Training Centre with gaining a Sports
Technology degree at the University of Bath, graduating in 2005. He was also an ambassador for the Wells
Sports Foundation. Now 31, he has just embarked on a new career in teaching at Dulwich Prep School in
London, where he teaches Mathematics, Science and Sport.
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Pentathlon Ontario hold Winter Invitational
20 athletes from Ontario, Canada and the USA
(Michigan and Indiana) ventured out to the University of
Toronto's Athletic Centre on January 5th to compete in
the first Pentathlon Ontario Winter Invitational to be
held in several years.
In divisions from the new youth F division to Masters,
the competition featured the first ever combined run/
laser, precision shoot in Canada for Youth C, D, E and
F, as well as the first ever experimental ladder fencing
for Youth A and up in Canada where several athletes
successfully worked their way several places up the ladder with the highest placed fencer prevailing.
Pentathlon Ontario were keen to congratulate all competitors and thank all our volunteers who worked
tirelessly to make the event happen. There are now high hopes that this event will become a mainstay of the
Modern Pentathlon calendar after the outstanding success of this latest edition.
All photos available HERE
Ádám Marosi crowned Hungarian epée Fencing Champion
In a show of quality on the pistes of the
Hungarian National Championships, World
Pentathlon No.3 Adam Marosi (picturd, left)
dominated his peers to win a sensational
title in epée.
The 29-year-old London 2012 Olympic
bronze medallist was in blistering form this
weekend and was simply unstoppable as
he took first place.
The Hungarian National Epeé Team won
gold at the Fencing World Championships
in Budapest earlier this year. Ádám Marosi
beat two member of that team on his way
to gold. The European Pentathlon
Champion will be brimming with confidence going into 2014 when he will hope to reclaim top spot in the
ranking. After András Balczó, László Fábián and Ádám Madaras, Marosi becomes only the fourth
Pentathlete in history to win a Hungarian Fencing Champion’s title. (Photo: Grnak Laszlo)
Peru hold Olympic solidarity seminar
Initiated by the South American Modern Pentathlon Confederation and the Peruvian Modern Pentathlon
Association, with support from the Peru Olympic Committee, the Military Sports Federation and the Military
Academy, this Olympic solidarity seminar gave the foundations for the country to host several high quality
Modern Pentathlon competitions in the coming years.
With Peru having access to some excellent horses and equestrian
centres along with the influence of the Military in the country, the
development of Modern Pentathlon will come at great pace. There
is great anticipation that this will lead to some success at the
ODESUR Games in the very near future.
UIPM and CSPM have provided both laser pistol (pictured, above,
right) and targets to aid and accelerate this development with high
hopes that this will further contribute to the development of both
coaches and athletes in both the country and the region.
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Woodbridge named 2013 GB Pentathlon athlete of the year
World Championship silver medallist Nick Woodbridge (pictured, left, second from right) has collected the
British Modern Pentathlon Athlete of the Year Award for 2013. The double Olympian made a piece of history
when he won the individual silver medal at the World
Championships in Chinese Taipei in August. His medal
was the first individual World Championships medal
won by a British male pentathlete since Richard Phelps’
gold in 1993.
The trophy is provided by the British Olympic
Association and Woodbridge received if from Jan Bartu,
Pentathlon GB Performance Director. Woodbridge, who
ends 2013 at 15th in the senior world rankings, thanked
his team-mates, coaching staff and the English Institute
of Sport staff for their support. “The team has been
amazing this year and I don’t think this would have
been possible without all of them,” he said.
Joe Evans collected the Newcomer of the Year Award,
which marked a terrific debut season on the senior international circuit. Evans won a bronze medal at his first
World Cup, at Palm Springs in February. He made to further finals at World Cups, came seventh at the
World Cup Final and helped the British team to relay bronze at the European Junior Championships. He
ends the year ranked second in the world junior rankings and 13th in the senior rankings. The Newcomer of
the Year award trophy was donated by Athens 2004 Olympic bronze medallist Georgina Harland.
A pair of Outstanding Performance of the Year Awards were also presented. Jamie Cooke collected his
award for a year that saw him win his first World Cup gold, at Budapest in May. He ends the year ranked
fourth in the world. And Kate French helped British teams to team gold at both the World and European
Championships as well as securing individual 10th place finishes at both competitions in a year that also saw
her graduate with a Sports Performance degree from the University of Bath.
2014 US National Competition & Camps list revealed
USA Pentathlon have published the list of their major National Competitions,
qualifying events and training camps for the year 2014:
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National Team Qualifier #1, January 9-12, 2014 in Colorado Springs
National Team Qualifier #2, January 23-26, 2014 in Colorado Springs
USA Pentathlon Coaches Clinic, January 23-26, 2014 in Colorado Springs
International Training Camp #1, February 6-25, 2014 in Colorado Springs
USA Pentathlon National Team Qualifier #3, February 6-9, 2014 in Colorado Springs
US Olympic Training Center Cup, February 14-15, 2014 in Colorado Springs
International Training Camp #2, March 3-24, 2014 in Colorado Springs
YOG International Qualifier Competition, April 11-14, 2014 in Colorado Springs
USA Pentathlon Coaches Clinic, January 23-26, 2014 in Colorado Springs
USA Pentathlon National Team Qualifier (Junior Final Select), May 9-12, 2014 in Colorado Springs
USA Pentathlon Junior/Senior Camp and Nationals, June 21-30, 2014 in Colorado Springs
USA Pentathlon Youth Camp and Nationals, June 30 - July 7, 2014 in Colorado Springs
USA Pentathlon Coaches Clinic, June 30 - July 7, 2014 in Colorado Springs
AISTS and UIPM join forces
With UIPM keen to provide the platform with which students from
the AISTS Sports Management course can gain practical
experience of working within the International Federation of an
Olympic sport, the governing body of Modern Pentathlon
worldwide has signed a partnership agreement with AISTS that
will see students come to the Monaco office and assist with the
various projects undertaken by the Headquarters.
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“The AISTS (International Academy for Sports Science and Technology) is a foundation located in
Lausanne, the Olympic Capital, Switzerland. It was founded in 2000 by the International Olympic Committee
(IOC), EPFL (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne), IMD Business School, University of
Lausanne, University of Geneva, IDHEAP (Swiss Graduate School of Public Administration), Ecole hôtelière
de Lausanne, the City of Lausanne, and the Canton of Vaud.
The mission of the AISTS is to Master Sport by positively contributing to sports management through a multidisciplinary approach to education and sciences and by remaining at the forefront of the sport industry’s
development and the Olympic movement.”
World No.1 Kinderis moving mountains in US Training camp
After taking the World title in Chinese Taipei this summer, Lithuania’s
Justinas Kinderis (pictured, left) claimed top spot in the world ranking to
end the year as the No.1 male pentathlete. The 26-year-old now knows
he has to remain at the peak of his powers to stay at the top of the pile.
With so many talented athletes all vying to take his place, Kinderis has
been pushing himself to his very limits in Colorado Springs to make sure
that he is in the best shape of his life coming into 2014.
Lithuania became the dominant power on the world stage after Kinderis
joined his compatriot Laura Asadaukaite, the reigning Olympic Champion
and best female pentathlete on the planet, as the leading lights in their
respective categories.
Kinderis is moving mountains in order to be at his very best for the first
international event of the year, the much anticipated World Cup Series #1
in Acapulco, Mexico.
With Adam Marosi showing he is ready for the
challenge of toppling the Lithuanian, having won
the
Hungarian
National
Epee
fencing
Championships, and Valentin Prades coming of
age, along with a whole host of hungry rivals all
eager to move up the ranking, Kinderis will have
to be at his very best once more next year.
The signs from Colorado Springs are very
encouraging and Janusz Peciak, US National
Coach, has been impressed with his dedication in
training, stating, “He has looked so strong both
physically and in his mentality. He really want to
do good next year. You can see he is very
hungry. You can expect great things from him”.
University of Buenos Aires to provide perfect environment for athletes to train and learn
The Modern Pentathlon Federation of Argentina have received
important information from the Ministry of Social Development
and the University of Buenos Aires, have implemented a
curriculum for athletes, which will allow them to study and
continue to compete at the same time.
The same main objective, to promote the inclusion and
retention in the university students who are developing sports
activities of federal nature, generating the necessary
mechanisms to that career does not conflict with the academic
route causes of such administrative (times given or overlapping
test dates with Calendar competition or training, etc).
To this end, the University of Buenos Aires offers a number of alternatives which undoubtedly will result in an
improvement in the experience of those / these young people, making sports practices sustained and
systematic way, decide to make their training at the Buenos Aires University.
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2008 Olympic silver medallist Heather Fell moves onto media career
Olympic silver medallist and former world number one Heather Fell (pictured, below) has announced her
retirement from modern pentathlon after 12 years competing at international level to pursue a career in the
media.
The highpoint of Fell’s illustrious career was a terrific
performance at the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008 when
she became the fourth British athlete to win an Olympic
medal since the sport for women was included on the
Olympic programme at Sydney 2000.
Fell said: “I’ve had a wonderful career in a sport I love, I
never imagined I would be able to do have the opportunity to
train full time for my sport. I take so many happy memories
with me. I’m now turning my attention to a new and exciting
career alongside the different physical challenge of road
cycling.”
Jan Bartu, Pentathlon GB Performance Director, said: “I’d
like to wish Heather all the best for the future. Her successes
from her time as a junior up to Olympic, World
Championships, World Cups and European Championships
speak for themselves. It will be sad to see her go.
Fell was inspired to take up the sport after watching Steph
Cook win gold and fellow Devonian Kate Allenby win bronze
at Sydney 2000. Having been a successful competitor in
Pony Club tetrathlon she then learned to fence in her final
year of school to make up the five disciplines required for the
modern pentathlon
Fell, who has a Physiotherapy degree from Brunel
University, burst on to the international scene when she
won individual gold as well as team gold and team relay
silver at the 2003 World Junior Championships in Athens.
But she had to show grit and determination after a series of
shin injuries hampered her ability to train and she
considered giving up the sport.
Training at her old school, Kelly College in Tavistock,
Devon, she battled back to win a World Cup bronze medal
in Moscow in 2007, an individual silver medal at the 2007
European Championships in Latvia, as well as World Cup
gold at Millfield in Somerset and a bronze in the Czech
Republic in 2008. An individual fourth place finish at the 2008 World Championships in Hungary ensured her
place on the GB team for the Beijing Olympics.
After winning Olympic silver, Heather rounded off 2008 with another silver medal at the 2008 World Cup
Final in Portugal to end the year ranked number one in the world. Further successes followed, including an
individual silver medal and team gold at the 2009 European Championships in Germany and a World Cup
silver in China. Her last major medal was a silver at the 2012 World Cup Final in China. Fell was consistently
ranked in the world’s top-10. The strength and depth of competition within the GB team – Fell was one of five
GB women achieving the Olympic qualifying standard with only two places available - meant she wasn’t able
to achieve her goal of competing at a home Olympics at London 2012.
This gave her other opportunities outside of sport and has helped her to develop her career beyond. Fell was
elected and is an active member of the British Olympic Association Athletes Commission, as well as being
an active member of the British Athletes Commission advisory board and the Team Bath forum. Since
stopping training she has worked as an athlete mentor with the Dame Kelly Homes trust, Youth Sport Trust
and Team Superschools.
She was an ambassador for the Bath 2013 Special Olympics and last summer she cycled from John
O’Groats to Land’s End to raise money for the Bath Rugby Foundation. She has developed her media career
alongside these activities and is now a regular columnist, feature writer, commentator and journalist.
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Britain’s pentathletes get season underway at national ranking competition
Britain’s modern pentathletes got their season underway at the first of two GB national ranking competitions
in Bath this weekend. The competition gave a host of younger athletes an opportunity to show their mettle
alongside some of the more established athletes training at the National Training Centre at the University of
Bath.
London 2012 Olympic silver medallist Samantha
Murray competed in the women’s event, along
with Kate French and Freyja Prentice. The trio all
represented Great Britain at last year’s world
championships.
Former world junior champion Jamie Cooke
(pictured, right), ranked four in the world, was
among the men competing, along with Sam Curry
and Tom Toolis, who are ranked 13th and 21st
respectively in the world junior rankings.
As it was the first ranking competition of the year,
the swim and run/shoot featured longer distances
than in standard pentathlon competitions.
Both the men’s and women’s competitions took place over two days with fencing, swimming and the
run/shoot at the Pentathlon GB National Training Centre at the University of Bath and riding at the West Wilts
Equestrian Centre. A second National Ranking Competition takes place in February.
Is Modern Pentathlon antiquated? (Blog by Shauna Biddulph)
When all the drama was happening in 2012 regarding
which sport would be dropped from the Olympic
program (it ended up being wrestling, which was then
reinstated), the biggest argument against Modern
Pentathlon was that it is an antiquated sport with no
place in future Olympic programs.
Our sport was originally designed to simulate the
experience of a 19th Century cavalry officer behind
enemy lines–he must be able to defend himself in
close combat using a sword (which is why Coubertin
chose epee fencing, the most pure of the fencing
disciplines, a fight to first blood where the entire body
is a target), he must be able to swim in case he comes
across a river or body of water in his escape, he must be able to ride a strange horse in case he finds one in
the enemy’s camp, he must be able to defend himself with a pistol in case he gets the opportunity, and
finally, he must be able to outrun his enemy.
Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the Modern Olympic Games and the creator of our sport, thought these
five disciplines defined the ideal all-around athlete. So, is the Modern Pentathlon an antiquated sport?
Soldiers today don’t fight with thrusting swords like epees. The guns they use have nothing to do with the
laser pistols we train and compete with today. Most don’t learn to ride horses anymore, and, though they
have tough fitness requirements, as far as I know, swimming isn’t one of them.
Perhaps Modern Pentathlon no longer describes the ideal soldier, but I would argue that, in terms of pop
culture, it’s actually currently one of the most relevant sports in the Olympic movement. Allow me to explain.
The idea of a zombie apocalypse has become really trendy over the past few years. There are a number of
examples in pop culture of television shows and movies that are centered around the idea of a zombie
apocalypse, but for the sake of time and word count, I’m going to focus on The Walking Dead. Now, if you’ve
even watched just the first episode of the first season of the series, I don’t know how you could want anyone
but a Modern Pentathlete on your team.
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Many of the zombies are ‘put
down’ by being either stabbed in
the head or shot, zombies can’t
swim, so if you get in trouble you
can lure them into the water then
swim away, they can’t keep up
with horses (as we saw about
halfway through the first episode
when Rick was riding for much of
the episode), and having a ‘rabbit’
who can outrun the zombies and
lure them away from the rest of
the group would likely prove
invaluable.
Training as a Modern Pentathlete
is the perfect preparation for a potential zombie apocalypse, and if you happen to be friends with a
pentathlete. I guess you already have your Daryl. Not into the zombie thing? Ok.
The second movie in the Hunger Games series, Catching Fire, came out in late last year. Still a bit of a
stretch because, in real life, we don’t have people from the Capitol throwing us into a super technologically
advanced arena to fight to the death. But, if we were to be put in a situation like that, I think pentathletes
would fare better than most.
We would be able to defend ourselves with swords/sword-like weapons, we could outrun most of the other
tributes, we could easily navigate the water traps like the giant lake in Catching Fire, we could defend
ourselves with a gun if we were to get one, and we’re well versed in dealing with animals we just met, in case
the Game Makers decide to throw in an animal as a plot twist. I think of any of the sports in the modern
Olympic program, Modern Pentathlon would put forward the athletes with the best all-around preparatory
training for success in the Hunger Games. Still too much science fiction? Ok.
The weight loss/obesity management market in
North America is estimated to have been worth
$104 billion in 2012, and is expected to balloon to
$139.5 billion by 2017. If you were to walk around a
Modern Pentathlon World Cup event, many of the
athletes you’d encounter could easily double as
fitness models.
I don’t know very many men who wouldn’t want a
body like David Svoboda’s or Valentin Prades’, and
I think you’d be hard pressed to find a girl who
wouldn’t pin a picture of Donata Rimsaite or Yane
Marques as their fitness inspiration on Pinterest.
How about Laura Asadauskaite or Elena Rublevska or Evdokia Gretchichnikova’s post-baby bodies? It’s
nearly impossible to train in Modern Pentathlon without losing weight. And common complaints many people
have about weight loss programs (it gets boring, they reach their goals too soon, etc) are non-existent when
you’re a pentathlete.
It’s impossible to get bored when you’re doing five different sports. Even when you reach your goals in one of
the disciplines, there will still be plenty of work to do in the other four. Even when one sport is consistently
difficult and slow to see gains in, there is always one that is going better than you expect it to, so you don’t
get discouraged the same way as you do when you’re just trying to learn to run or swim or lift. Maybe the
history of the development of our sport is antiquated, but the history of the development of many of the
sports in the summer Olympics is.
I think Modern Pentathlon fits easily into current pop culture, our governing body has taken the perfect steps
to make the sport television/spectator/environmentally friendly, and the biggest strike against it is that no one
outside the Olympic movement seems to know it exists. You can read Shauna’s other blog: Why is Modern
Pentathlon amazing HERE
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Laura Asadauskaite scoops second place in Lithuanian athlete of the year awards
After claiming gold at the World Championships in Koahsiung, Chinese Taipei last year, after a sublime
combined event which she had begun from 19th on the starting grid, World No.1 and reigning Olympic
Champion Laura Asadauskaite was presented with a plaque to commemorate her success at an award
ceremony in the Lithuania capital Vilnius.
The mother of one and wife of former
champion and UIPM Executive Board
member
for
Media
Andrejus
Zadneprovskis came second in the
voting to Ruth Meilutyte, the 100m
breaststroke World and European
Champion. Asadauskaite was full of
praise for the swimmer, stating, “I
wish her even more success and I
hope she continues to always be first.
The world's best pentathlete admitted
that did not expect to come second in
the votes, "I was surprised, I did not
expect to be second. Thanks to
everyone who voted for me and
believe in me. For the second year in
a row, to be here is such an honour.”
UIPM Secretary General holds World Cup Final Sarasota-Bradenton site visit
Shiny Fang, UIPM Secretary General, concluded her two-day visit to Sarasota-Bradenton (pictured, left) on
January 9-10, 2014 by declaring that she is “impressed and excited” by the local support she witnessed for
the four major Pentathlon events Sarasota and Bradenton will host during the next three years, including
three World Cup competitions and the Olympic Trials.
“We selected Sarasota-Bradenton based
on several strengths, including the broad
degree of community involvement its bid
conveyed,” Secretary-General Fang said.
“Hosting the first Pentathlon World Cup
Final in the United States in over forty
years is no minor effort – and I am
impressed and excited by the enthusiastic
community support I have seen during
the last two days.
The Sarasota-Bradenton facilities and
community will also provide an ideal
environment to debut the international
Royal Pentathlon Club.”
Fang, one of only three female Secretary
Generals in Olympic sport, was
accompanied by three-time Olympian
USA Pentathlon Executive Director Rob Stull. Secretary-General Fang met with former Florida Secretary of
State and Congresswoman Katherine Harris and other local leaders to evaluate the ongoing preparations for
the 2014 World Cup Final scheduled for this June.
The 2014 World Cup Final will showcase the top 36 male and 36 female Pentathlon athletes from around the
world. Then, for the next three years, Sarasota-Bradenton will remain an essential stop along the “Road to
Rio,” as some of the world’s top athletes prepare for the 2016 Olympic Summer Games.
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Dominic Mahony awarded MBE in Great Britain New Year’s Honours List
Great Britain’s Olympic Team Leader at the past four Games, Dominic
Mahony (pictured, below), has been awarded the MBE (Member of the British
Empire medal) for voluntary services to Modern Pentathlon in the New Year’s
Honours list it was announced today.
Dominic, who competed in two Olympic Games winning team bronze in 1988
has served as a Board member of Pentathlon GB since 1997 and was the
first Chairman of the UIPM Athletes Committee and Executive Board member
from 1993-1997.
In receiving the award, Dominic said “I am delighted to have been recognised
for the work I have been doing in Modern Pentathlon since starting as a
young athlete more than 30 years ago. I have been most proud of the
success of our World Class Performance programme in Britain since 1998
and see this award as recognition for the athletes, coaches and sports
science specialists who have achieved so much during the last four Olympic
cycles, in which I have been involved.”
Namibia Modern Pentathlon Federation hold AGM
As one of the emerging countries from the African continent, Namibia
showcased some of its burgeoning talent at last year’s Biathle Triathle World
Championships and now hopes to build on that success as it looks to establish
the five disciplines of Modern Pentathlon in its country.
The Annual General Meeting (AGM) mapped out plans for the next few years
with high hopes that its athletes can impact once again on the world stage.
There were discussions on constitutional changes and the President’s and
financial reports.
2014 World Modern Pentathlon Coaches Conference to be held in Manchester this November
Following on from the success of the 2013 edition of
the World Coaches Conference, Pentathlon GB and
UIPM are once again teaming up once again in
November this year, in Manchester, for an even more
comprehensive workshop.
This time around, the workshop will last a full-three
days from 7-10 November, with many more guests
speakers set to take part when experts from all around
the globe converge on the Manchester Conference
Centre for this edition.
You can keep up with all the news about the event on
the dedicated website: www.wmpcc.org
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Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee Formally Established
The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Tokyo 2020) was formally
established this month and will be headed by former Prime Minister of Japan Yoshiro Mori. Tokyo 2020 has
reached a new milestone in its journey to deliver a superb Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2020.
The appointments of Yoshiro Mori as President of The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and
Paralympic Games and Toshiro Muto as Chief Executive Officer were also officially confirmed.
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Yoshiro Mori said: “I am honoured
to have been selected to lead the
new organising committee, and I
am fully committed to ensuring that
we will deliver a fantastic Games
that will showcase the power of
sport and further reinforce the
Olympic values. I am also pleased
that Mr Muto will serve as Chief
Executive Officer of the organising
committee. I believe he will provide
the requisite strong leadership to
organise the 3,000 staff members
and the 80,000 volunteers who will
be working during Games time.
”Now that the new organising
committee has been established,
our work begins in earnest. We will
collaborate closely with the members of the Olympic and Paralympic Families and dedicate our entire efforts
towards the successful delivery of a Games and a celebration of sport that will live long in the memories of all
members of the Olympic Movement, the athletes, the spectators, and people watching around the world.”
The Multi-Party Leaders' Meeting (Olympic Board) was attended by Yoshiro Mori, Tsunekazu Takeda, IOC
member and President of the Japanese Olympic Committee, Toshiyuki Akiyama, Vice Governor of Tokyo,
and Hakubun Shimomura, Minister in charge of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games and Minister of
Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.
Newly appointed Chief Executive Officer of The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic
Games, Toshiro Muto, was also very humbled by his new appointment: “I am delighted and deeply honoured
to be part of this Olympic journey. I will draw on all my previous experiences and place myself entirely at the
service of Tokyo 2020”.
“The team will be composed of staff from the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, the national government, and
the sporting communities from Japan and overseas, as well as staff from private sector companies in the
future. We are eager to begin putting in place our plans for the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games; we are
keen to start working on that right away.”
Tournament & Training Camp invitations
This is an important notice for all Athletes and Competitions organisers to continuously check the
pentathlon.org website for all information related to invitations and visa letters. Navigate to
http://www.pentathlon.org/competitions/invitations to stay up to date with all the tournaments news. You can
also directly follow the links, which are underlined, in the tournaments below:
Tournament invitations:
World Cup Series
WORLD CUP# 1 MÉXICO - Acapulco- 25 Feb- 03 Mar 2014 Invitation
WORLD CUP# 2 EGYPT - Cairo - 1-7 Apr 2014 Invitation
WORLD CUP# 3 CHINA -Chengdu - 16-20 Apr 2014 Invitation
International Competitions
Hungarian Indoor Competition - Budapest (HUN) - 01-02 Feb 2014 Invitation
Swiss Women International Competition - Bern (SUI) - 22 Mar 2014 Invitation
Polish International Modern Pentathlon Trophy - Dronzkow (POL) - 25-27 Apr 2014 Invitation
Youth
GBR Youth A & B International - Birmingham (GBR) 14-15 March 2014 - Invitation
Trophee Ulysse Youth Mediterranean Cup - Perpignan (FRA) 28-29 June 2014 - Invitation: FRA / ENG
Portuguese International Trophy - Pataias (POR) 11-13 April 2014 – Invitation
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Masters
Czech International Championship - Prague (CZE) 28-29 March - Invitation / Entry Form
Training camp invitations:
Modern Pentathlon training camp
Portugal Modern Pentathlon + Fencing Training Camp (POR) - 10-15 February 2014 - Factsheet
World Cup #2 training camp - Cairo (EGY) - 16-31 March 2014 - Invitation
Medical and Anti-Doping corner
The 2014 List of Prohibited Substances and Methods has now been made available
All Stakeholder issues and comments were discussed in detail at the List
Committee meeting. Further information on topics included in the
Summary of Modifications and Explanatory Notes, and on many other
issues or queries brought to the attention of the List Committee as part
of the stakeholders comments are in the Questions & Answers section.
In addition to the print and PDF formats, the List and its related documents is
now available for mobile devices and as an iPhone/iPad application.
Click HERE to go to the Prohibited List mobile site. Visit the App Store to
download your free Prohibited List iPhone application.
The 2013 List of Prohibited Substances and Methods and related documents
can be found HERE.
For all other information, go to the WADA website HERE
Inside UIPM: Monthly activities of President Dr Schormann
06 December 2013 – Hesse, Germany
As a prominent advisor to the
Government of Hesse, UIPM
President Dr h. c. Klaus
Schormann
held
several
important meetings to discuss
visions for 2014 and beyond, with
sport, participation in physical
activities and culture high on the
agenda.
There, Dr Schormann spoke at
length with both FIL President
Josef
Fendt
(Berchtesgaden/GER), the Prime
Minister of Hesse Volker Bouffier
(Wiesbaden).
All three are pictured together
here left.
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07 December 2013 – Wiesbaden, Germany
UIPM President Dr h. c. Klaus
Schormann travelled to Wiesbaden in
his function as member of the
Executive Board of the German
Olympic Academy to attend the
General Assembly of the DOSB, the
German National Olympic Committee,
where Alfons Hörmann was elected as
President, succeeding thus Dr Thomas
Bach, who became IOC President last
year
Dr Schormann was also an honorary
guest at the General Assembly of the
German Olympic Sport Federation
(DOSB), where IOC President Dr
Thomas Bach was awarded the title of
Honorary President of the DOSB.
There, Dr Schormann took the time to
pose for pictures with, (pictured, right,
left to right) IOC EB Member and Chairman of IOC Athletes Committee Claudia Bokel, new elected DOSB
President Alfons Hörmann , DOSB Honorary President and IOC President Dr Thomas Bach, FIL President
Josef Fendt.
10 December 2013 – Lausanne, Switzerland
For the handover of the Olympic Key by former IOC President Dr Jacques Rogge
to his successor and current IOC President Dr Thomas Bach at the newly
renovated Olympic Museum, UIPM President Dr Schormann travelled to the
picturesque Swiss city to speak with various IOC Members and IF colleagues
about responsibilities and the possibilities of promoting through the Olympic
Museum, the Olympic Movement and its values.
Accepting the keys, President Bach thanked Honorary President Rogge by saying:
“Many thanks for this symbolic act of handing over the key, which is now a traditional part of IOC history. We
both know very well that this handover includes the challenge of taking on the huge demands and
responsibility of this office.”
He added: “You have left the Olympic Movement a solid foundation and you have every reason to be proud
of your great achievement, which has benefited sport worldwide. Here, this evening, we would like to express
to you our gratitude, recognition and respect.”
The handover ceremony preceded the formal
inauguration of The Olympic Museum, which
will officially reopen its doors to the public on
21 December after 23 months of work.
President Bach officially cut the ribbon
(pictured, right) before touring the new
exhibitions. Led by the Director of the
Olympic Museum, Francis Gabet, the guests
were treated to an entirely revamped
Museum integrating the latest technological
innovations and a new museographicthemed approach.
Visitors from around the world will also soon
be able to dive into the history, legacy, dreams, challenges and values that have contributed to making the
Olympic Movement what it is today.
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They will start their experience in the Olympic Park, which has been entirely redesigned, before entering an
exhibition area that has almost doubled in size to 3,000m2 with permanent exhibitions now spanning three
levels.
12 December – Frankfurt, Germany
With the live TV production of all major UIPM events in 2014 one of the high priorities of President Dr
Schormann, he set up a meeting with UIPM TV partner NTV+ to review ideas and plans for with the
upcoming season. Along with UIPM Secretary General Shiny Fang, UIPM Legal Advisor Prof Michael
Geistlinger, NTV+ TV Director Dimitri Chukovsky and UIPM Vice-President for Business Affairs Viacheslav
Aminov’s Executive Assistant for Marketing Daria Adrova (pictured, below), Dr Klaus Schormann went
through the finer details of the calendar, the production specifics as well as the plan for distribution.
15 December – Darmstadt, Germany
With the funeral of Nelson Mandela being held in
Qunu, South Africa, Dr Schormann spoke at length
with Professor Norbert Muller of the University of
Mainz, a member of the UIPM Pierre de Coubertin
Commission and President of the International
Pierre de Coubertin Committee about the life and
triumphs of the late great leader of the African
rainbow nation.
Professor Norbert Muller is well placed to be able
to give his thoughts on Mandela, having spent quite
some time with him, including when he bestowed
him with the 1997 Pierre de Coubertin Fair Play
Award (pictured, right), which is presented to a
personality who by his or her exceptional behaviour
serves as an example to the world.
Fair Play principles are the foundation not only of
sport but also of all social engagements in which
the dignity and worth of each and every person is
respected.
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20-21 December – Darmstadt, Germany
For the General Assembly of the DVMF, the
German Modern Pentathlon Federation,
UIPM President Dr Klaus Schormann
chairing the two-day meeting in his function
of DVMF President, discussing with the
delegates the image Modern Pentathlon
along with developments in its rules and the
impact this historic discipline has both in the
national and international sport movement.
At the head table, Dr Schormann sat next to
DVMF Vice-president for Finances Dr
Andreas Most and DVMF Member for Sport
Axel Stamann (pictured, right).
It was decided that the Federation would be very active in the non-Olympic sub-disciplines of the sport:
Biathle and Triathle. New activities in the sport movement of student society linked to new membership in
FISU were also discussed whilst the DVMF will give special support to the Masters World Championships
scheduled to take place in Berlin in September this year. The DVMF now has 105,000 affiliated members
and will work on new and innovative projects which will be focusing on bringing that number up to 110,000
by the end of the year.
22 December – Frankfurt, Germany
At the 41st International Frankfurt Festhallen Riding Tournament, an
equestrian dressage and show jumping show, UIPM President Dr Klaus
Schormann joined several personalities to enjoy a sensational spectacle with
some of the very best of Germany taking part. There, Dr Schormann also
spoke at length with Professor Dr Heinz Zielinski, President of the Sport
Foundation of Hesse and Chair of the Sports Department of the Government
of Hesse.
The International Frankfurt Festhallen Riding Tournament is organized by its
Director Dr Georg Sundermann, former Olympic dressage Champion Ann
Kathrin Linsenhoff and Olympic show jumping gold medallist Paul
Schockemöhle, the event, sponsored by LOTTO Hessen, unites some of the
best talent from Germany and the world. During this event, UIPM President
Dr Schormann also met different governors and business people and briefed them about the Modern
Pentathlon World Championships 2015 and the UIPM Congress in Frankfurt in 2016.
10 January 2014 – Tauberbishofsheim, Germany
For the 60th birthday celebration of IOC
President Dr Thomas Bach where
distinguished
guests
from
both
Germany and the international sport,
business and culture worlds were
present.
UIPM President Dr Klaus Schormann
represented the UIPM Family and
spoke
with
many
guests
about the upcoming Winter Olympic
Games in Sochi and the Youth Olympic
Games in Nanjing, China, this summer.
Dr Schormann and his wife Karin
posed for pictures with IOC President
Dr Thomas Bach and his wife Claudia.
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German football legend Franz Beckenbauer, ex-chancellor Gerhard Schröder and former IOC president
Jacques Rogge were among 240 high-profile guests at Thomas Bach’s 60th birthday celebration.
Other luminaries from the world of sport in attendance included former London 2012 chair Sebastian Coe,
who now heads the British Olympic Association and International Fencing Federation president Alisher
Usmanov. Olympic fencer Claudia Bokel, chair of the IOC’s athletes’ commission, was the only IOC
Executive Board member at the party. IOC Chief of Staff Jochen Färber, NOC President Dr Kipchoge Keino,
IOC Honorary President Dr Jacques Rogge, new DOSB President Alfons Hörmann, and British Olympic
Association President Lord Sebastian Coe were also present (pictured, below).
13 January – Berlin, Germany
At the prestigious ceremony of the 10th DOSB award "Sterne des Sports” (Stars of Sports), UIPM President
Dr Klaus Schormann and DVMF Vice-President Bernhard Petruschinski spoke with the State Secretary of
Government of Berlin Andreas Statzkowski about bringing more internal competitions to the German capital
Berlin and to further build on the world class facilities available at the Olympic Training Centre in the Olympic
Park.
With the perfect geographical location and its
cultural and sporting heritage, Berlin is one of the
most attractive cities in the world to host
prestigious event and Dr Schormann believes that
the work being undertaken by the DVMF, the
German Modern Pentathlon Federation, will soon
ensure that the best pentathletes take centre
stage in Berlin in the very near future.
Pictured left, UIPM President Dr Schormann can
be seen with DVMF Vice-President Bernhard
Petruschinski spoke with the State Secretary of
Government of Berlin Andreas Statzkowski.
16 January – Frankfurt, Germany
With the onset of 2014, Dr Klaus Schormann was invited to attend the New Year reception of the City
Government of Frankfurt in the historical church Paulskirche. The evening was also the first celebration of
the 100 years anniversary of the Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University where the Lord Mayor Peter Feldmann
held an important speech.
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There were further presentations during the evening, including one by key speaker Professor Dr Werner
Müller-Esterl, President of the University, entitled ‘From the centre of society: 100 years of GoetheUniversity".
UIPM President Dr Klaus Schormann had discussions with many of the guests from business, culture,
politics and the international sphere from Frankfurt. The city will host 2016 the UIPM Congress. He posed for
pictures with Professor Dr Heinz Zielinski, President of the Sport Foundation of Hesse and Chair of the
Sports Department of the Government of Hesse, and the new Minister for Interior and Sport Peter Beuth
(pictured, below).
20 January – Bonn, Germany
At the German Federal Ministry of the Interior, UIPM President Dr
Schormann met with the Chairman of the Sports Department Mr Gerhard
Böhm to discuss the cooperation between the German Government,
National and International Federation linked to sport and culture under the
theme "Integration, Tolerance, Fairness, Health and Peace”.
23 January – Frankfurt, Germany
During the meeting of the Executive Board members of the German Olympic
Academy meeting, UIPM President Dr Schormann discussed with his
colleagues various topics of importance including the role of the Academy in
the development of elite athletes in across all Olympic and non-Olympic sports.
.
After the meeting he joined the New Year celebration of the German Olympic
Sport Federation (DOSB/NOC) at the Frankfurter Römer, where he exchanged
ideas with several prominent members of the organisation.
24-26 January – Frankfurt, Germany
UIPM President Dr Schormann attended the Technical Committee meeting as well as chaired the Adhoc
Commission with the main topic centred around the various possibilities to the ladder system which is to be
extensively tested throughout 2014 with the format already highly anticipated.
Also discussed were the finalisation of the 2014 Rules & regulations following on from the Congress, the
distribution of Sport Equipment as well as Seminars and Courses for Judges.
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The forthcoming major events, including all World Cup Series, World Championships and major events such
as Youth Olympic Games as well as the 2014 UIPM competition calendar were mapped out with the
proposed appointments of Technical Delegates/Observers and International Judges for each 2014 events.
For the first time, a joint meeting was held with the UIPM Masters Committee including Chairman Erik Pock
and member Heidi Walli. The whole Technical Committee and the present members of the Masters
Committee posed for pictures during the meeting (below).
28-29 January – Berlin, Germany
UIPM President Dr Schormann
travelled to the DKB (Deutsche
Kreditbank AG) headquarters
in the German capital with
DVMF Vice President for Sport
Bernhard
Petruschinski
to
meet the Chief Executive of
DKB
Marketing
Christian
Liedtke.
Also present was Team
Director of Sport Marketing
Sybille Koch, and Assistant
DKB
Marketing
Sebastian
Dietz, also a member of the
UIPM Athletes Committee.
The
discussions
centred
around
the
partnership
between DKB and the DVMF
for
the
World
Modern
Pentathlon
Championships
2015 in Berlin (pictured, right).
The successful meeting concluded with DKB becoming a partner for the event, which will take place at the
Olympic stadium in Berlin, just as had been in 2007 when the event was last in Germany.
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Pentathlon New Balance World Rankings
New Balance Pentathlon World Ranking
The PWR is updated live on www.pentathlon.org after each competition. PWR as at 30 January 2014:
Women
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LTU
UKR
UKR
BRA
USA
RUS
UKR
RUS
HUN
LAT
GBR
CHN
FRA
GER
CHN
GBR
CHN
GER
HUN
RUS
Men
Laura Asadauskaite
Victoria Tereshuk
Ganna Buryak
Yane Marques
Margaux Isaksen
Ekaterina Khuraskina
Iryna Khokhlova
Donanata Rimsaite
Zsofia Foldhazi
Elena Rublevska
Mhairi Spence
Wei Wang
Elodie Clouvel
Lena Schoneborn
Wanxia Liang
Samantha Murray
Xiaonan Zhang
Janine Kohlmann
Leila Gyenesei
Gulnaz Gubaydullina
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LTU
FRA
HUN
GBR
RUS
RUS
FRA
HUN
HUN
KOR
FRA
LAT
GBR
UKR
GBR
UKR
EGY
FRA
JPN
AUT
Justinas Kinderis
Valentin Prades
Adam Marosi
James Cooke
Aleksander Lesun
Illia Frolov
Jean Maxcence Berrou
Peter Tibolya
Robert Kasza
Jinhwa Jung
Christopher Patte
Deniss Cerkovskis
Joseph Evans
Pavel Ilyashenko
Nicholas Woodbridge
Pavlo Tymoshchenko
Amro El Geziry
Valentin Belaud
Shohei Iwamoto
Thomas Daniel
For the full NB Ranking visit www.pentathlon.org
PENTATHLON IN THE ANCIENT GAMES
708 BC - Lampis of Sparta won the first ancient Pentathlon
MODERN PENTATHLON
1912 - Stockholm: First time in the Olympic Programme
1948 - London: UIPM was born
1996 – Atlanta: First time all 5 events competed in one day at Olympics
1998 – Budapest, Mexico, Monaco, Olympia and Lausanne:
UIPM 50 Years Anniversary
2000 – Sydney: First time for women in the Olympic Programme
2004 – Athens: Pentathlon home after 2712 years
2010 – Singapore: First ever Youth Olympic Games
2012 – London: 100 Years of Modern Pentathlon in the Olympic Games
2013 – 150th anniversary of birth of Pierre de Coubertin
UIPM HEADQUARTERS
Stade Louis II – Entrance E -13 Avenue des Castelans, MC-98000 Monaco
Tel. +377 9777 8555 - Fax +377 9777 8550
E-mail:[email protected]
Web site: www.pentathlon.org
Facebook: Facebook.com/modpen Twitter: UIPM_HQ Youtube: www.youtube.com/uipmchannel
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