Friday, September 3, 2010

Lesun Win's Fencing

Lesun Win's Fencing

Aleksander Lesun has led from start top finish to win the fencing discipline in the Men’s Final at the 2010 World Championships in Chengdu, China with 24 victories and 8 defeats. 2 victories behind was Stefan Kollner (GER) and Egyptian fencing specialist Amro El Geziry. World Champion Adam Marosi (HUN) finished back in 12th position with 18 victories and 16 defeats. European Champion and a hot favourite for the gold medal David Svoboda (CZE) had a terrible fence finishing back in 24th position a massive 11 victories behind Lesun which leaves him a lot of work to do if he is to become the 50th World Champion.

Please find the full results below:
rank name nation result1
1 LESUN Aleksander RUS 24V-10D
2 KOLLNER Stefan GER 21V-13D
2 EL GEZIRY Amro EGY 21V-13D
2 KARYAKIN Serguei RUS 21V-13D
5 TYMOSHCHENKO Pavlo UKR 20V-14D
5 KIRPULYANSKYY Dmytro UKR 20V-14D
5 PROKOPENKO Mihail BLR 20V-14D
8 CHMIELEWSKI Tomasz POL 19V-15D
8 KINDERIS Justinas LTU 19V-15D
8 FROLOV Ilia RUS 19V-15D
11 KRUNGOLCAS Edvinas LTU 19V-15D
12 BENEDETTI Nicola ITA 18V-16D
12 DE LUCA Riccardo ITA 18V-16D
12 MAROSI Adam HUN 18V-16D
15 DANIEL Thomas AUT 17V-17D
15 KASZA Robert HUN 17V-17D
15 MAKAROVAS Tomas LTU 17V-17D
15 HOLYST Maurin FRA 17V-17D
15 POLIVKA Ondrej CZE 17V-17D
15 SEDLECKY Michal CZE 17V-17D
15 CAO Zhongrong CHN 17V-17D
22 SOTO Oscar MEX 16V-18D
22 MIGUCHI Tomoya JPN 16V-18D
22 KIM Soengjin KOR 16V-18D
22 LEE Sung hyun KOR 16V-18D
26 JUNG Hwonho KOR 15V-19D
27 GIANCAMILLI Federico ITA 14V-20D
27 NEMETH Robert HUN 14V-20D
27 SVOBODA David CZE 14V-20D
30 XU Yunqi CHN 13V-21D
31 MITSYK Mikhail BLR 12V-22D
31 GUO Jianli CHN 12V-22D
33 HILGEHOLT Kelvin NED 11V-23D
34 GOLIS Remigiusz POL 10V-24D
34 NAM Dong-hun KOR 10V-24D

Modern Pentathlon Stadium in Chengdu honoured with Coubertin’s legacy

Modern Pentathlon Stadium in Chengdu honoured with Coubertin’s legacy PDF Print E-mail

Chengdu’s spectacular new facilities will be honoured with the name of modern Olympic Games founder, Baron Pierre de Coubertin. Coubertin created Modern Pentathlon for the 1912 Olympics designed to represent the ideal complete and well rounded athlete that he hoped to promote in reviving the Olympic Games.

Jacques de Navacelle, grand nephew of Coubertin said it was an offer he could not refuse when UIPM approached him about allowing Coubertin’s name to be used for the stadium.

“I am very impressed with the facilities, they are very well done. It is an achievement in the sense that everything is together. It is unique, the best in the world.”

Navacelle commented on the high level of performance at the 2010 World Championships and beamed with pride that Modern Pentathlon had come so far since its’ founding.

“Coubertin was so passionate about Modern Pentathlon and it is amazing to see in such a big country as China, so far away from Coubertin’s origin, that the passion is shared here.”

The ceremony which placed Coubertin’s head statue at the entrance of the Modern Pentathlon Stadium in Chengdu took place on the 1 September.

El Geziry Scorches Swim Event

El Geziry Scorches Swim Event

The Olympic Swimming record holder Amro El Geziry (EGY) has out classed the field to win the swimming event in an impressive time of 2:00,21. He was nearly a second faster Zhongrong Cao (CHN) and Remigiusz Golis (POL) who finished 2nd and 3rd respectively. El Geziry’s fast swim combined with his 2nd position in the fence means he goes into the riding event in 1st place. The winner of the fencing Aleksander Lesun (RUS) is in 2nd position after finishing 17th in the swim. Defending World Champion Adam Marosi (HUN) has moved up to 4th position after a solid swim. Pre event favourite David Svoboda (CZE) has had a terrible day being in 28th position after 2 events.

Future of Cuban Modern Pentathlon

Future of Cuban Modern Pentathlon

Cuban coach, Angel Payret Lopez, admits that Modern Pentathlon is not a popular sport in Cuba, but they are working hard to develop the sport in the country. With the recent success of Cuban athlete Leydi Laura Moya Lopez who won Gold at the inaugural Youth Olympic Games in Singapore, it seems their hard work is beginning to pay off.

“Our success in Singapore came from a long road that began from the Pan America’s then to the Beijing Olympic’s when Yaniel Velazquez (CUB) finished 15th.”

However, Cuba has not enjoyed the same level of success in Chengdu with none of the country’s athletes qualifying for the final. Lopez sites a number of reasons.

“The results have not been good here in Chengdu as we have had no opportunity to compete through the year. This is our first showing of senior athletes this year. We will only start to get the results that we imagine when our athletes can compete frequently at senior level. This is a problem we have due to budget. We also meet with visa issues with countries who do not agree to give visa’s to Cuba.”

Lopez explained that all funding for Modern Pentathlon in Cuba comes from the Olympic Committee which is then allocated by the Cuban Modern Pentathlon Association for everything from infrastructure to funding for competition travel.

Following Cuba’s achievement in Singapore, UIPM gave extra funding to the country to buy sports materials in an attempt to further connect the athletes to Modern Pentathlon and facilitate competing in the future. Lopez explains,

“The fruit of the support given by UIPM President Dr.Klaus Schormann is the wonderful result we got with Laura in Singapore. There is a big connection between the President and our medal in Singapore. I would really like to underline the support that has been given from UIPM.”

Lopez believes the future of Cuban Modern Pentathlon lies in the youth.

“Cuba would like to show to everyone our Modern Pentathlon in the future. We now have many kids practicing. It used to be restricted to Havana, but now you can see it all around the island. We have special projects promoting the sport to kids and the youth.”

Despite all the difficulties, Lopez says the results will come as a product of all the hard work of the UIPM and the coaches.

“We are really working with all our hearts.”

Karyakin New World Champion

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22 year old Serguei Karyakin (RUS) has caused a major upset to become the 50th ever Modern Pentathlon Senior World Champion today in Chengdu, China.

Karyakin, the 2008 World Junior Champion who has never won a major senior international event was the most consistent athlete of the day finishing 2nd in the fencing, 9th in the swim and tamed his horse perfectly around the course to gain the perfect score of 1200 in the riding event. This meant he had a lead of 9 seconds going in the combined event which he never looked like losing to cruise to a historic victory.
“It’s very cool to be the 50th World Champion. I was most pleased with combined and fencing today. I had had some trouble with my fencing halfway through the season, so I’m really pleased that I did so well here as the best fencers are always at the World Championships.”

Alexander Lesun (RUS) who was making his World Championships debut made it a Russian One Two by claiming the Silver Medal on the back of an extraordinary fencing display, winning the discipline by 3 bouts. However poor riding made him slip behind Karakin prior to the Combined Event and he was never able to catch him.

“I was very proud to achieve such a good result as the athletes here are very strong. I especially love fencing and after the swim I was most focused and worried about the ride. Following the ride I was just concentrating on the combined event for a spot on the podium.”

World #5 Justinas Kinderis (LTU) put in a consistent performance all day to win the bronze medal, after he was able to overcome local hero Zhongrong Cao (CHN) in the final lap. He also was part of the Lithuanian team who won the teams gold.

“It’s been a long day. My muscles have died but my mind is happy. I’m also really pleased with the team medal, hearing my national anthem on the podium was very touching.”

The surprise of the day was the disappointing performance of 2010 European Champion and pre event favorite David Svoboda (CZE). Svoboda put in a poor fence and swim and ended back in 17th position. However his team mate’s strong performances helped him get the silver medal in the team’s event.

“I had not felt good since this morning, maybe jet lag, but I felt I had no strength or energy. I wasn’t aggressive enough in the fence, which is very important for my style of fencing. I felt like a fly in the swim so knew that it was not my day. I just wanted to bring enough points for the team and we are very happy that we could be second.”

World #1 and defending Champion Adam Marosi (HUN) also produced disappointing results according to his high standard to finish back in 13th position. However his performance along with this team mates resulted in a bronze medal for Hungary in the teams event.

“I came here to get the Gold medal, but sometimes you are up and sometimes you are down. I had a fever before the semi-final and suffered an injury during the final bout of fencing. But this is life and I wasn’t too disappointed.”

Final Standings:
Individual
• Gold: Serguei Karyakin (RUS)
• Silver: Aleksander Lesun (RUS)
• Bronze: Justinas Kinderis (LTU)
Team
• Gold: Lithuania
• Silver: Czech Republic
• Bronze: Hungary

Stay tuned for the Women’s Final which begins 9am local time (+8 GMT) with live updates on Pentathlon.org.

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Women's World Championships Final Preview

Women's World Championships Final Preview

A new Women’s World Champion will be crowned tomorrow in Chengdu, China. 36 of the best women Pentathletes from across the globe, including the top 10 world ranked athletes will battle it out for the right to call themselves World’s best.

Olympic Champion Lena Schoneborn (GER) who dominated the World Cup Series winning 3 events plus the World Cup Final will be favourite to be on top of the podium and win her 1st World Championship. However Double World Champion Amelie Caze (FRA) will be looking to put her name into the history books by winning her 3rd World Championships crown. World #1 Donata Rimsaite (LTU) and current World Champion and local favourite Qian Chen (CHN) will also be in contention to stand on top of the podium.

Follow all the action on Pentathlon.org throughout the day with live text updates.

Thursday, September 2, 2010

China World Championship Mens Qualifying:

Nobody from US team qualify for final in Chengdu.From each group 12 athletes qualified.The highest finished Will 16 place in group C. Dennis finished 18. In group B Sam was 17 and Eli withdrawn after swimming and fencing because foot injury. Dennis and Will had very poor fencing and Sam week combine.
Tomorrow will compete only one women from US Margo Isaksen.
Competition is very well organize. Transportation is fantastic, we have 7 buses for athletes. All event are in one place. New pentathlon Center was build by City Chengdu for $ 104 millions.We had a lot of audience today.
I hope tomorrow will be better day for US,
Thanks,
Janusz

Rank Name Nation Swim Fence CE Total
1 GIANCAMILLI Federico Italy 1288 (8) 904 (6) 2216 (9) 4408
2:06,03 16V-11D 11:36,16
2 KIM Soengjin South Korea 1336 (4) 936 (3) 2136 (18) 4408
2:02,26 17V-10D 11:56,53
3 GOLIS Remigiusz Poland 1368 (2) 808 (16) 2232 (6) 4408
1:59,46 13V-14D 11:32,84
4 HEFNY Yasser Egypt 1216 (21) 1032 (1) 2156 (15) 4404
2:12,08 20V-7D 11:51,07
5 TYMOSHCHENKO Pavlo Ukraine 1240 (15) 1000 (2) 2164 (13) 4404
2:10,20 19V-8D 11:49,36
6 CAO Zhongrong China 1340 (3) 904 (6) 2160 (14) 4404
2:01,91 16V-11D 11:50,60
7 HOLYST Maurin France 1192 (23) 872 (9) 2340 (2) 4404
2:14,11 15V-12D 11:05,88
8 SVOBODA David Czech Republic 1280 (10) 776 (18) 2344 (1) 4400
2:06,90 12V-15D 11:04,14
9 DANIEL Thomas Austria 1192 (24) 872 (9) 2336 (3) 4400
2:14,18 15V-12D 11:06,45
10 KRUNGOLCAS Edvinas Lithuania 1272 (11) 904 (6) 2224 (8) 4400
2:07,35 16V-11D 11:34,77
11 KASZA Robert Hungary 1300 (6) 872 (9) 2224 (7) 4396
2:05,22 15V-12D 11:34,03
12 MAKAROVAS Tomas Lithuania 1252 (12) 936 (3) 2208 (10) 4396
2:09,18 17V-10D 11:38,47
13 KIRPULYANSKYY Pavlo Ukraine 1244 (13) 872 (9) 2248 (4) 4364
2:09,70 15V-12D 11:28,45
14 COOKE James Great Britain 1396 (1) 936 (3) 2000 (22) 4332
1:57,18 17V-10D 12:30,39
15 STASKIEWICZ Szymon Poland 1220 (19) 840 (13) 2168 (12) 4228
2:11,75 14V-13D 11:48,40
16 RIKER-FOX Joshua Canada 1216 (22) 744 (21) 2240 (5) 4200
2:12,23 11V-16D 11:30,92
17 SACKSEN Sam United States 1232 (16) 808 (16) 2152 (16) 4192
2:10,83 13V-14D 11:52,98
18 EL GEZIRY Omar Egypt 1296 (7) 744 (21) 2144 (17) 4184
2:05,43 11V-16D 11:54,33
19 DIETZ Sebastian Germany 1228 (18) 776 (18) 2176 (11) 4180
2:11,32 12V-15D 11:46,71
20 ZHURAULIOU Stanislau Belarus 1228 (17) 840 (13) 2092 (20) 4160
2:11,08 14V-13D 12:07,65
21 LEHMANN Matthias Germany 1160 (25) 776 (18) 2128 (19) 4064
2:16,90 12V-15D 11:58,53
22 INZUNZA Jorge Mexico 1288 (9) 840 (13) 1928 (24) 4056
2:06,29 14V-13D 12:48,70
23 TUROV Denis Kazakhstan 1056 (27) 616 (26) 2076 (21) 3748
2:25,37 7V-20D 12:11,72
24 KUSMOLDANOV Nurjan Kazakhstan 1220 (20) 584 (28) 1928 (23) 3732
2:11,88 6V-21D 12:48,69
25 RUBENDIZ Efecan Turkey 1244 (14) 616 (26) 1864 (25) 3724
2:09,94 7V-20D 13:04,65
26 LIU Shen-Hung Chinese Tajpei 1120 (26) 680 (25) 1676 (27) 3476
2:20,03 9V-18D 13:51,52
27 CHUANG Pi-Cheng Chinese Tajpei 780 (28) 744 (21) 1760 (26) 3284
2:48,57 11V-16D 13:30,31
28 BREMER Eli United States 1304 (5) 712 (24) 0 2016
2:04,87 10V-17D DNS


Rank Name Nation Swim Fence CE Total
1 JUNG Hwonho South Korea 1268 (16) 904 (7) 2244 (10) 4416
2:07,74 16V-11D 11:29,96
2 FROLOV Ilia Russia 1288 (11) 1000 (4) 2124 (17) 4412
2:06,23 19V-8D 11:59,28
3 CHMIELEWSKI Tomasz Poland 1252 (18) 1032 (1) 2128 (16) 4412
2:09,03 20V-7D 11:58,61
4 HILGEHOLT Kelvin The Netherlands 1256 (17) 840 (11) 2316 (4) 4412
2:08,82 14V-13D 11:11,96
5 XU Yunqi China 1312 (5) 936 (6) 2160 (14) 4408
2:04,07 17V-10D 11:50,33
6 POLIVKA Ondrej Czech Republic 1300 (9) 744 (19) 2364 (1) 4408
2:05,10 11V-16D 10:59,70
7 LESUN Aleksander Russia 1276 (15) 1032 (1) 2096 (18) 4404
2:07,02 20V-7D 12:06,07
8 BENEDETTI Nicola Italy 1168 (23) 968 (5) 2268 (7) 4404
2:16,11 18V-9D 11:23,40
9 NAM Dong-hun South Korea 1300 (8) 840 (11) 2264 (8) 4404
2:05,09 14V-13D 11:24,77
10 KOLLNER Stefan Germany 1188 (21) 872 (9) 2340 (2) 4400
2:14,44 15V-12D 11:05,58
11 NEMETH Robert Hungary 1284 (12) 776 (16) 2340 (3) 4400
2:06,37 12V-15D 11:05,92
12 MIGUCHI Tomoya Japan 1328 (3) 776 (16) 2292 (6) 4396
2:02,96 12V-15D 11:17,28
13 WEALE Samuel Great Britain 1316 (4) 840 (11) 2236 (11) 4392
2:03,85 14V-13D 11:31,36
14 MELIAKH Dzmitry Belarus 1284 (13) 776 (16) 2264 (9) 4324
2:06,44 12V-15D 11:24,79
15 BERROU Jean-Maxence France 1332 (1) 744 (19) 2212 (13) 4288
2:02,42 11V-16D 11:37,16
16 BRADY William United States 1284 (14) 616 (28) 2300 (5) 4200
2:06,60 7V-20D 11:15,06
17 PETRONI Pierpaolo Italy 1308 (6) 744 (19) 2136 (15) 4188
2:04,56 11V-16D 11:56,25
18 BOWSHER Dennis United States 1308 (7) 648 (27) 2224 (12) 4180
2:04,62 8V-19D 11:34,48
19 NOGUCHI Hayato Japan 1332 (2) 1032 (1) 1764 (26) 4128
2:02,56 20V-7D 13:29,22
20 BORRMANN Delf Germany 1164 (24) 872 (9) 2076 (19) 4112
2:16,49 15V-12D 12:11,34
21 CERKOVSKIS Denis Latvia 1216 (20) 808 (14) 2056 (22) 4080
2:12,04 13V-14D 12:16,08
22 CARBAJAL Fausto Mexico 1292 (10) 712 (23) 2052 (23) 4056
2:05,74 10V-17D 12:17,53
23 ZIMAREV Leonid Kazakhstan 1136 (25) 904 (7) 2012 (24) 4052
2:18,90 16V-11D 12:27,05
24 DVORAK Martin Czech Republic 1220 (19) 744 (19) 2060 (20) 4024
2:11,99 11V-16D 12:15,46
25 FERNON Edward Australia 1176 (22) 712 (23) 2060 (21) 3948
2:15,43 10V-17D 12:15,97
26 JONG I-Lang Chinese Tajpei 1108 (26) 808 (14) 1928 (25) 3844
2:21,24 13V-14D 12:48,66
27 VEDMED Nikolay Kyrgyzstan 1040 (28) 680 (26) 1536 (27) 3256
2:26,67 9V-18D 14:26,46
28 HANADEEV Andrei Kyrgyzstan 1088 (27) 712 (23) 1188 (28) 2988
2:22,91 10V-17D 15:53,21

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