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UIPM President Dr Klaus Schormann: “On behalf of the UIPM Executive Board I would like to thank our close friends in the Hungarian Modern Pentathlon movement and the wider sport and political society who are providing incredible support to our sport in these difficult times.
“Having attended the Hungarian Indoor competition I could see that the high standard of organisation was really appreciated by the athletes and coaches, and it is very good news for our global community that we can depend on Hungary once again to host the UIPM 2021 Pentathlon World Cup Final.
“We have great sympathy for our partners in Korea, who would have delivered a wonderful World Cup Final and I am sure that we can look forward to many high-quality competitions in Korea in future. The Executive Board was left with no option to relocate the competition for the sake of protecting the qualification process for the Olympic Summer Games Tokyo 2020 taking place in 2021.
“We are all now looking forward to the upcoming competitions in Budapest and Sofia, paying close attention to the rules imposed by governments in all countries to tackle the pandemic and changing all the time. The health and safety of all participants in UIPM competitions remains our guiding priority.”
The UIPM 2021 Pentathlon World Cup season begins on March 24 in Budapest (HUN), with two further legs in Sofia (BUL) in April. Points counting towards qualification for both the UIPM 2021 Pentathlon World Cup Final and the Olympic Games will be carried forward from UIPM 2020 Pentathlon World Cup Cairo, which was the only part of the series to take place in 2020.
The revised qualification process for the rescheduled Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games will conclude on June 14, one day after the completion of the UIPM 2021 Pentathlon World Championships in Cairo (EGY), which is the last opportunity for athletes to either qualify automatically or add to their tally of ranking points. Find out more at the UIPM website.
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