The glorious past, exciting present and bright future of modern pentathlon was celebrated at the University of Bath on Wednesday when Dr Stephanie Cook and Kate Allenby were welcomed into the Hall of Fame for Sport. The current Pentathlon GB athletes training towards the Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games were among those watching
Jamie Cooke showed his true colours again today when he took to the podium to accept his Gold medal after winning the UIPM 2016 World Cup Final. Cooke’s World Cup season has gone from strength to strength with him starting the series in Brazil in March where he finished 19th. Just one month later he
The women’s event of the UIPM 2016 World Cup Final came to a close yesterday (Friday May 6th) in the sunshine state of Florida with Pentathlon GB athlete Freyja Prentice finishing 6th in Sarasota – her highest placing in this year’s World Cup series. The performance was also a marked improvement on last year’s Sarasota
A series of strong performances from talented all-rounder Eilidh Prise saw the University of Bath sporting scholar win gold at the Ladies’ BUCS Modern Pentathlon Championships. The Mathematics student, supported by a Bill Whiteley Scholarship, was the top performer in the fencing, swimming and combined run/shoot as she finished with 5,224 points in total –
Kate French, Samantha Murray, Freyja Prentice and Francesca Summers (pictured above) are all through to the final of the second Word Cup of the season after qualifying in yesterday’s semi-final in Rio. Murray, who was competing at her first international competition of the season, qualified automatically after finishing her qualification group in 8th place. A
As the GB squad fly out to Rio de Janeiro for World Cup 2 this week, Freyja Prentice (pictured above) discussed her return from injury and the prospect of competing at the Olympic venues. “I am very excited about competing this week”, Prentice said. “It is always good to get the first competition underway after
Junior World Champion Francesca Summers has qualified for the women’s final of the first World Cup of the year in Cairo. She will now compete against some of the world’s best pentathletes on Friday, including current World Champion Lena Shoneborn and 2015 European silver-medallist Elodie Clouvel. It was Summers’ outstanding fencing which put her in
The University of Bath’s Sports Training Village has undergone a dramatic transformation as the final preparations are put in place for this week’s Modern Pentathlon European Championships. Most eye-catching of all is the installation of a show-jumping arena in the in-field of the athletics track, complete with temporary stables, ready to host the iconic and
Newly-crowned World Junior Champion Francesca Summers will have another chance to test herself on the senior stage next week when she competes in the Modern Pentathlon European Championships at the University of Bath. The 19-year-old warmed up for the Rio 2016 Olympic qualifying event in style by winning two golds at the World Junior Championships
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