UIPM awards future World Cup events to five countries

The UIPM, the international governing body for modern pentathlon, has today named the hosts for top-tier Pentathlon World Cup events from 2022 to 2024 inclusive.

At a meeting of the UIPM executive board at the Olympic Games in Tokyo, it was decided that Cairo in Egypt, Budapest in Hungary and Albena in Bulgaria will host World Cups in all three years, while Ankara in Turkey will stage an event in 2022 and Nur-Sultan in Kazakhstan will have the honour in 2023 and 2024.

Meanwhile, Ligano in Italy was awarded next year’s Youth World Championships, which will comprise competitions for under-19s and under-17s.

The hosts were announced ahead of the Olympic modern pentathlon competitions starting today.

Because of anticipated coronavirus travel restrictions, this year’s UIPM Congress will take place online in November, but the federation aims to return to an in-person event in 2022, with Antigua in Guatemala having been named as the host.