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POSTED: Monday June 14th 2010
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UIPM World Cup Final Moscow, Russia

After 5 gruelling event around the world the top 36 Men and Women have qualified for the World Cup Final to take place in Moscow, Russia on 19-20 June 2010.

Double Olympic Champion Andrey Moiseev
Double Olympic Champion Andrey Moiseev

After 5 gruelling event around the world the top 36 Men and Women have qualified for the World Cup Final to take place in Moscow, Russia on 19-20 June 2010. This is a unique chance for the athletes to stamp their authority on the Modern Pentathlon World leading into the World Championships.
2009 Champion's and current World #1's Adam Marosi (HUN) and Donata Rimsaite (LTU) will be looking to defend their crown and cement their position as the world best. However Marosi will be pushed to the limit by David Svoboda (CZE) who goes into the event with the most points from the 5 World Cups and veteran, Olympic Silver Medallist Andrejus Zadneprovskis (LTU) who accumulated the second most. 

Rimsaite who will be looking to create history and win 3 straight World Cup Finals will again continue her famous duel with Olympic Champion Lena Schoneborn (GER) who has remarkably won 3 of the 5 World Cups this year. Also in contention for the Gold is current World Champion Qian Chen (CHN) who had a successful return from injury at World Cup #5.

The Russian Team will very strong, headed by Double Olympic Champion Andrey Moiseev and World Cup #5 Champion and World #4 Ilia Frolov, also the tours in form athlete Rookie Aleksander Lesun who has won 2 medals at his first 3 World Cup's. The Women's teams hopes will be pinned on World #3 Evdokia Gretchichnikova who will be looking to continue her strong 2010 form.

Fans around the world will have the chance to watch these and other great athletes and share in the excitement of Modern Pentathlon. The UIPM will broadcast the finals LIVE on Internet TV at pentathlon.org on 19 and 20 June at 16:30 local time (GMT +4 hours). The broadcast will feature highlights from the fencing and swimming events as well as live coverage of the riding and combined events.
Competition Schedule
June 19         Women's Individual Finals
June 20         Men's Individual Finals
Will Rimsaite win her 3rd straight World Cup Final? Will Frolov thrill the local crowd and win again?  Will Schoneborn continue her dominance? Let's see… Come and back your national heroes and visit the World Cup Final in Moscow, Russia or visit our website at pentathlon.org
For more information contact UIPM Communications Manager Matt Pound on +377 9777 8555 or communications@pentathlon.org.

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Keywords · Modern Pentathlon · UIPM · Russia · Moscow · World Cup Final · Moiseev · Schoneborn · Rimsaite · Svoboda · Marosi

Name: Matt Pound
Organization: Union Internationale De Pentathlon Moderne - UIPM
Email:
Phone: +377 9777 8555
URL: http://www.pentathlon.org

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    Name: Matt Pound

    Organization: Union Internationale De Pentathlon Moderne - UIPM

    Email:

    Phone: +377 9777 8555

    URL: http://www.pentathlon.org

     

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