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POSTED: Sunday August 22nd 2010
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YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES MEN'S MODERN PENTATHLON INDIVIDUAL EVENT

Korea's Dae Beom Kim has taken the first Men's Youth Olympic Games Modern Pentathlon Gold medal today in Singapore.

Krueger (GER) celebrates
Krueger (GER) celebrates

Relief as Dae Beom Kim (KOR) wins
Relief as Dae Beom Kim (KOR) wins

3 happy medallists
3 happy medallists

Korea's Dae Beom Kim has taken the first Men's Youth Olympic Games Modern Pentathlon Gold medal today in Singapore.  Kim showed his precision with the new laser shooting in the final shoot in the combined event to overtake Ilya Shugarov (RUS) and Jorge Camacho (MEX) who claimed Silver and Bronze respectively.

Kim stated after his win “I am very happy to get this gold medal.
“I am happy to be able to let people know about this sport (with his gold medal) because not many people in Korea know about this sport.”

Kim showed that solid performances in all disciplines can equal Modern Pentathlon Gold. Kim finished 7th in the fencing event behind eventual Silver medallist Ilya Shugarov (RUS) and Jan Szalay (CZE) who had a terrible combined event and ended up crashing down to 14th position.

Kim managed 3rd in the 200m swim behind the Youth World Champion Jiahao Han (CHN) who clocked an impressive time of 2.01.49. However this was the highlight of Han’s day as the event favourite finished down in 11th position.

In the combined event It was Kim’s superior speed, fitness and shooting ability which allowed him to glide past his opponents and claim Youth Olympic Glory.

The medals were handed out by IOC Member Sir Philip Craven and mascots by UIPM President Dr h.c. Klaus Schormann. IOC Director General Mr Urs Lacotte, IOC Member Mr Gilbert Felli and the IOC Head of the Youth Olympic Games Mr Essar Gabriel were also present to see the historic event which again showed the success and potential of the new UIPM Laser Shooting System which is certainly the future of the sport.

For more information contact UIPM Communications Manager Matt Pound on +377 9777 8555 or communications@pentathlon.org.

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Keywords · Youth Olympic Games · Modern Pentathlon · Singapore · UIPM · Dae Beom Kim · Korea

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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