POSTED: Monday April 18th 2011
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Victory for China at in Mixed Relay at Modern Pentathlon World Cup #2

China who was represented by Yanyan Wu and Jiahao Han have won the Mixed Relay event at World Cup #2 in Sassari, Italy.

The inexperienced Chinese team outclassed the field in the Combined Event, which was no mean feat with 2 Olympic Champions chasing them. Andrei Moiseev for Russia whose partner was Ekaterina Khurasinkina and Lena Schoneborn for Germany who was paired with Stefan Kollner, had to settle for sliver and bonze respectively as China ran away with the title.

Jiahao Han said after competing in his 1st senior event said: This is a dream for me getting a gold medal in my first ever World Cup. The Mixed Relay is a lot of fun and the shorter run suits me!

The Mixed Relay works by each teams’ athletes fencing only the same gender, swimming 100 meters each, both riding a reduced jumping course and then doing 2 laps of the Combined Event instead of 3.

Khurasinkina from the Russian team, who was leading the event after the fence and swim said “I had a perfect day, I broke my swimming personal best and enjoyed the energy and team aspect that the mixed relay brings.”

Khurasinkina’s partner Moiseev: “I am very pleased with the way I shot, I tried a different style and it worked perfectly for me, silver is very good!

Bronze medalist and World #1 Schoneborn said she “was very happy with her teammate Kollner, as he ran extraordinary in the last run to secure the medal. I hope there are more Mixed Relays as I love them.

The Irish team who finished 5th has every reason to celebrate as this is the biggest achievement for this new Modern Pentathlon Federation. An ecstatic Cooyle stated “It is such a great feeling to beat all these great teams which posses such high quality, it’s very satisfying that all the hard work has paid off”

UIPM President Dr h.c. Klaus Schormann is very pleased about the growth of the Mixed Relay: “This is the most exciting form of Modern Pentathlon. We want to share this with the Olympic Movement by getting this event accepted into the 2016 Olympic Games. It is loved by the nations, athletes and spectators and portrays the highest level of sportsmanship.”

This brings to the end a very successful World Cup with all the athletes competing at a high level with the largest participation in the history of the World Cup Series. There were top quality horses, excellent judges and the fantastic organization which proves Italy are ready to host the 2012 World Championships in Rome.

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Keywords · Modern Pentathlon · Olympic · World Cup · Mixed Relay

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Name: Matt Pound
Organization: Union Internationale De Pentathlon Moderne - UIPM
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