... Kate French admitted her delight at her sixth place finish at the Modern
Pentathlon World Championships, but was left wondering wh...
Two - time Olympian Samantha Murray will lead a 10 - strong British charge at next month's Modern
Pentathlon World Championships in Cairo.
Jamie Cooke took modern
pentathlon World Cup gold in Hungary, and on the water Alison Young won World Championship gold in the Laser Radial class.
... Two - time Olympian Samantha Murray will lead a 10 - strong British charge at next month's Modern
Pentathlon World Championships...
Kate French believes the experience of competing at her first Olympic Games last summer is starting to rub off after she clinched her maiden modern
pentathlon World Cup win in Cairo this weekend.
Not exact matches
Standouts for the U.S. were NEIL GLENESK, who set a
world pentathlon record of 3:16.5 in the 300 - meter freestyle swim and scored an American - record 5,347 points, and MIKE BURLEY, who won the 4,000 - meter run.
Closer to home, and notching their equal second - best medal haul at the
world indoors, Great Britain & Northern Ireland's total of seven medals courtesy of the sprint hurdles, pentathlon, 400m, 800m, 4x400m, 1500m and 3000m showcased a versatility and strength in depth that bodes well for the inaugural Athletics World
world indoors, Great Britain & Northern Ireland's total of seven medals courtesy of the sprint hurdles,
pentathlon, 400m, 800m, 4x400m, 1500m and 3000m showcased a versatility and strength in depth that bodes well for the inaugural Athletics
WorldWorld Cup.
According to a statement on the Ukrainian athletics federation website, the 25 - year - old tested positive for the substance — which was added to the
World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) prohibited list from January 1 of this year — at last month's IAAF
World Indoor Championships in Portland where she claimed
pentathlon silver behind Canada's Brianne Theisen - Eaton.
Selectors also accepted the IAAF's invite for
world junior heptathlon champion Morgan Lake to compete in the
pentathlon.
The Ukrainian athlete is reported to have tested positive for the substance at the IAAF
World Indoor Championships in Portland where she claimed
pentathlon silver
KJT, as she is known, surged away in style to win in 2:16.63 as she completed her graduation from European indoor to
world indoor
pentathlon champion.
Johnson - Thompson, who claimed
world indoor long jump silver in 2014 and the European indoor
pentathlon title in 2015, is also looking for a strong performance in Birmingham to start an important year on a positive note.
While many of the headlines of day two of the IAAF
World Indoor Championships in Portland belonged to Brianne Theisen - Eaton, for her gold medal, PB, national record and world - leading score of 4881 in the pentathlon, I also want to add two other significant achievem
World Indoor Championships in Portland belonged to Brianne Theisen - Eaton, for her gold medal, PB, national record and
world - leading score of 4881 in the pentathlon, I also want to add two other significant achievem
world - leading score of 4881 in the
pentathlon, I also want to add two other significant achievements.
Only
world indoor
pentathlon champion Brianne Theisen - Eaton, with 6765, has scored a higher total in 2016.
However, despite the win over a field which included the
world silver and bronze medallists from last year and the
world indoor
pentathlon champion, she claimed she was disappointed with her first day and believes that there is plenty more to come.
The women's
pentathlon at the IAAF
World Indoor Championships had been hyped as one of the biggest head - to - head clashes of the weekend, with defending champion Jessica Ennis taking on world heptathlon champion Tatyana Cher
World Indoor Championships had been hyped as one of the biggest head - to - head clashes of the weekend, with defending champion Jessica Ennis taking on
world heptathlon champion Tatyana Cher
world heptathlon champion Tatyana Chernova.
The first Native American sports hero, Jim Thorpe was hailed as the greatest athlete in the
world after he won the
pentathlon and decathlon at the 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm.