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The Official Website for the US World Cups 2011-2014
WELCOME
We’re proud to announce that the beautiful desert communities of Rancho Mirage and Palm Springs, California, will host the Modern Pentathlon World Cup from 2011 through 2014. Please mark your calendars now for our first competition on February 24-27, 2011. We need sponsors, volunteers, and spectators, too. Make plans now to join us in the fun! We expect more than 200 of the world’s elite athletes to attend from 30 to 50 countries.
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About Pentathlon
Modern pentathlon is an Olympic sport comprising five disciplines: epee fencing, swimming, equestrian show jumping, and a combined run/shoot event. The sport was developed for the first modern Olympic Games in 1912 by the founder, Pierre de Coubertin.
Coubertin was inspired by the pentathlon event in the ancient Olympic games, circa 776 B.C., which tested the skills of the ideal soldier. Similarly, modern pentathlon tests the skills that a 19th century cavalry soldier would have needed to survive behind enemy line: riding an unfamiliar horse, shooting, fencing, swimming, and running.
Modern pentathlon is one of the most grueling Olympic sports, testing speed, endurance, skill, focus, and strategy. In a pentathlon competition, pentathletes compete in all five disciplines over the course of one long day.
For more details on viewing a competition, please see the "About The Sport" page..
Modern Pentathlon World Cups
Each year, the UIPM, the international modern pentathlon federation, awards five World Cup events to cities around the world. At these competitions, athletes have the opportunity to earn qualifying points for the World Cup Final and the Olympic Games. The Palm Springs/Rancho Mirage World Cup will be the first time the United States has hosted a World Cup since 1999.
The 2011 US World Cup may also mark the first time that laser pistols will be used in a World Cup competition instead of compressed air or C02 pellet guns. And the 2012 US World Cup will be a qualifying event for the Summer Olympics in London, England.
We are expecting approximately 200 athletes from 30 to 50 countries, along with their coaches and delegations. There will be four days of competition, with men and women competing separately in semifinals to qualify for the two days of final competition.
How to keep up with events:
Just keep checking the website. New developments will be posted as they occur. And if you have any questions or comments, please contact us. We’d love to hear from you.
Copyright Warning and Notice:
West Coast Pentathlon is the copyright owner of all text and graphics contained on this website, except the official seal logo and as otherwise indicated. You may print one copy of the information contained herein for your personal use only, but you may not reproduce or distribute the text or graphics to others or substantially copy the information on your own server, without prior written permission of West Coast Pentathlon. It is a blatant violation of federal copyright law to reproduce all or part of this website for any purpose, making a copier liable for civil and criminal penalties. The Copyright Act imposes liability of up to $150,000 per issue for such infringement and violators will be prosecuted to the maximum extent of the law.
© 2010 West Coast Pentathlon
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