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WORLD MILITARY MODERN PENTATHLON CHAMPIONSHIP IS A TEST EVENT FOR RIO 2007Competition will gather 41 athletes from 11 countries with individual and relay events
Representatives from 11 countries will compete in the World Military Modern Pentathlon Championship, a test event for the XV Pan American Games Rio 2007. the Opening Ceremony will be held on Saturday, May 12th, at 4 pm at the Brazilian Army Physical Education Academy, in Urca. On Monday, May 14th, the women’s competition takes place, at Deodoro sports Complex; the men’s competition will be held on Tuesday, May 15th. On Wednesday, May 16th, the men’s relay competition will be held.
During the Military World Championship, the Organizing Committee of the Pan American Games Rio 2007 (CO-RIO) will test sports equipments that will be used in the Rio 2007 Modern Pentathlon competition – shooting targets, lanes and swimming competition start blocs, and the fencing field of play. In addition, the technology systems for timekeeping, measurement and local transfer of results will be tested.
The World Military Championship men’s competition will gather 30 athletes, among which are Daniel Santos and Wagner Romão, who will represent Brazil in the Pan American Games Rio 2007. They will compete for the title against athletes from Belarus, Switzerland, Ukraine, Latvia, Italy, Uruguay, Poland, Lithuania, and Chile.
The World Military Championship women’s competition will have six participants. Fiver other athletes will participate in the Open Category, including Larissa Lellys and Yane Marques, who will compete for Brazil during the Rio 2007 Games. In total, the competition will have representatives from five countries: Brazil, Latvia, Lithuania, Italy, and Guatemala.
Modern Pentathlon is composed of five sports: Shooting, Fencing, Swimming, Equestrian and Racing, in this order. All competitions are held on the same day, and individual athletes score at each event. The athlete with the highest overall score after the first four competitions starts the race first. The race start order for the other competitors is defined according to their individual accumulated scoring. Every four points of difference in relation to the top score represent one second of delay at the start line. The first athlete to cross the race’s finish line wins. In the relay competition, each team is composed by three athletes.
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