Athlete Profile: Alvaro Sandoval

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World #1 and 2012 Olympic Medallists all through to Friday’s Final
Feb 20th Feb, 13
For the first time on the world level, the new format Combined Event took place  now consisting of 4 laps of 800 meters running interspersed by 4 shooting series (still of 5 shots) and a new time out limit for shooting, dropping from 70 to 50 seconds. Olympic Champion David Svoboda (CZE) said "I am glad for the change; for the last 4 years had 3 shooting series; now shooting is more important. My team is very strong in shooting so we are happy to have this extra shooting round."

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Lesun leads Group A and Kasza Group B for the Combined Event
Feb 20th Feb, 13
Jospeh Evans (GBR) produced the fastest swim time from Group A in a time of 2:01.77 a second faster than Maksim Kustov (RUS) Winner of the fencing Aleksander Lesun (RUS) had a disappointing swim finishing 11th, however this was still enough to keep him at the top of the leaders board going into the combined event. The World #1 will start 2 seconds ahead of Alvaro Sandoval (MEX) who finished 2nd in the fence & 6th in the swim. Daniel Thomas (AUT) and Samuel Curry (GBR) will both start 12 seconds behind Lesun.   In Group B, Hungarian Robert Kasza’s win in the Fencing with 17 bouts puts him 9 seconds ahead Omar El Geziry who came  3rd in the Fence with 16 bouts. Joint 1st in the Fence was Alexander Nobis (GER) whilst Jianli Guo of China will start the Combined 13 seconds behind Kasza thanks to his 5th place in the Fencing following the 4th fastest swim    

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Lesun wins Group A Fence
Feb 20th Feb, 13
World #1 and 2012 World Champion Aleksander Lesun (RUS) won 18 bouts to lead Group A after the Fence but only 1 bout ahead of Thomas Daniel (AUT), Samuel Curry (GBR) and Alvaro Sandoval (MEX). Pavlo Tymoschenko (UKR)  who won this world cup when it was last held in Palm Spings 2 years ago was 2 bouts behind his team mate Pavlo Kirpulyankskyy winning 13 bouts. Full results: results/competition-results/results/pentathlon/992-uipm-world-cup-1/senior/men/qualification_a

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Battle for the Final Olympic Qualification Spots
May 24th May, 12
2012 World Cup Final (Chengdu, 26-27 May) will be the last competition to make the Olympic Pentathlon World Ranking.

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Top Stars Qualify from Group C
Apr 13th Apr, 12
A host of stars were among the leading pack who easily qualified in group C. Justinas Kinderis (LTU), Andrei Moiseev (RUS) and David Svoboda (CZE) all looked in good form as they eased into the top 12.

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Men's Qualification Review: Moiseev All Smiles After Securing Qualification
Mar 16th Mar, 12
The 105 competing men ensured completely different conditions today that the women yesterday as they battled overcast skies and the final group endured torrential rain as opposed to the 35 degree hear yesterday.

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Junior World Championships Preview
Nov 11th Nov, 11
Buenos Aires, the charming capital of Argentina, will host the 2011 edition of the World Junior Championships from 17-21 November and a good atmosphere is expected as suggests the name of the city.

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Men's World Championships Preview: Final Part, Solo Runners, Africa, Americas & Conclusion
Sep 5th Sep, 11
Solo Runners Austrian Tomas Daniel and Dutch Kevin Hilgeholt are well known in the circuit and keep the top level despite not having the same training facilities and conveniences of other countries, so they have to work very hard to make it and play an important role in the development of the sport in their countries.

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