UIPM Youth A World championships 2011

The UIPM President accompanied by his wife, the Turkish Federation President, all athletes, team leaders, officials and judges started 9 in the morning from the hotel to go on board to cross the Vosporos Channel for the annual Youth A culture and education day. This day teaches the athletes aspects outside sport such as the country's traditions, friendship, fair play and other values that embodies the heart of the Olympic Movement.

As always the Mixed Relay proved an immensely exciting event for the spectators and athletes at the 2011 Youth A World Championships.

Korea capped off a fantastic Youth A World Championships by winning the gold medal in the men’s relay’s. The team of  Seong,  Jun & Lee were always in control of the deay and were rewarded with a place on top of the podium.

The Youth A World Championships finished with a flurry of medals yesterday as 3 relays were all run and won.

Running parallel to the Youth A World Championships, a International Judges and Assistant Judges was conduced by Technical Committee Member Mr. Walid Sayed.  2 days before the Championships around 30 candidates participated this seminar. All participants were introduced to the UIPM Competition Rules in both practical and theoretical ways.  This Seminar was an other step to the development of Modern Pentathlon in Turkey.

Tamara Vega (MEX) has become the new Women’s Youth A World Champion in Istanbul, Turkey after a superb combined event.

Alexsander Kukarin (RUS) has produced a fantastic combined event to become Youth A World Champion in Istanbul, Turkey. Kukarin followed in the footsteps of some of his famous Russian team mates to become the best Youth athlete in the world.

UIPM Media sat down with Youth Olympic Games Mixed Relay Champion and Bronze medallist in the Individual Event Anastaysia Spas (UKR) during the 2011 Youth A World Championships.

The start list for the Men’s combined event at the 2011 Youth A World Championships is now avaliable for download below.

Watch all the action of the medal’s day of the Youth A World Championships by watching a live, free webcast here on Pentathlon.org. Unfortunatly as this is controlled by National Turkish TV, there will be no English commentry available. The live feed can be found by clicking here.