July 22, 2009 to July 27, 2009 - Egypt
Modern Pentathlon youth A World Championships
Men - Women
Nasr City Sporting Club
Egypt 22 - 27.07.2009
The Egyptian Federation of Modern Pentathlon has the pleasure to invite a delegation of your country to participate in the Modern Pentathlon youth A World Championships Men - Women that is going to be held in Cairo from 22-27.07.2009
According to the following programme:
22.07 Arrival of Delegations
Opening ceremony
Technical Meeting Men
A) If the total number of Pentathletes in each gender group exceeds 51 the Pentathletes will be divided into groups for the fencing competition (not more than two Pentathletes from the same nation in the same group). The competition can be organized over one or two days depending on the organizers' venues.
23. 07 Fencing Men and Swimming Men/Women
24. 07 Fencing Women and Combined Event Men/Women
25. 07 Education & Cultural Day
26 .07 Relay men/women with 3 athletes + Mix relay with 1 athlete per gender
27 .07 Departure
B) If the total number of Pentathletes in each gender group does not exceed 51 the format could be:
23. 07 Fencing + Swimming Men/Women.
24. 07 Combined Event (handicap start) Men/Women.
25. O7 Education & Cultural Day
26. 07 Relay men/women with 3 athletes + Mix relay with 1 athlete per gender
27 . 07 Departures
We would like to inform you that after a meeting with UIPM during the World Cup in Cairo it was decided that because of the heat in July here in Egypt, the competitions will start late in the afternoon 01:00 pm and will be finished in / or before the evenings.
We considered that fencing competition according to the number of pentathletes could take up to 6 hours so the exact time table of the competitions will be sent to you a week before.
