Modern Pentathlon World Cup Final 2024: Gintare Venckauskaite and Csaba Bohm triumph in Ankara

Lithuania’s Gintare Venckauskaite and Hungary’s Csaba Bohm came out on top in the women’s and men’s competitions at the UIPM Modern Pentathlon World Cup Final in Ankara, Türkiye on Sunday (25 May).

Venckauskaite produced the second-fastest laser run leg to send her to the top of the women’s standings with a winning total of 1422 points, live on Olympic Channel.

Mariya Gnedtchik finished the competition in second place, 17 points behind the Lithuanian ace, moving from 11^th place after the semi-final to claim a podium spot.

Local hero and world bronze medallist İlke Özyüksel rounded out the podium in third place (1400 points).

Saturday’s race did not go as planned for French stars Marie Oteiza and Elodie Clouvel, who came into the final as the top two qualifiers.

Oteiza led the charge leading her compatriot by a comfortable 15 points. But her second and fourth shooting series proved detrimental to her chances of salvaging her chances of a top finish. Clouvel finished eighth with Oteiza settling for ninth place on 1384 and 1373 points, respectively.

Oteiza went into the laser run with a point lead over Clouvel lying second with Venckauskaite in sixth place, 18 points behind. But Venckauskaite delivered a dominant shooting and run leg to race home to victory while Oteiza capitulated.

“I feel very good, I am on cloud number nine. I am proud of myself that I was able to execute my plan,” Venckauskaite said.

“I felt the pressure from the very beginning (of the laser run)…so I did all the round at 100 percent.”