INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Beijing secured the right to host the first four editions of the Obstacle World Championships (OCR) of the Union Internationale de
Pentathlon Moderne (UIPM) from 2025-2028, World Pentathlon announced on Friday.The brand-new World Championships will be held at the 2008
Summer Olympic Games sports complex in October 2025.The competition follows Obstacle's integration as a modern pentathlon discipline in
November 2024."The creation of the UIPM Obstacle World Championships is an important step in the ongoing integration of this popular urban
sport into our movement," UIPM President Rob Stull OLY said
"Having successfully introduced Obstacle as a new Pentathlon discipline, it is key that we also provide exciting opportunities for existing
OCR athletes to test their skills in a high-quality competitive environment
It's going to be amazing to see how pentathletes measure up against their OCR specialist counterparts in October."
