MODERN PENTATHLON Preview: Superstar field assembled for World Cup Final in Tokyo

Great Britain's 2018 World Champion James Cooke (Photo: UIPM/Virag Buza)

Two Olympic qualifying places will be on the line at the 2020 Olympic venue, the AGF Field within the Tokyo Stadium complex at Musashino Forest, for the 2019 UIPM World Cup Final this weekend.

The World Cup Final has a limited competition for the top 36 performers – men and women – in the World Cup standings. The entire top 10 in the UIPM World Rankings are all in:

Men’s World Rankings:
1. Valentin Prades (FRA) ~ 2018 World Championships silver medalist
2. Jan Kuf (CZE) ~ 2014 World Championships bronze medalist
3. James Cooke (GBR) ~ 2018 World Champion
4. Joseph Choong (GBR) ~ 2019 World Cup: two silver medals
5. Pavlo Tymoshchenko (UKR) ~ 2015 World Champion; 2016 Olympic silver
6. Patrick Dogue (GER)
7. Ahmed Elgendy (EGY) ~ 2019 Cairo World Cup winner
8. Valentin Belaud (FRA) ~ 2016 World Champion
9. Linbin Zhang (CHN)
10. Adam Marosi (HUN) ~ 2009 World Champion; 2011 Worlds bronze; 2012 OG bronze

Women’s World Rankings:
1. Marie Oteiza (FRA) ~ 2018 World Championships bronze medalist
2. Uliana Batashova (RUS) ~ 2019 Cairo World Cup winner
3. Sarolta Kovacs (HUN) ~ 2016 World Champion; 2018 World Cup Final runner-up
4. Anastasiya Prokopenko (BLR) ~ 2018 World Champion; 2017 Worlds bronze
5. Annika Schleu (GER) ~ 2018 World Championships silver medalist
6. Kate French (GBR) ~ 2019 Prague World Cup winner
7. Tamara Alekszejev (HUN) ~ 2017 World Cup Final winner
8. Ilke Ozyuksel (TUR) ~ 2019 Szekesfehervar World Cup runner-up
9. Gulnaz Gubaydullina (RUS) ~ 2017 World Champion
10. Mayan Oliver (MEX)

In addition, 2012 Olympic gold medalist Laura Asadauskaite of Lithuania and 2016 champion Alexander Lesun of Russia are also entered; in all, there are nine entrants who have won a World Championships gold medal!

The women’s final will be on 28 June, the men on 29 June and the Mixed Relay on 30 June. Look for results here.