Russia wins team gold at modern pentathlon World Championship
On Sunday, August 30, Russians Yegor Gromadsky, Petr Bortsev, and Andrey Bobrov won gold medals in the team event at the World Modern Pentathlon Championships, which took place from August 24 to 30 in Guiyang, China.
Consensus
- Russia won the team event at the World Championship in modern pentathlons
- The championship took place in Guiyang, China, from August 24 to 30
- The Russian team consisted of Egor Gromadsky, Petr Borshchev, and Andrey Bobrov
- The Russian team scored 4693 points in the team event
- Egypt finished second with 4687 points
- France finished third with 4482 points
- Egor Gromadsky earned silver in the individual event with 1581 points
- Petr Borshchev and Andrey Bobrov placed ninth and tenth in the individual event with 1556 points each
- The Russian athletes competed under the national flag and anthem
Points of divergence
- Gromadsky was second in the individual competition with 1581 points — fontanka
- Gromadsky won silver in the individual competition with 1581, Borshchev and Bobrov placed ninth and tenth with 1556 — vm
- Gromadsky lost gold to Czech Lucas Matej with 1586 points — vesti
- Gromadsky earned silver, with Lucas Matej winning gold (1586) and South Korea's So Chan Wan taking bronze (1576) — kommersant
- Russian athletes won seven gold, four silver, and two bronze medals at the junior World Championship in diving in Rijeka, Croatia — vm
- Lev Lazarev won a junior Grand Prix event in figure skating in Xi'an, China — vm
- This was the first time in seven years that Russia competed under its national flag at a World Championship — vesti
- The International Modern Pentathlon Union lifted restrictions on Russian athletes following the IOC's July 7 decision — kommersant
Coverage (6 sources)
- Russians became winners of the team championship at the world championship in modern pentathlon. The tournament is held in China... — ТАСС (Telegram)
- Russians won at the World Championship in modern pentathlon — Фонтанка
- Russians became winners of the team championship at the World Championship in modern pentathlon. The tournament is held in China... — ТАСС (Telegram)
- Russians won gold at World Modern Pentathlon Championships in Guiyang — Вечерняя Москва
- Athletes from the Russian Federation won the team championship at the World Championships in modern pentathlon — Вести
- Russians won team gold at the World Championships in modern pentathlon — Коммерсантъ