Team USA - Modern Pentathlon

[clemsonbeav 601]

Another new favorite sport of mine...love the new obstacle racing.

 

Re: qualification, we get 1 per gender, and can earn up to one more.  If we want the second, like in most sports like this, we have to qualify two (i.e. if we only qualify one, then that would have been the host quota anyway, so it would get reallocated).

 

Here's pathway to qualification:

1) Win the 2027 World Cup Final (don't see that happening)

2) Win the PanAms in Lima. (would need to get lucky)

3) Be in the top two NORCECA spots in Lima after the winner. (if we base this on 2023's PanAms, we would earn 1 W spot)

4) Be the top non-qualified athlete in 2027 WCh, or in the top 3 non-qualified athletes at WCh 2028 (don't see that happening)

5) Be the next 4 non-qualifieds in the rankings as of June 2028.  (Doubt it)

 

So, yeah, probably just the 1 per gender for us (though I'd love to see us develop more).

 

We did medal back in 2000...one of our female athletes (Emily de Riel) won a silver...the first time a women's MP was held!

Edited March 13 by clemsonbeav

[clemsonbeav 601]

BTW, I do see a World Cup set in 2027 for West Hollywood @Olympian1010

[Olympian1010 8,299]

2 hours ago, clemsonbeav said:

BTW, I do see a World Cup set in 2027 for West Hollywood @Olympian1010

Oh, cool. I haven't looked that far ahead (when it comes to non multi-sport games competitions) just yet. I was lucky enough to the go the UIPM World Cup the last time it was in LA in 2017. We actually had an awesome double that week, with the both modern pentathlon and track cycling in town. I went to both, and had a lot of fun at both 

[clemsonbeav 601]

26 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

Oh, cool. I haven't looked that far ahead (when it comes to non multi-sport games competitions) just yet. I was lucky enough to the go the UIPM World Cup the last time it was in LA in 2017. We actually had an awesome double that week, with the both modern pentathlon and track cycling in town. I went to both, and had a lot of fun at both 

Track Cycling is another sport I'm newer to, but I find it quite satisfying.  Too bad it's not easily viewable here.  (Am I correct in that one would need to subscribe to both FloBikes and HBO Max to see all events (track+road)?  Seems some events are geoblocked on one but not the other.)

 

With Pentathlon, since the USA is HQed in Charlotte, I hope they'll eventually have a(nother) comp there.  They just had nationals there in December, but I wasn't able to go.  Would love to see (and if my ideal LA28 schedule comes to fruition, we won't be there when it's contested in LA.)

Edited March 13 by clemsonbeav

[Olympian1010 8,299]

2 hours ago, clemsonbeav said:

Track Cycling is another sport I'm newer to, but I find it quite satisfying.  Too bad it's not easily viewable here.  (Am I correct in that one would need to subscribe to both FloBikes and HBO Max to see all events (track+road)?  Seems some events are geoblocked on one but not the other.)

Right agreements vary by event. Peacock has a good bit of road cycling too.