Lithuania's Laura Asadauskaitė has won the women's event at the European Modern Pentathlon Championships after overhauling home favourite Kate French in the final stages in Bath.
World modern pentathlon champion Jamie Cooke has added the European Championship to his collection and earned a Tokyo 2020 qualification spot for Britain after claiming victory in the men's final in Bath.
Britain's Kate French made a strong start to her campaign to go one better than last year at the European Modern Pentathlon Championships after winning her qualification group.
British duo James Cooke and Joe Choong look in good shape to challenge for home gold in the European Modern Pentathlon Championships after impressing in men's qualifying today in Bath.
Hosts Britain have won their second gold medal of the European Modern Pentathlon Championships with victory in the men's relay in Bath, however they have missed out on the medals in the women's event despite taking an early lead.
British duo Kerenza Bryson and Myles Pillage won the first title of the week at the European Modern Pentathlon Championships as they claimed gold in the mixed relay competition in Bath in England.
Britain's Joe Choong will lead home hopes when the European Modern Pentathlon Championships, which double as an Olympic qualification event, take place in Bath.
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.
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