Cairo, April 13 -- Egypt's Moutaz Mohamed won the men's final of the UIPM 2026 Pentathlon World Cup in Cairo on Sunday with 1,608 points, taking gold with a world-recordlaser run of 10 minutes 0.23 seconds under the new format and setting a new-format overallhigh.
Mathis Rochat of France took silver with 1,597 points, while Hungary's Mihaly Koleszarclaimed bronze with 1,590.
The triumph added another highlight to the career of Mohamed, the 2025 world champion and current world No. 1, who overcame a deficit before the laser run to produce a blistering finishin front of the home crowd.
Mohamed said the title was especially difficult because he had been ill in the days leading up to the final.
"I had been suffering for the past few days fr...