CISM President, Colonel Hamad Kalkaba Malboum and UIPM President, Dr. Klaus Schormann signing the MOU

In order to give even more prominence and impact to the 6th CISM World Games 2015 in Korea, CISM launched last summer a large campaign towards the International Sports Federations to recognize the CISM World Summer Games 2015 as a qualifying event for the 2016 Rio Olympics. The first Federation to grant to the CISM World Games 2015 that status is the Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne (UIPM) which signed last 12 November, on the occasion of its annual Congress, a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the CISM President. Indeed the links between CISM and Modern Pentathlon, a sport with deep military roots have always been excellent, but that MOU shall further strengthen that collaboration to develop the practice of Modern Pentathlon in the military sports clubs all over the world.
The best Modern Pentathletes all over the world will be able to qualify for the Rio 2016 Olympics during our 6th World Summer Games in Mungyeong in October 2015.
IAAF (Athletics) and FIE (Fencing) are about to signing a similar convention with us. This success is another high incentive to see the best military athletes harshly competing in Mungyeong in 2015.