There was a fine display of international co-operation at Singapore Sports School on Tuesday, when Ukraine’s Anastasiya Spas and Ilya Shugarov of Russia combined to edge out 23 other mixed-nation teams and win gold in the modern pentathlon mixed relay at the Youth Olympic Games.

Randomly drawn teams comprised of one boy and one girl took to the piste, the pool and the running track just as they had in their individual events. And despite a noticeable drop in nerves among athletes, they did not hold back their competitive streak.

Anastasiya Spas (UKR) and Ilya Shugarov (RUS) have created history by taking Gold in the first ever Modern Pentathlon Mixed Relay Event at the First ever Youth Olympic Games with a combined total of 4638 points. Spas & Shugarov outlasted Kim Dae Beom (KOR) and his partner Zhu Wenjing (CHN) who grabbed Silver and Gulnaz Gubaydullina (RUS) and Lukas Kontrimavicius (LTU) who claimed a well deserved Bronze.

Anastasiya Spas (UKR) and Ilya Shugarov (RUS) have taken the gold in the modern pentathlon mixed relay at Singapore Sports School on Tuesday with a total of 4638 combined points.

Swimming speedsters Zsofia Foldhazi (HUN) and Aliaksandr Biruk (BLR) has won the swimming event in the mixed relay. They just touched out the pair of Gulnaz Bugaydullina (RUS) and Lukas Kontrimavicius (LTU) in an impressive time of 1:58.39. The winners from the fencing Anastasiya Spas (UKR) and Ilya Shugarov (RUS) managed a very good time and finished in 4^th position to have a commanding 33 second lead going into the combined event ahead of Emily Greenan (IRE) and Jorge Camacho (MEX). However it is anyone’s race with the entire field only being just over a minute apart which is very unusual for the Combined Event. Stay tuned!