News Six more athletes have qualified for the modern pentathlon competition at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, via the world championships in Berlin, where the top three positions the men’s and women’s individual events offered places in Brazil Confirmation was published on International Federation website  In the women’s competition on Saturday (4 July), Germany’s Lena Schoneborn – the Beijing 2008 Olympic champion – took the gold medal ahead of China’s Chen Qian and Brazil’s Yane Marques As Chen had already qualified for Rio 2016 via June’s Asia/Oceania Championships, her Olympic slot was passed down to Russia’s Donata Rimsaite, who finished fourth Brazil has one place guaranteed in both genders at Rio 2016, and Marques – the London 2012 bronze medallist – confirmed herself as the host nation’s representative in the women’s event Each country can enter a maximum of two athletes in each gender, and if a nation has more than two athletes qualified, its National Olympic Committee will decide who to send Schoneborn finished 28th, in a field of 36, in the swimming event but recovered to win the fencing section with a world record score before a sixth-place finish in the riding set her up with a nine-second advantage for the final combined running and shooting event “I’m exhausted, but totally happy to be the new world champion in my home city, in front of my home crowd and my family It almost made me cry,” said Schoneborn Marques said: “I am so happy to get this medal and qualify for the Olympics next year I had a very good day with my fencing and running, so I am very happy ”In the men’s competition on Friday (3 July), Ukraine’s Pavlo Tymoshchenko won the gold medal ahead of Russia’s Aleksander Lesun and Andriy Fedechko, also of the Ukraine All three won places at the Rio 2016 Games Tymoshchenko, who clawed back a 27-second deficit in the final combined event, said: “I didn’t believe that I could do it After the fencing, I thought I had lost because I made too many mistakes ”  Defending champion Lesun said: “Due to an injury I couldn’t perform well and it was a difficult season for me But I’m happy to return to the podium and now I can start preparing for the most important competition ”The men’s and women’s modern pentathlon events at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games will both feature 36 competitors There are now 10 male and 10 female modern pentathletes who have won places: as well as the 12 (six of each gender) slots awarded from the Asia/Oceania Championships, the men’s and women’s champions from the World Cup in June booked their berths Ten more places will be up for grabs at the Pan-American Games in Toronto from 10 to 26 July, with the remaining slots being decided next year at the world championships and via the world rankings, as they stand in June 2016 Two countries will also be invited to make up the final places in the line-up Follow the race to qualify for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games here Rio2016 com is not an absolute authority on qualification for the Olympic and Paralympic Games, which is an ongoing process Final places will only be confirmed in July 2016 (for the Olympic Games) and August 2016 (for the Paralympic Games) The qualification systems are defined by each sport’s respective International Federation and the International Olympic Committee or International Paralympic Committee, and are subject to change When an athlete or team wins a quota place for their nation, the final decision on whether this ‘slot’ is used and which athletes are sent is taken by the respective National Olympic Committee or National Paralympic Committee (NOC or NPC) Even when athletes win a ‘nominal’ place for themselves, NOCs/NPCs may have to decide who to send if the number of qualified athletes from one country exceeds the quota