Fell grabs top 10 finish in Hungary

MODERN PENTATHLON: Beijing 2008 Olympic silver medallist Heather Fell was Britain's highest finisher at the third round of the 2009 women's Modern Pentathlon World Cup in Szekesfehervar, Hungary.

Fell, from Tavistock, produced the fifth fastest combined run/shoot to climb from 18th place and end the day in 10th overall on Saturday.

Her performance helped the British team take bronze in the team competition behind winners Poland and second placed Hungary.

Lithuania's Laura Asadauskaite produced a remarkable run/shoot to climb from 14th to first and take the individual gold, her second successive World Cup triumph.

Fell's 14 fencing wins put her 25th after the first discipline with 736 points.

Fell then dug deep in the pool to produce a powerful finish over the last 25m for a time of 2:19.47 for 1,128 points to climb from 25th to 21st.

She rode well – scoring a perfect 1,200 to climb to 18th.

Going into the run/shoot, Amelie Caze, France's reigning world champion, led the field with 3,380 points, with Fell 18th with 3,064.

Fell's run/shoot of 12:49.95 earnt her a further 2,284 points.

Results to women's World Cup 3: Gold Laura Asadauskaite (LTU) 5636 pts, silver Amelie Caze (FRA) 5572 pts, bronze Evdokia Gretchichnikova 5512 pts, 10th Heather Fell (GBR) 5348 pts, 13th Mhairi Spence (GBR) 5288 pts, 16th Louise Helyer (GBR) 5224 pts, 27th Katy Livingston (GBR) 5000 pts