Mixed day for Weale as Polivka takes World Cup gold

ONDREJ Polivka claimed gold at the modern pentathlon World Cup in Cairo as Great Britain's Sam Weale settled for 18th.

MUST DO BETTER: British coach Phillip Waeffler described Sam Weale's performance as solid - but not great (Getty Images)

Weale beat Polivka at the recent Bath International but was no match when it really mattered.

The Czech Republic athlete went into the new-look run/shoot discipline in sixth place but his time of 10.37.00 took him to the top of the podium.

Weale - the only British athlete in the men's final - won 17 and lost 18 of his fencing contests, produced the seventh fastest swim and dropped 80 points in the riding arena.

Weale's time in the run/shoot was 11.50.00 - the 23rd best - taking his overall points scores to 5748.

"Sam had a solid day but not a great day," said coach Phillip Waeffler.

"Everything was quite solid, but at a World Cup that brings you into midfield, not the top-12."

British Olympic silver medallist Heather Fell finished 19th in Saturday's women's final.