Teenager Joe Evans will be Britain's sole representative in the men's final of the Chengdu Modern Pentathlon World Cup in China this weekend after he qualified from today's semis.
Evans finished sixth in his semi-final this morning to qualify comfortably for Saturday's final, finishing in a top-11 group separated by just eight seconds.
But double Olympian Nick Woodbridge missed out on the final, as did 19-year-olds Sam Curry and Tom Lees, who was making his World Cup debut.
Evans' performance today means he has now qualified for the finals at all three of his World Cups to date, a record that started with a bronze medal in California in February.
"It's been an encouraging season for Joe - he's made three finals from three World Cups and that's a very good standard," said Jan Bartu, Pentathlon GB performance director. "He did really well and deserved his place in the final. Let's see what he can do there.
"Today was an opportunity for Tom (Lees) to learn about the sport and it has fulfilled its purpose," he added.
Woodbridge and Evans both had the opportunity to make strong starts to their campaign as semi-final B began in the pool, rather than with the traditional fencing.
And the pair duly clocked the best two times of the day for the 200m freestyle, with Woodbridge the only pentathlete to dip under two minutes with a time of 1min 59.99secs.
Evans, a University of Bath Sports Performance student, clocked 2:00.53 and maintained his place in the top ten by winning half of his 32 fencing bouts.
He went into the run/shoot in seventh place overall. Woodbridge dropped down to 15th, winning 13 of his fencing contests.
Evans comfortably progressed to the final with a run/shoot time of 12:45.86 but Woodbridge struggled with the heat and humidity as his time of 13:35.12 left him 25th overall.
In semi-final A, Curry - competing at only his third World Cup - won 14 of his 31 fencing contests to start the day in joint 21st, while Lees won nine bouts for 30th.
Lees' time of 2:06.81 was ninth fastest in the pool and he went into the run/shoot 30th overall. Curry's 2:09.33 was 16th fastest, which meant he went into the combined event in 19th.
Curry rounded off his campaign with 12:43.06 for the run/shoot. It was the 18th fastest time and meant he finished 20th overall. Lees' 12:32.32 was the 12th fastest time of the semi, pushing him up to 23rd overall.
Tomorrow sees the first final of the Chengdu World Cup. Katy Burke and Rebecca Wain go for Great Britain after qualifying from Wednesday's semis.
