modern pentathlon
noun
: a composite contest in which all contestants compete in a 300-meter freestyle swim, a 4000-meter cross-country run, a 5000-meter 30-jump equestrian steeplechase, épée fencing, and target shooting at 25 meters
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The modern pentathlon will drop its horse event, possibly adding a human obstacle course.
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Nick Canepacolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 May 2022
Few except for hardcore fans would care about Greco-Roman wrestling, modern pentathlon or fencing — if that is, nationalism were not the obvious backdrop.
—Stephen Wade, ajc, 15 Mar. 2022
Later that month, Keller attended a fundraiser for then-U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner (R-Colo.) at the Colorado Springs home of Eli Bremer, who competed in the modern pentathlon in the Beijing Olympics.
—Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2022
In August, German modern pentathlon coach Kim Raisner was disqualified from the Tokyo Games after hitting a horse that the animal's assigned rider Annika Schleu had been struggling to control.
—PEOPLE.com, 5 Nov. 2021
Boxing, weightlifting and modern pentathlon, each of which has dealt with its own troubles and scandals in recent years, were also excluded from the initial list.
—Michelle Bruton, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2021
Equestrian show jumping will be dropped from the modern pentathlon at the Olympics following the 2024 Summer Games in Paris, according to the International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM).
—PEOPLE.com, 5 Nov. 2021
And in what could be an Olympic first, a coach with the German modern pentathlon team was kicked out of the Games for punching a horse that balked at jumping.
—NBC News, 8 Aug. 2021
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Nick Canepacolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 May 2022
Few except for hardcore fans would care about Greco-Roman wrestling, modern pentathlon or fencing — if that is, nationalism were not the obvious backdrop.
—Stephen Wade, ajc, 15 Mar. 2022
Later that month, Keller attended a fundraiser for then-U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner (R-Colo.) at the Colorado Springs home of Eli Bremer, who competed in the modern pentathlon in the Beijing Olympics.
—Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2022
In August, German modern pentathlon coach Kim Raisner was disqualified from the Tokyo Games after hitting a horse that the animal's assigned rider Annika Schleu had been struggling to control.
—PEOPLE.com, 5 Nov. 2021
Boxing, weightlifting and modern pentathlon, each of which has dealt with its own troubles and scandals in recent years, were also excluded from the initial list.
—Michelle Bruton, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2021
Equestrian show jumping will be dropped from the modern pentathlon at the Olympics following the 2024 Summer Games in Paris, according to the International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM).
—PEOPLE.com, 5 Nov. 2021
And in what could be an Olympic first, a coach with the German modern pentathlon team was kicked out of the Games for punching a horse that balked at jumping.
—NBC News, 8 Aug. 2021
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circa 1912, in the meaning defined above
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circa 1912
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