pentathlon

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Recent Examples of pentathlon The Barbara Hood Memorial Student Scholar Athlete Award winner also took home first at the Div. 3 championship in the 100-meter hurdles (14.68), the 55-meter hurdles (8.35) and the pentathlon (3,258). Brian Roach, Boston Herald, 6 July 2025 Each group tied their legs together and participated in a six-legged pentathlon. Esther Kang, People.com, 26 June 2025 About 10,000 military athletes from over 100 countries will participate in 25 sports, including traditional games such as archery, boxing and diving, as well as military competitions like aeronautical pentathlon and naval pentathlon. Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 3 Apr. 2025 Jenna Fee Feyerabend won the pentathlon, claiming firsts in the high jump and shot put plus second in the long jump and 60 meters. Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for pentathlon
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Noun
  • Only Anna Hall, who finished fifth in the 2024 Paris Olympics, has a better high school girls heptathlon score.
    Jason Dill, Miami Herald, 28 June 2025
  • Hall walked away with another NCAA title in the heptathlon and a silver medal in the 400-meter hurdles.
    Katelyn Hutchison, Forbes.com, 17 May 2025
Noun
  • Jim Thorpe won two gold medals in the 1912 Olympic Games for pentathlon and decathlon.
    Frank Vaisvilas, jsonline.com, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Rowe teaches advanced English classes and also coaches the academic decathlon team that competes in eight subjects, including literature and math.
    Claire Osborn, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
Noun
  • German biathlon champion Laura Dahlmeier, who captured two gold medals at the 2018 Olympics, died in mountaineering accident in a remote range of Pakistan, officials said Wednesday.
    David K. Li, NBC news, 30 July 2025
  • Belarusian competitors excel in biathlon and aerial skiing, and the two sports account for every medal but one that the nation has won at the Winter Games.
    Blythe Lawrence, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Swansea Guildhall was told that Buchan had travelled with his wife Samantha and their daughter Ella to the triathlon.
    Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Maggie Muglia, a 25-year-old from Arlington Heights, participated in the 2023 competition for her first triathlon.
    Cam'ron Hardy, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • All eight of the previous Little League Classics have been held on that first Sunday of the tournament.
    Andrew Wagner, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The postseason tournament tips off on Sunday, September 14, at 1 pm ET, with games televised on ABC, ESPN and ESPN2.
    Claire Franken, TVLine, 14 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Scrappy Eastlake also finished a solid tourney tied for third following a 25-15, 25-21 loss to Bishop’s in the gold semifinals.
    Tim Meehan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Sep. 2025
  • His inclusion in the tourney should in no way be translated as a negative in how the team views him.
    Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The fourth season will be played from June 18-July 18, 2026, the preferred slot in the calendar for MLC with not much competition from other domestic leagues.
    Tristan Lavalette, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The number of local homes put up for sale soared, boosting competition among sellers.
    Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 10 Sep. 2025

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“Pentathlon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pentathlon. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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