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pentathlon

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Recent Examples of pentathlon Feyerabend, Mountain West’s reigning indoor pentathlon champion, won four of five events en route to a personal best of 4,270 points and a 206-point victory. — Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Feb. 2026 Jim Thorpe won two gold medals in the 1912 Olympic Games for pentathlon and decathlon. — Frank Vaisvilas, jsonline.com, 27 Aug. 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 See All Example Sentences for pentathlon

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Those six days will not include selection for the decathlon, heptathlon or the 10,000 meters, all of which will be held earlier in the spring — at locations still to be determined — to allow for additional recovery.

— Eddie Pells, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2026
Husband-wife duo Eoin Murphy and Emma McNelis of Dublin were in Alexander Stadium to see O’Connor complete her heptathlon victory.

— ABC News, ABC News, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of heptathlon

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American Ashton Eaton defends his Olympic decathlon title, equaling the games record with a surge on the last lap of the 1,500 meters — the last event in the two-day competition.

— Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2026
Tom Holland’s Peter has a favorite bodega, chases bad guys through backyards, and struggles to mix superhero-ing with the academic decathlon.

— Darren Franich, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of decathlon

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Masters would go on to compete in rowing, cross-country skiing, biathlon, and cycling, winning medals across both Summer and Winter Paralympic Games.

— Tim Genske, Forbes.com, 10 Mar. 2026
The sport was introduced for athletes with physical disabilities at the 1988 Innsbruck Paralympic Games and for athletes with visual disabilities in 1992 at Albertville.

— ABC News, ABC News, 6 Mar. 2026

Definition of biathlon

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With participation growing each year, organizers say the event formerly known as the Chicago Triathlon is on track to become the largest triathlon in the world.

— Lila Hempel-Edgers, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2026
Hers is a spectacular rise — a list of remarkable achievements for someone who only started road cycling in the last few years, having previously competed nationally in duathlon (triathlon without the swimming).

— Jessica Hopkins, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of triathlon

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Gary Woodland leads notable faces in crowd Former KU golfer Gary Woodland, a captain’s assistant for the upcoming Presidents Cup international golf tourney in Medinah, Illinois, was introduced to the crowd in the first quarter.

— Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 5 Sep. 2026
Now the tournaments are held in different years with the men's championship a year before the Olympics and the women's tourney two years before the Games.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of tourney

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Their concern goes beyond competition over who solves a problem first.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 12 Sep. 2026
As using live musicians becomes increasingly less common, the dance competition is a bright spot, which one of the largest, if not the largest, live bands on screen today.

— Kristin Robinson, Billboard, 11 Sep. 2026

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