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Jim Thorpe won two gold medals in the 1912 Olympic Games for pentathlon and decathlon.
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Frank Vaisvilas, jsonline.com, 27 Aug. 2025
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
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Frank Vaisvilas, jsonline.com, 27 Aug. 2025
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pentathlon
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The heptathlon is a seven-event test — consisting of the high jump, 110-meter hurdles, 200-meter dash, shot put, long jump, javelin throw and 800-meter run — conducted over two days.—
Bill Center,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Apr. 2026
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Oregon’s Peyton Bair dominated the competition on Day 1 in the heptathlon with 3,675 points, only trailing collegiate record holder Kyle Garland’s pace from the 2023 indoor championships.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
13 Mar. 2026
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The 29-year-old went to Baylor and competed for the school’s track and field team and earned All-Big 12 honors with a fifth-place finish in the decathlon in 2016.—
José Sánchez Córdova,
Dallas Morning News,
1 Feb. 2026
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Today’s birthdays: Olympic decathlon gold medalist Bill Toomey is 87.—
Tribune Content Agency,
Baltimore Sun,
10 Jan. 2026
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Toyota supported Andrea Eskau, the German Paralympic skier who won gold in the 6km biathlon and silver in the 5km cross-country at the 2014 Sochi Games, at age 42.—
Liam Tharme,
New York Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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Zaino will also compete in the biathlon (skiing and shooting).—
Lori Riley,
Hartford Courant,
3 Mar. 2026
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Those women’s sports include basketball, beach volleyball, cross country, golf, indoor track and field, outdoor track and field, equestrian, soccer, swimming and driving, rifle, volleyball, and triathlon.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
24 Mar. 2026
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Women compete at the same distances in running and swimming and other endurance sports, including triathlon, and do so now in cross-country skiing.—
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
19 Feb. 2026
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Also for the first time, players can wear data-collecting portable devices on court in order to gain information on their physical performances, tournament director Amélie Mauresmo said at a news conference on Thursday.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 Apr. 2026
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The Philadelphia 76ers defeated the Orlando Magic, 109-97, in the NBA play-in tournament Wednesday night at Xfinity Mobile Arena and will play the Boston Celtics in the first round of the playoffs.—
Tom Ignudo,
CBS News,
16 Apr. 2026
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All golfers scoring 4-over or better qualified for the third round of the tourney, to begin Saturday morning.—
Gary Bedore,
Kansas City Star,
11 Apr. 2026
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As part of this singularly unconventional deal, CBS pays not a red cent for the privilege of covering the tourney, and while that leaves as much as $125 million in rights fees on the table, Augusta more than makes up for that by way of the gate, merch and concessions.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
10 Apr. 2026
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The Invictus Games are a Paralympic-style competition for wounded and recovering service members and veterans from around the world.—
Helen Murphy,
PEOPLE,
17 Apr. 2026
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His passion for off-roading and extreme competition now extends to his two sons, who have caught the Currie racing fervor.—
Morgan Korn,
ABC News,
17 Apr. 2026
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“Pentathlon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pentathlon. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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