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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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Noun

Jackie Joyner-Kersee ends her brilliant heptathlon career with a victory at the Goodwill Games.

— Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2026
In fact, Candi’s heptathlon performance in 1991 is still considered one of the best scores in FSU history.

— Emily Weaver, PEOPLE, 9 July 2026

Definition of heptathlon

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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
Thorpe followed his pentathlon win with another commanding performance in the decathlon, earning his second medal of the 1912 Olympics and setting a world record.

— AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 8 July 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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The Prince and Princess of Wales have shared tidbits over the years about their three children's — Prince George, Princess Charlotte, 11, and Prince Louis, 8 — interest in sports, with Prince George trying everything from soccer to a triathlon.

— Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE, 21 July 2026
As recently as 2013, the Paris triathlon had to be canceled outright because the water quality was too dangerous for athletes.

— Camille Knight, CNN Money, 4 July 2026

Definition of triathlon

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Pochettino was hired in 2024 to right the ship after the men's team stumbled in a crucial tournament in the run-up to this summer's World Cup.

— Becky Sullivan, NPR, 3 Aug. 2026
There are 12 teams in the tournament, divided into two six-team brackets in a double elimination format.

— Steve Gorches, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of tournament

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The Players Era and the Big 12 Conference last year announced a five-year deal in which the league would assume a 15% stake and guaranteed minimum annual revenues in exchange for providing at least eight teams to the tourney field.

— Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 5 Aug. 2026
Matt Schick and Jenny Dalton-Hill call daytime games during the tourney’s first three days.

— Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2026

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