This is how the five original disciplines were decided: horse riding, swimming, fencing, shooting and running. While track and field’s decathlon claims to name the “world’s greatest athlete”, de ...

Fly de Vesquerie, the horse which helped Elodie Clouvel to a silver medal in the modern pentathlon in the Paris Olympics, is to be awarded France's Bronze Medal of National Defence, AFP learned on ...

Modern pentathlon, which debuted at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics ... There will be four shooting stops where athlete will aim a laser pistol at five electronic targets. Athletes will be allowed to ...

The best moment on the track ... When modern pentathlon was added to the Olympic program in 1912, it was intended to be a test of the skills required by a soldier at the time: running, swimming ...

Fly de Vesquerie, the horse which helped Elodie Clouvel to a silver medal in the modern pentathlon in the Paris Olympics, is to be awarded France's Bronze Medal of National Defence, AFP learned on ...

Modern pentathlon — which historically has seen athletes competing in show jumping, fencing, swimming, shooting and running — ...

Fencing, swimming, and a combined running and shooting event make up the four other disciplines that remain in modern pentathlon. Choong was one of the most vocal athletes against the overhaul to ...

modern pentathlon has made adaptations to appeal to younger audiences and television broadcasters. For London, the running and shooting events were combined, and laser guns were introduced.

Modern Pentathlon is an Olympic sport consisting of five disciplines: fencing, swimming, equestrian show jumping, laser pistol shooting and running. The Kenyan received the maximum sanction for ...

Modern pentathlon involves athletes competing in swimming, fencing, horse riding (show jumping) and laser run (combination of running and pistol shooting). It’s a new addition to the National ...

Kate French won modern pentathlon gold at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 Modern pentathlete Kate French, who won Olympic gold at the Tokyo Games, has announced her retirement from the sport.