Modern pentathlon tests athletes across five separate disciplines. Athletes must swim, fence, ride an unfamiliar horse through a show jumping course — they get just 20 minutes to get acquainted — and ...
The shorter format isn’t the only change coming to modern pentathlon: after the Paris Olympics, an obstacle course discipline will replace horse riding. But for now, the horses remain. Athletes ...
The modern pentathlon consists of fencing, a 200-meter freestyle swim, show jumping and a final combined event of laser shooting and cross-country running. In the final event, athletes complete ...
James Cooke (GBR) has won the Men's Swimming event in Modern Pentathlon at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games and set a new Olympic record in the process. Cooke (GBR) recorded a time of 1min 55.60secs in ...
Modern Pentathlon is an Olympic sport consisting of five disciplines: fencing, swimming, equestrian show jumping, laser pistol shooting and running. She is the third in her sport and the seventh ...