In its original format, designed to embrace the spirit of its ancient counterpart, modern pentathlon involves shooting with pistols, fencing, swimming freestyle, riding over obstacles on horses ...

Baron Pierre de Coubertin, widely credited as the founder of the modern Olympics, spent two years lobbying for the new Games to include a modern version of the pentathlon event that was a key ...

meaning Rio will not be the last stand for what was once the final aspect of the ancient pentathlon. Modern wrestling consists of two separate disciplines, although the objective is broadly the ...

Modern pentathlon — which historically has seen athletes competing in show jumping, fencing, swimming, shooting and running — is a sport inspired by the ancient pentathlon and tests athletes ...