What Exactly Is Modern Pentathlon?

Victor Mather 📍Reporting from Tokyo

What Exactly Is Modern Pentathlon?

Victor Mather 📍Reporting from Tokyo

Ivan Alvarado/Reuters

It’s time for the modern pentathlon at the Tokyo Olympics. You might guess from “penta” that it has five parts.

But what are they? And what’s so modern about this event? →

What Exactly Is Modern Pentathlon?

Victor Mather 📍Reporting from Tokyo

Ivan Alvarado/Reuters

The modern pentathlon consists of five sports: running, swimming, fencing, shooting and horseback riding.

The women’s pentathlon concluded on Friday; the men finish Saturday morning.

What Exactly Is Modern Pentathlon?

Victor Mather 📍Reporting from Tokyo

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