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 ...

Pentathlon, a combination of running ... aiming to experience ancient Greek culture rather than achieve athletic glory.

Every four years, around 50,000 people came from all over the Greek world to watch and take part. Image caption, The ancient Olympic ... game to take part in the pentathlon and save the bronze ...

Leonidas of Rhodes is our guide to the Olympic Games, as held in Ancient Greece. Running ... Strange, I know… The pentathlon is a five-event contest combining running, jumping, discus, javelin ...