widely credited as the founder of the modern Olympics, succeeds – after two years of effort - in having a version of this ancient highlight incorporated into the new Games. Modern Pentathlon’s ...

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 element of the ancient Olympics.

In the Ancient Olympics, the pentathlon comprised running, jumping, javelin, discus and wrestling. The founder of the Modern Olympics, Pierre de Coubertin, introduced the modern version comprising ...

Brisbane’s plans for the 2032 Olympics were officially announced this week, and this weekend Aussies will get their chance to ...

Image caption, The ancient Olympic athletes would enter the stadium ... Play the game to take part in the pentathlon and save the bronze discus from the master of thievery.

Seventy-two athletes (36 men, 36 women) will compete in the men's and women's individual event competitions, respectively, with no more than two athletes per National Olympic Committee (NOC).

Britain has a good track record in the modern pentathlon in recent ... cultures that have filtered down from ancient times. It has featured in every Olympics since 1896. It is one of the few ...

The sport of modern pentathlon was dominated by Great Britain at the Tokyo Olympics. In the women’s event, Kate French reigned supreme, securing Great Britain’s first modern pentathlon Olympic medal ...

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

Though horses have been part of the Olympic modern pentathlon since ... shooting and running — is a sport inspired by the ancient pentathlon and tests athletes in skills needed by 19th century ...