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4 months, 1 week ago

Paris 2024 Olympics: Gulyas takes women’s gold for Hungary in modern pentathlon

Hungary’s Michelle Gulyas showed the steady eye and hand of a sharpshooter to win the women’s Modern Pentathlon gold medal with a world record points haul at the Paris Olympics on Sunday. Gulyas finished with 1,461 points, nine more than Clouvel, whose time in hitting all the laser targets during four shooting stops in the 3,000 metre run was by …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Paris 2024 Olympics: Egypt’s Elgendy wins modern pentathlon with new world record

The Hindu

Ahmed Elgendy took Egypt’s first gold medal of the Paris 2024 Olympics when he won the men’s Modern Pentathlon with a world record 1,555 points on Saturday. Elgendy, silver medallist in Tokyo three years ago, was one of six competitors to have a clear round in the show jumping -- a big step up from Friday’s semi-final where he was …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Modern pentathlon’s unfamiliar horse and the controversial fight for Olympic survival

The Independent

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Paris 2024 Olympics schedule and day-by-day events

The Independent

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

What will change about the modern pentathlon after Paris 2024, with one sport controversially axed

The Independent

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4 months, 4 weeks ago

Paris Olympics full schedule: A complete guide to every event during the Games from July 27-August 11

ABC

All event listings have been converted to Australian Eastern Standard Time. Jump to specific day: July 27 4.24am: Opening Ceremony 4.30pm: Badminton, men's, women's and mixed group stage 5pm: Rowing, men's and women's heats 5pm: Handball, men's preliminaries 5pm: Shooting, men’s and women’s 10m Air Pistol Qualification 5pm: Volleyball, men's preliminary round 5.30pm: Equestrian, eventing dressage 6pm: Judo, women’s -48kg …

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5 months, 1 week ago

Paris Olympics 2024: Farewell to horses, obstacles ahead for Modern Pentathlon

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Britain won both the men’s and women’s golds at Tokyo 2020 with Joe Choong and Kate French. Reuters Modern pentathlon has obstacles ahead as it bids farewell to the horse at the Paris Olympics and prepares for a future more familiar to fans of Ninja Warrior and Tough Mudder. “To continue our Olympic future we had to make that change,” …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Modern pentathlon champion left feeling ‘bittersweet’ as sport prepares for change after Olympics

The Independent

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1 year, 1 month ago

Modern Pentathlon: A father-son duo paint an Olympic dream

Hindustan Times

Coming straight from competing at the Hangzhou Asian Games in modern pentathlon, Mayank Chaphekar felt the increased chatter around him at the ongoing National Games in Goa, from where he pocketed seven medals. “The Asian Games was a big window for the Paris Olympics but the injury spoilt everything for me.” After the National Games medal boost — “with an …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Mayank Chaphekar, Harjinder Kaur brave injury to win titles at Goa National Games

Hindustan Times

Maharashtra’s Mayank Chaphekar, India’s first Modern Pentathlon athlete to participate in the Hangzhou Asian Games, had injured his shin bone in China when an epee sword pierced it. The 23-year-old from near Thane underlined his dominance at domestic level by winning gold in men’s individual triathle, group triathle and mixed relay triathle at the 37th National Games in Ponda on …

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1 year, 2 months ago

IOC's EB Puts Boxing on Hold, Modern Pentathlon and Weightlifting Get Recommendation

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The International Olympic Committee’s Executive Board said on Friday that since the IOC has not recognised any governing body for boxing, the inclusion of the sport for Los Angeles 2028 has been put on hold, while recommending the inclusion of modern pentathlon and weightlifting. “The IOC EB also reviewed the status of three sports which were not part of the …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Modern pentathlon soon finds out if swapping horses for obstacles enough for invite to 2028 LA Games

Associated Press

The athletes in modern pentathlon know for certain horses won’t be part of their event at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. “Where’s your line?” This remains a complicated time as athletes train for Paris, where horses are part of the program, and have a eye down the road with obstacles. “It’s challenging because we already have so many hours of …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Asian Games 2023: From men's volleyball to modern pentathlon, check India's full schedule on September 20

Hindustan Times

It was a mixed day for India at the Asian Games 2023 in Hangzhou, China as the men's football team endured a tough 1-5 defeat against the hosts. Asian Games 2023: File photo of Arjun Lal Jat and Arvind Singh in action Fans will hope for a better show from the Indian contingent on Wednesday as there are multiple events …

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1 year, 3 months ago

India Schedule at Asian Games, September 20, 2023: Event Timings and Live Streaming Details

News 18

The Asian Games 2023 commenced on September 19 in Hangzhou, China. Mayank Vaibhav Chapheker is the only athlete who has been included in Modern Pentathlon by the Sports Authority of India for the Asian Games 2023. Here is a list of events where India will compete on September 20 of the 2023 Asian Games: Rowing : Kiran and Geetanjali Gurugubelli …

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1 year, 3 months ago

India to make Asiad debut in Modern Pentathlon

Hindustan Times

The Sports Ministry on Wednesday included names of 17 more athletes to India’s contingent for the Asian Games, with the list now swelling to 651 athletes. File: Logo of the Asian Games 2022 The Modern Pentathlon Federation of India had sent names to five athletes but all of them had missed out when the sports ministry announced the contingent on …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Governing body confident of modern pentathlon’s future as IOC decision looms

The Hindu

Modern pentathlon is confident about its Olympic future beyond next year’s Paris Olympics having evolved into a more inclusive and dynamic sport by replacing horse riding with obstacle racing, the head of governing body UIPM told Reuters on Friday. But UIPM President Klaus Schormann believes obstacle racing will open up modern pentathlon to more athletes and that he had a …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Pentathlon opts to welcome back Russians and Belarusians

The Hindu

Modern pentathlon on Thursday became the latest Olympic sport to announce it was welcoming back Russians and Belarusians. The sport’s governing body announced that its executive committee had voted to lift the ban that followed the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. As Moscow’s assault on Ukraine stretches into a second year, the International Olympic Committee has recommended allowing athletes …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Move from horses to courses will secure modern pentathlon’s Olympic future: UIPM chief

The Hindu

The controversial move from horses to obstacle courses will make modern pentathlon more accessible and allow for more commercial opportunities as the sport looks to secure its Olympic future, the head of governing body UIPM told Reuters. “We’re now offering Los Angeles 2028 and future Olympics organisers a solution that changes the game.” The sport will continue in its current …

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2 years, 1 month ago

Modern pentathlon votes to swap horse riding with obstacles

Associated Press

The federations for modern pentathlon approved a decision to replace horse riding with “American Ninja Warrior”-style obstacle courses as a fifth discipline in order to save the sport from Olympic elimination. As it currently stands, modern pentathlon in its current form of fencing, swimming, laser shooting, running and show jumping would be off the program after the 2024 Paris Games. …

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2 years, 2 months ago

Olympic pentathlon eyes ‘Ninja Warrior’ courses for survival

Associated Press

The path to saving modern pentathlon from Olympic removal may just be filled with obstacles. Because we don’t want to lose the Olympics.” Modern pentathlon has been part of the Olympics since the 1912 Stockholm Games. The data supported obstacle racing — “American Ninja Warrior” has had over 70,000 people apply annually from around the globe, while the total number …

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2 years, 2 months ago

Olympic pentathlon eyes 'Ninja Warrior' courses for survival

The Independent

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2 years, 5 months ago

‘Greatest athlete’ Jim Thorpe reinstated as sole winner of 1912 Olympic pentathlon and decathlon

LA Times

Jim Thorpe, the former U.S. Olympic great, sets a fast pace for some girls during an athletic event in Chicago in 1948. Jim Thorpe has been reinstated as the sole winner of the 1912 Olympic pentathlon and decathlon in Stockholm — nearly 110 years after being stripped of those gold medals for violations of the strict amateurism rules of the …

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2 years, 7 months ago

Olympic champion Choong vows to quit if modern pentathlon ditches equestrianism

The Hindu

Olympic champion Joe Choong will walk away from modern pentathlon if its governing body pushes ahead with a controversial plan to replace horse riding with obstacle racing, the Briton told Reuters. Pentathlon United, a group formed to oppose the change, has urged the International Olympic Committee to intervene, saying UIPM's consultation process was "illusory at best". READ: Choong, 26, said …

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2 years, 7 months ago

Olympics 2028: Modern pentathlon confirms obstacle racing will replace equestrian event

The Independent

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Paris 2024 Olympics: Gulyas takes women’s gold for Hungary in modern pentathlon

Paris 2024 Olympics: Egypt’s Elgendy wins modern pentathlon with new world record

Modern pentathlon’s unfamiliar horse and the controversial fight for Olympic survival

Paris 2024 Olympics schedule and day-by-day events

What will change about the modern pentathlon after Paris 2024, with one sport controversially axed

Paris Olympics full schedule: A complete guide to every event during the Games from July 27-August 11

Paris Olympics 2024: Farewell to horses, obstacles ahead for Modern Pentathlon

Modern pentathlon champion left feeling ‘bittersweet’ as sport prepares for change after Olympics

Modern Pentathlon: A father-son duo paint an Olympic dream

Mayank Chaphekar, Harjinder Kaur brave injury to win titles at Goa National Games

IOC's EB Puts Boxing on Hold, Modern Pentathlon and Weightlifting Get Recommendation

Modern pentathlon soon finds out if swapping horses for obstacles enough for invite to 2028 LA Games

Asian Games 2023: From men's volleyball to modern pentathlon, check India's full schedule on September 20

India Schedule at Asian Games, September 20, 2023: Event Timings and Live Streaming Details

India to make Asiad debut in Modern Pentathlon

Governing body confident of modern pentathlon’s future as IOC decision looms

Pentathlon opts to welcome back Russians and Belarusians

Move from horses to courses will secure modern pentathlon’s Olympic future: UIPM chief

Modern pentathlon votes to swap horse riding with obstacles

Olympic pentathlon eyes ‘Ninja Warrior’ courses for survival

Olympic pentathlon eyes 'Ninja Warrior' courses for survival

‘Greatest athlete’ Jim Thorpe reinstated as sole winner of 1912 Olympic pentathlon and decathlon

Olympic champion Choong vows to quit if modern pentathlon ditches equestrianism

Olympics 2028: Modern pentathlon confirms obstacle racing will replace equestrian event