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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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Boxing, weightlifting and modern pentathlon were set a target of about 18 months to make changes in order to keep their status as Olympic sports for the 2028 Los Angeles Games. The high-profile incident of a coach striking a horse at the Tokyo Olympics has undermined modern pentathlon’s reputation despite more than 100 years in the Games since being created …

The sports of skateboarding, sports climbing and surfing that first featured at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics have been included in the initial sports programme for the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles, the International Olympic Committee said on Thursday. But weightlifting, boxing and modern pentathlon did not make the cut of the initial 28 sports and must meet certain criteria in …

The International Olympic Committee must recognise that immediate change is needed and should drop equine competitions from future Olympic Games, animal advocacy group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals said on Friday. Germany's modern pentathlon coach Kim Raisner hit Annika Schleu's horse, Saint Boy, at the Tokyo Games when it refused to jump a fence, and the incident drew …

Horse riding will be removed from modern pentathlon's programme at the Olympics from Los Angeles 2028, the sport's governing UIPM announced on Thursday, with a consultation process set to start soon to find a suitable replacement. The decision comes after Germany's modern pentathlon coach Kim Raisner hit Annika Schleu's horse, Saint Boy, at the Tokyo Games this year when it …

A horse that was punched by a German coach during the modern pentathlon at the Tokyo Olympics has found a potential home - the stables of The Big Bang Theory star Kaley Cuoco. An avid equestrian herself, Cuoco expressed her wish to buy the 15-year-old gelding Saint Boy after his experience at the Olympic Games. "Not only will UIPM conduct …

Tokyo Olympics Women's Modern Pentathlon: German coach who struck horse accused of cruelty to animals

The German Animal Welfare Association said Friday it has filed a complaint of cruelty to animals against a German modern pentathlete and a coach, who was thrown out of the Tokyo Olympics for striking a horse during the women's event. Annika Schleu and German coach Kim Raisner are accused of "cruelty to animals" and "aiding and abetting cruelty to animals," …

German pentathlon coach thrown out of Tokyo Games for punching a horse

TOKYO — A German coach at the Tokyo Olympics was suspended Saturday after being filmed hitting an uncooperative horse during the women’s modern pentathlon competition. The International Modern Pentathlon Union said it reviewed footage showing Raisner “appearing to strike the horse. German athlete campaign group Athleten Deutschland criticized what it called “the hostility and partly open hate” directed at Schleu …

CNN — Germany’s modern pentathlon coach Kim Raisner has been disqualified from Tokyo 2020 for hitting a horse, the Modern Pentathlon Federation said in a statement on Saturday. “The EB reviewed video footage that showed Ms Raisner appearing to strike the horse Saint Boy, ridden by Annika Schleu, with her fist during the Riding discipline of the Women’s Modern Pentathlon …

Cycling and Modern Pentathlon GB golds on day 14 – British medallists in Tokyo

Tokyo Olympics 2021: Scientist demands July competition is CANCELLED

A scientist on Independent Sage has called for the cancellation of the Tokyo Olympics while the world fights the 'extremely dangerous' coronavirus, as British Olympics chiefs today insisted that Team GB will still attend the July sports competition despite US advice not to travel to Japan. Pictured is a medic going behind an isolation screen at Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical …

Chloe Esposito announced in late January that a wonderful, unexpected surprise had occurred and that she wouldnt be able to defend her modern pentathlon title at the Tokyo Olympics. I actually dont remember where I was when the news about the postponement came out, Esposito said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press from her home in western Sydney. …