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Modern pentathlon champion left feeling ‘bittersweet’ as sport prepares for change after Olympics
1 year, 1 month ago

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

The Independent  

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Modern pentathlon soon finds out if swapping horses for obstacles enough for invite to 2028 LA Games
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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Governing body confident of modern pentathlon’s future as IOC decision looms
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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Move from horses to courses will secure modern pentathlon’s Olympic future: UIPM chief
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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Modern pentathlon votes to swap horse riding with obstacles
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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Olympic pentathlon eyes ‘Ninja Warrior’ courses for survival
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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Olympic pentathlon eyes 'Ninja Warrior' courses for survival
2 years, 2 months ago

Olympic pentathlon eyes 'Ninja Warrior' courses for survival

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Even if some of the obstacles were scary at …

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Olympic champion Choong vows to quit if modern pentathlon ditches equestrianism
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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Olympics 2028: Modern pentathlon confirms obstacle racing will replace equestrian event
2 years, 7 months ago

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

The Independent  

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Obstacle course race set to replace equestrian in modern pentathlon
2 years, 7 months ago

Obstacle course race set to replace equestrian in modern pentathlon

The Hindu  

Obstacle course racing looks set to be voted in as the replacement for the equestrian element in the modern pentathlon at the Olympic Games from 2028, but an athlete group opposing the move is calling for an investigation into the sport's governance. The sport's global governing body, the UIPM, said in November it would remove equestrianism from the Los Angeles …

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PETA urges IOC to modernise and drop equine events from Games
3 years, 1 month ago

PETA urges IOC to modernise and drop equine events from Games

The Hindu  

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 …

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Horse riding to be dropped in modern pentathlon from 2028 LA Games
3 years, 1 month ago

Horse riding to be dropped in modern pentathlon from 2028 LA Games

The Hindu  

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 …

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Kaley Cuoco, former Big Bang Theory star, comes to punched Olympic horse's rescue
3 years, 4 months ago

Kaley Cuoco, former Big Bang Theory star, comes to punched Olympic horse's rescue

The Hindu  

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 …

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German pentathlon coach thrown out of Tokyo Games for punching a horse
3 years, 4 months ago

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

The Independent  

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Kim Raisner: Germany’s modern pentathlon coach disqualified from Olympics for hitting horse
3 years, 4 months ago

Kim Raisner: Germany’s modern pentathlon coach disqualified from Olympics for hitting horse

CNN  

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 …

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