Tag: pentathlon

Goodbye tradition, hello to entertainment: the modern pentathlon swaps horse riding for a “ninja” steeplechase

when Pierre de Coubertin devised the modern pentathlon Within the Olympic program, he did so with the intention of finding the super athlete. ...

Jim Thorpe, the super athlete who had been stripped of the medals, was recognized as Olympic champion of pentathlon and decathlon

For the war it took more than a century and an arduous campaign by organizations that defend the rights of the peoples of the...