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The final new event is also unconventional: Obstacle courses are coming to the Olympics in 2028 as part of the existing pentathlon.
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Justin Klawans, The Week Us, theweek, 14 Aug. 2024
The obstacle courses will join running, swimming, shooting and fencing as the five events that make up the Olympic pentathlon.
—Justin Klawans, The Week Us, theweek, 14 Aug. 2024
Brundage had participated at the 1912 Olympics in the pentathlon and then spent his career climbing the ranks of sports administration.
—Debbie Sharnak & Yannick Kluch / Made By History, TIME, 30 July 2024
During the pentathlon, long jumpers used to rock back and forth to the rhythms of live flute music, then run and leap while swinging two heavy weights to increase their momentum.
—Philip Montgomery, New York Times, 25 July 2024
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Justin Klawans, The Week Us, theweek, 14 Aug. 2024
The obstacle courses will join running, swimming, shooting and fencing as the five events that make up the Olympic pentathlon.
—Justin Klawans, The Week Us, theweek, 14 Aug. 2024
Brundage had participated at the 1912 Olympics in the pentathlon and then spent his career climbing the ranks of sports administration.
—Debbie Sharnak & Yannick Kluch / Made By History, TIME, 30 July 2024
During the pentathlon, long jumpers used to rock back and forth to the rhythms of live flute music, then run and leap while swinging two heavy weights to increase their momentum.
—Philip Montgomery, New York Times, 25 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pentathlon
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Anna Hall celebrates after finishing her last event of the Olympic Trials heptathlon.Mark Dent, thehustle.co, 27 July 2024
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Since falling short of qualifying for the U.S. team in the heptathlon after a fall in the Olympic Trials before the 2020 games, Anna Hall has received regular encouraging calls from Joyner-Kersee while preparing for the 2024 Games.Melissa Lockard, The Athletic, 18 July 2024
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In many ways, support for the decathlon and heptathlon is not trending in the right direction.Mark Dent, thehustle.co, 27 July 2024
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Grenada: The island nation in the eastern Caribbean needed just six athletes to win a medal, taking bronze in the men’s decathlon for an average of 0.1667 medals per athlete.Mark Puleo and John Bradford, The Athletic, 6 Aug. 2024
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Two male coaches and a former men's biathlon team member confirmed the culture of misogyny described by the women, who reported facing retaliation after speaking out.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
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In 2023, the Games traveled to Dusseldorf, Germany and will head to both Vancouver and Whistler, Canada from Feb. 8 to 16, 2025 — the first time winter sports like alpine skiing, snowboarding, biathlon, Nordic skiing, skeleton and wheelchair curling will be introduced to the Games.Rachel Burchfield, People.com, 20 Nov. 2024
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Who's winning the AI race Competition in AI is less a single race than a triathlon: There's a face-off to develop the most advanced generative AI foundation models; a battle to win customers by making AI useful; and a struggle to build costly infrastructure that makes the first two goals possible.Ina Fried, Axios, 11 Dec. 2024
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And as a veteran triathlon journalist, Culp has particularly good access and insights into that world.Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 2 Dec. 2024
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And festivals—not to mention tennis tournaments—require food.Tim Newcomb, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
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Tennis Australia first experimented with this on one court during last year’s tournament, hoping to attract gamers and a younger audience to the sport.Howard Fendrich, Chicago Tribune, 16 Jan. 2025
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The host site is fabulous and the tourney draws from the large player base in Southern California.Todd Boss, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
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Horizon and Oak Ridge won games at the Bishop Moore girls basketball tourney, while Boone won at the New Smyrna Beach boys hoops event.Steve Gorches, Orlando Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2025
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Knowing how to hold your own in a game of pool is great for social situations with friends who want a little competition.Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2025
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Yes, Josh Hader had departed, but Robert Suarez was first in line in a competition — at least as it was laid out at the start of spring training — that included former Korean closer Woo-Suk Go.Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Jan. 2025
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“Pentathlon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pentathlon. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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