Sport on the edge: Obscure pentathlon could vanish from Olympics.(Sports)

The Washington Times | July 31, 1996| | Copyright

ATLANTA - It's the most obscure of Olympic events, a melange of military sciences and raw athletics that contains both Gen. George Patton and Dolph Lundgren under the umbrella of its history. It's confusingly called the modern pentathlon, and an anonymous collection of colorful athletes convened yesterday to determine its champion under the cloud of the sport's possible extinction.

"The modern pentathlon has to be the ultimate test of both stamina and athletic dexterity," said Dean W. Billick, executive director of the U.S. Modern Pentathlon Association, before ...

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