Pentathlon keeps its name despite change in number Olympics

International Herald Tribune | November 28, 2008| | Copyright

John Branch The New York Times Media Group
International Herald Tribune
11-28-2008
Pentathlon keeps its name despite change in number Olympics
Byline: John Branch The New York Times Media Group
Edition: 1
Section: SPORTS

Almost from its inception in 1912 as an Olympic sport - an eclectic combination of pistol shooting, fencing, swimming, horse jumping and running - the modern pentathlon has seemed less than modern.

And now it is about to become something less than a pentathlon.
Shooting and running will be combined into a single event, a new final exam of intermittent focus and endurance. But ...

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