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pentathlon::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | athletic competition, athletic contest, athletics |
Examples of pentathlon
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If can pronounce it properly, you will be welcome in any modern pentathlon club.
From the telegraph.co.uk
The borough will host equestrian and modern pentathlon events at Greenwich Park.
From the eadt.co.uk
Michigan's Bettie Wade leads the pentathlon after four events with 3,575 points.
From the usatoday.com
I had a terrible fence and you can't recover from a terrible fence in pentathlon.
From the telegraph.co.uk
He competed in the pentathlon, entering several national meets and championships.
From the washingtonpost.com
Younger sister Irina won the 80-meter hurdles in 1960 and the pentathlon in 1964.
From the usatoday.com
Tanya Friesen will compete in the pentathlon and J'Lynn Ledesma will high jump.
From the kansas.com
Despite its illustrious history, the modern pentathlon faces an uncertain future.
From the time.com
The manager of the U.S. modern pentathlon team is Swedish actor Dolph Lundgren.
From the time.com
- An athletic contest consisting of five different events
- A pentathlon is a contest featuring five events. The name is derived from Greek: combining the words pente (five) and -athlon (competition) (Greek: u03C0u03ADu03BDu03C4u03B1u03B8u03BBu03BFu03BD). The first pentathlon was documented in Ancient Greece and was part of the Ancient Olympic Games...
- Pentathlon is a 1994 American action thriller directed by Bruce Malmuth and starring Dolph Lundgren as an East German Olympic gold medalist pentathlete on the run from a lethal coach (David Soul).
- Often used to refer to an Arts & Sciences Pentathlon, which is a form of competition in which an entrant must enter five or more categories.
- An early version of the heptathlon, this was a combined female competition made up of five different track and field events with the winner being the athlete who attains the highest score when the results of each event are combined.
- An event in which the athlete competes in five events (Boys: Long Jump, High Jump, 200 Meters, Discus, 1600 Meter run; Girls: 100 Meter HH, High Jump, Shot Put, Long Jump, 800 Meter Run).
