This is an Ancient Greek discus. Pretty cool right.
Hola amigos. Sorry about the wait. I know you all have been dying for another post. Just kidding. So in this post I will tell you more about the modern pentathlon. As you know, the pentathlon is a series of five events which are all held in one day. But it wasn't always held in one day. It was originally a five-day contest. But the modern pentathlon was shortened to four days in 1984 and to one day in 1996. I have also picked up some more info about the events in the modern pentathlon. The fencing competition is a round-robin tournament consisting of one-minute duels. One touch, you win. The swim is 200 meters freestyle. Pentathletes use horses for a show jumping competition on a 350- to 450-metre course with 12 obstacles. The competitors choose a horse he/she has never met before and has never trained with. The final event combines the shooting and running disciplines: competitors alternate between three rounds of shooting (with either air or laser pistols, depending on the competition) at five targets within a 70-second time frame and three 1,000-metre cross-country runs. The pentathlon was also split into two types of events. The athletics pentathlon is a competition of five track-and-field events. The modern pentathlon, which was invented by Pierre de Coubertin (father of the Modern Olympics), was a variation on the military aspect of the Ancient pentathlon. It focused on the skills required by a late-19th-century soldier. Well thats all for now. I hope you learned some new facts and information. I have another post coming soon.
My sites:
Britannica
Ancient Greek Pentathlon, Wikipedia
Ancient Sports: Pentathlon
My sites:
Britannica
Ancient Greek Pentathlon, Wikipedia
Ancient Sports: Pentathlon