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There was a Pentathlon event in the ancient Olympic Games from 708 B.C. Athletes competed in 5 events: discus, javelin, long jump, a stadium-length race and wrestling.
In the modern Pentathlon, athletes known as 'pentathletes' complete 5 events on one day.
The athletes fence.
The athletes swim 200 metres.
Using an air pistol they shoot 20 times at a target 10 metres away.
They run 3,000 metres
cross country.
The athletes ride a horse 600 metres cross country. There are
15 jumps that the horses and riders must go over.
For more information about this Olympic sport go here
http://www.olympic.org/uk/sports/programme/index_uk.asp?SportCode=MP
Acknowledge this source in your bibliography like this:
Thomas & Sydenham, Modern Pentathlon. [Online] www.kidcyber.com.au (2006)
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