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modern pentathlon
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modern pentathlon
n.
An athletic contest in which each participant competes in five events: running, swimming, horseback riding, fencing, and pistol shooting.

modern pentathlon
n
(Individual Sports & Recreations / Athletics (Track & Field)) an athletic contest consisting of five different events: horse riding with jumps, fencing with electric épée, freestyle swimming, pistol shooting, and cross-country running


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He said the council also congratulated modern pentathlete Katie Livingston and wheelchair basketball player Terry Bywater, who could not attend the event.
The modern pentathlete posed for a photo-shoot with a fashion magazine and was asked to model Team GB's formal Olympic suits.
Walliams paid tribute to the hard work of Wolverhampton University research fellow Whyte, a former Olympic modern pentathlete who gave nine months of his time to help the 34-year-old prepare for thearduous, ten-hour swim.
 
 
 
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