FILE – Elena Micheli of Italy, right, and Amira Kandil of Egypt compete in the fencing portion of the women’s modern pentathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics, on Aug. 6, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan ...

Before the Olympics started, the two hosts gave rapid-fire previews of all 39 sports, focused on structure, format, changes from previous Olympics, top names to know, key story lines and favorites.

How the modern Olympics link sports and religion De Coubertin, a French pacifist and Catholic, lived in tumultuous times. In the late 1800s and early 1900s, industrialization, rebellions and wars ...

For the 2024 Paris Olympics, the modern pentathlon is getting, well, more modern.Rather than spreading the event across an entire week by doing one event per day, athletes are now completing all ...

The Olympics have always provided electrifying spectacles, from Bob Beamon's long jump in 1968, to gymnast Nadia Comaneci's perfect ten at Montreal in 1976, to Usain Bolt's record-breaking sprints ...

Modern pentathlon was created by the founder of the modern Olympics, Baron Pierre de Coubertin as an homage to the duties required of a solider in the late 19th century to test the strengths of the ...

For the 2024 Paris Olympics, the modern pentathlon is getting, well, more modern.Rather than spreading the event across an entire week by doing one event per day, athletes are now completing all ...

For the 2024 Paris Olympics, the modern pentathlon is getting, well, more modern.Rather than spreading the event across an entire week by doing one event per day, athletes are now completing all ...

Paris 2024 Olympics - Modern Pentathlon - Men's Final Riding Show Jumping - Chateau de Versailles, Versailles, France - August 10, 2024. Woongtae Jun of South Korea riding Api d'Espoir in action.

PARIS, France — Coming from Greek meaning "contest of five events," the modern pentathlon is an all-around competition that tests athletes on their skills across five challenging and somewhat ...

The history of the Summer Olympics does not just show us how sports have evolved over time, but also holds a mirror up to the political and social contexts of the period. In preparation for this ...

The sport was initially dropped from the 2028 Olympics lineup, but will take place with horse riding replaced with obstacle racing. Modern pentathlon schedule at the Paris Olympics Thursday, Aug. 8 ...