Here's what you need to know about modern pentathlon at the 2024 Paris Olympics. When did modern pentathlon become an Olympic sport? The modern pentathlon made its Olympic debut on the men’s ...

the modern pentathlon. And enjoy it now. It's changing after the Paris Olympics. “It sort of embodies the spirit of the Olympic Games,” said Phaelen French, a Team USA Pentathlete.

The modern pentathlon differs slightly from its ancient predecessor, but the event will still be a thrilling and demanding competition at the 2024 Olympics in Paris this summer. The modern ...

The Olympic Games are one of the world’s most celebrated sporting events, and Paris is set to reinvent the experience with ...

A chance to watch the ultimate all-round athletes in Paris. Probably the quirkiest sport at the Olympics, modern pentathlon challenges athletes to swim, run, fence, ride an unfamiliar horse and ...

The sport of modern pentathlon, a niche outlier at the Olympics, is getting rid of its horse competitions after the Paris Games and bringing in “American Ninja Warrior”-style obstacle courses ...

By Sarah Lyall Reporting from Versailles, France The farrago of a sport that is the modern pentathlon owes its rarefied existence to Pierre de Coubertin, the father of the modern Olympics ...

Here's what you need to know about weightlifting at the 2024 Paris Olympics. When did weightlifting become an Olympic sport? The first modern Olympic Games in 1896 included men's weightlifting ...

but the 1924 Games also went a long way toward defining the shape of the modern Olympics. Paris introduced the 50-meter Olympic swimming pool, a 45,000-seat Olympic stadium, and the first ever ...

One of the world's oldest sporting events returns this year in the form of the 2024 Paris Olympics, to be held from Friday through Aug. 11. The modern Games, which have been played for parts of ...

Paris hosted the first female athletes at the 1900 Olympics — in the second modern Games — with 22 of the 997 athletes in competition, or 2.2% of the total. The modern Olympics began in 1896 ...

PARIS (AP) — Ever wondered why French is spoken during medal announcements at the Olympic Games? The truth is that while the ancient Olympics originated in Greece, its modern incarnation is very ...