Not a single mention of the modern pentathlon

>Not a single mention of the modern pentathlon

Why?

It's honestly pretty great. Nice mix of disciplines.

It has to be one of the most meme events.

It makes no sense at all.

It was based on a soldier who had to deliver a message but had to horseride swim run fight and shoot to get it delivered, but yh pretty meme event

It's all about the skills needed to be an early modern cavalry soldier.

1. Take sports nobody gives a fuck about
2. Package them into a multi sport event
3. Countries compete to go after fringe medals

It reminds me of those TV packages with 100 shit tier channels that you think you might flick through to find something good but it's all mediocre.

This '''sport''' might as well be a group of random locals competing at everything.

>Says the cuontry dominating cycling and Kayak

I watch the olympics through online streams and I have rarely seen any brits.

The tv here makes you think they're dominating but it's in sports nobody gives a fuck about.

truly patrician event.

I couldn't believe you guys have won 25 golds, I've been watching quite a bit and don't think I've seen any of them.

Sort of unrelated, but is there any reason there's no 200 meter relay?

Because they're pretty much shit at everything, but they're equally shit so I guess you can make a competition out of it.

It actually has a historical basis. It is far from a meme event.

why not adapt it to what a modern soldier must do?
run carrying 50 kg on your back.
drive a bike(in place of a motorized version)
fast clmbing of a building
reading a map to find your gun for the shooting event, and so on

collecting welfare checks and operating drones are not olympic sports

is this the pentathlon thread? how's it been?

MEDAL WHEN

How the fuck is this modern nigga. this is some shit you would do if you were in WW1 or whatever. Do they not add some 21st century stuff because everything is mechanical nowadays? Cars, machine guns, boats, vidya games, 3d printers.

these guys are so gentlemanly and aristocratic

did anyone watch the swim? how does the scoring here even work?

you have to be pretty rich to be able to afford training for fencing, swimming, shooting, jumping, and horseriding

What a semen demon

i don't know about you guys, but i feel super comfy right now

[spoiler]most of the athletes doing the pentathlon are in the military[/spoiler]

aw

>horsies
Shitty toff nonsense

why are they all so damn handsome?

Czech athletes seem to be choking today

you ess ay btfo

>horse riding
>fencing
>pistols
this is a sport for ninnies isn't it?

seems like something Brits would do well in

Need to add starting a fight in a pizza shop with a guy who's eating his chips in a gay way

>modern

1. skydive into landing zone: unpack rifle and shoot targets

2. scuba dive and shoot rifle from water

3. rock climb and shoot rifle

4. distance run and shoot rifle

stream plsssss

modern in relation to the original ancient Greek pentathlon

call in artillery/air strike

Highly underrated

>usa 6th
WE DID IT REDDIT

The olympics is 95% sports nobody gives a fuck about.

Who picks these sports?

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>Please don't clap to not upset the horses

BOOOOOOOO

sucks if the horse you get is an asshole

Yes, getting a random horse defeats the purpose of the competition.

HORSE THREAD HORSE THREAD HORSE THREAD

Yesterday 3 or 4 women fell off their horses and one had to be carted off.

>tfw you fall off your horse and then it runs away and tries to kick you

why didn't he just shoot the horse?