This will be the final Summer Olympics with the current line-up of the five events that make up the modern pentathlon. Gone will be the horse-riding and in its place: a controversial obstacle course.

The modern pentathlon made its Olympic debut on the men’s side in 1912. A women's competition was added to the Olympics at the 2000 Sydney Games. How does Olympic modern pentathlon work?

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 ...

When modern pentathlon was added to the Olympic program in 1912, it was intended to be a test of the skills required by a soldier at the time: running, swimming, sword fighting, ...

The modern pentathlon will begin on Thursday, Aug. 8, with the fencing ranking rounds for both the men's and women's individual events (there is no modern pentathlon group event).

The modern pentathlon will begin on Thursday, Aug. 8, with the fencing ranking rounds for both the men's and women's individual events (there is no modern pentathlon group event).

The modern pentathlon at the 2028 Games in Los Angeles will feature an obstacle course. / Dogukan Keskinkilic/Anadolu via Getty Images Good morning, I’m Dan Gartland. Here’s one last reminder ...

Egypt’s Ahmed Elgendy has won the men’s modern pentathlon at the 2024 Olympic Games, becoming only the second non-European and the first African to win the traditional multi-event discipline.

We speak to YOHKA athlete Jesse Turner to discover what it takes to master the sport of obstacle racing in time for the ...

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 ...