modern pentathlon

English

Noun

modern pentathlon (usually uncountable, plural modern pentathlons)

1. An athletics event where athletes compete in épée fencing, shooting, freestyle swimming, show jumping and cross country.
   • 2021 November 3, Victor Mather, “Modern Pentathlon Drops Equestrian Competition After Abuse Claims”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     Dwindling interest and a reputation for being outdated couldn’t change modern pentathlon. A brief video clip of a coach punching a horse at the Tokyo Olympics has altered it forever.

Synonyms

• pentathlon

Translations

athletics event

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 現代五項 / 现代五项 (zh) (xiàndài wǔxiàng)

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: vijfkamp (nl) m, moderne vijfkamp m
• Finnish: nykyaikainen viisiottelu (fi)
• French: pentathlon moderne (fr)
• Hungarian: öttusa (hu)
• Kazakh: қазіргі бессайыс (qazırgı bessaiys), заманауи бессайыс (zamanaui bessaiys)
• Romanian: pentatlon modern (ro) n
• Russian: современное пятиборье (sovremennoje pjatiborʹje), спортивное пятиборье (sportivnoje pjatiborʹje)
• Spanish: pentatlón moderno m
• Ukrainian: суча́сне п'ятибо́рство n (sučásne pʺjatybórstvo)