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Jim Thorpe won two gold medals in the 1912 Olympic Games for pentathlon and decathlon.
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Frank Vaisvilas, jsonline.com, 27 Aug. 2025
The Barbara Hood Memorial Student Scholar Athlete Award winner also took home first at the Div. 3 championship in the 100-meter hurdles (14.68), the 55-meter hurdles (8.35) and the pentathlon (3,258).
—Brian Roach, Boston Herald, 6 July 2025
Each group tied their legs together and participated in a six-legged pentathlon.
—Esther Kang, People.com, 26 June 2025
About 10,000 military athletes from over 100 countries will participate in 25 sports, including traditional games such as archery, boxing and diving, as well as military competitions like aeronautical pentathlon and naval pentathlon.
—Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 3 Apr. 2025
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Frank Vaisvilas, jsonline.com, 27 Aug. 2025
The Barbara Hood Memorial Student Scholar Athlete Award winner also took home first at the Div. 3 championship in the 100-meter hurdles (14.68), the 55-meter hurdles (8.35) and the pentathlon (3,258).
—Brian Roach, Boston Herald, 6 July 2025
Each group tied their legs together and participated in a six-legged pentathlon.
—Esther Kang, People.com, 26 June 2025
About 10,000 military athletes from over 100 countries will participate in 25 sports, including traditional games such as archery, boxing and diving, as well as military competitions like aeronautical pentathlon and naval pentathlon.
—Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 3 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pentathlon
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The heptathlon is a seven-event test — consisting of the high jump, 110-meter hurdles, 200-meter dash, shot put, long jump, javelin throw and 800-meter run — conducted over two days.—
Bill Center,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Apr. 2026
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How other Longhorns did at the Texas Relays In other Relays news, UT sophomore Tabea Eitel, who was second in the heptathlon after Wednesday's competition, finished second Thursday.—
Rick Cantu,
Austin American Statesman,
3 Apr. 2026
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The 29-year-old went to Baylor and competed for the school’s track and field team and earned All-Big 12 honors with a fifth-place finish in the decathlon in 2016.—
José Sánchez Córdova,
Dallas Morning News,
1 Feb. 2026
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Today’s birthdays: Olympic decathlon gold medalist Bill Toomey is 87.—
Tribune Content Agency,
Baltimore Sun,
10 Jan. 2026
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Toyota supported Andrea Eskau, the German Paralympic skier who won gold in the 6km biathlon and silver in the 5km cross-country at the 2014 Sochi Games, at age 42.—
Liam Tharme,
New York Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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Zaino will also compete in the biathlon (skiing and shooting).—
Lori Riley,
Hartford Courant,
3 Mar. 2026
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Bérenice Bejo and Nassim Lyes reprise their respective roles of marine scientist Sophia and river police commander Adil who previously joined forces when killer sharks arrived in the Seine in the lead-up to the Paris Olympics triathlon swimming heats in the famed river.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
1 May 2026
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The annual Orange County Multi-Sport Festival featured several events for beginner and advanced competitors, including an Olympic-length triathlon, a sprint triathlon, a duathlon relay, a 5K and even a triathlon for kids, among others.—
Heather McRea,
Oc Register,
26 Apr. 2026
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Argentina earned $42 million for winning the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, an increase from the $38 million awarded to France for winning the 2018 tournament in Russia.—
Anne M. Peterson,
Chicago Tribune,
1 May 2026
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But, at Tom Holland's padel tournament on April 29, that's exactly the case.—
Charles Trepany,
USA Today,
1 May 2026
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Brantley is top seed in District 3 and is set to play a Tuesday semifinal and the Wednesday final at tourney host Apopka (19-6).—
Buddy Collings,
The Orlando Sentinel,
24 Apr. 2026
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The Heat needed to take part in the NBA’s play-in tournament for the fourth straight year, but this time lost and was eliminated in the play-in tourney for the first time before getting to the playoffs.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
23 Apr. 2026
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Prediction markets have increased competition but have not significantly slowed the industry’s growth.—
Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
30 Apr. 2026
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Only weeks remain before hundreds of thousands of soccer fans are expected to start descending on Kansas City for the first game, on June 16, of the month-long 2026 FIFA World Cup competition.—
Eric Adler,
Kansas City Star,
30 Apr. 2026
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“Pentathlon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pentathlon. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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