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What is modern pentathlon?

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It is an olympic event containing 5 unrelated sports:

1) 200m Freestyle swim

2) Showjumping course on an unknown horse

3) A round robin Fencing tournament of a single hit between opponents

4) A combined running and shooting event involving a total of 3000m to run and 15 knock down targets. The shooting is done from 10m with a single handed air pistol.

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