The winner of the Decathlon is generally refered to as "the world's greatest athlete" . . . but is he really?
The Decathlon encompasses ten track and field events . . . but that is it . . . all are running, jumping, throwing events. While decathletes may well claim the title of "greatest track and field athletes" they don't really have to take on so many other athletic disciplines.
Now let us consider the Pentathlete. The modern Pentathlon is comprised of five athletic events from five totally different disciplines:
- Shooting
- Swimming
- Fencing
- Equestrian
- Cross-country Running
The Pentathlete has to master such a wide variety of skills (with essentially no overlap -- remember eight of the ten decathlon events involve running).
Perhaps the Modern Pentathlete is more deserving of the title of "World's Greatest Athlete".
-- Jeff
7 comments:
Jeff,
Sounds logical to me.
Jim
I've always enjoyed the pentathalon...a real "wargame" there...
Dave
Maybe you should sponser games for all the imagi-nations...
Makes sense to me, Jeff. :)
A pentathlete would make a great ADC, save for one thing ... either perfect memory or ability to write a note with a pencil stub perfectly.
I call them one of Napoleon's Immortals were they able to see when plans were going awry in a Battalion Quarre and take the correct action to fix it while doing all these same physical actions!
Also, it is said that because of the very different requirements of the various disciplines, pentathlon is relatively free of performance-enhancing drugs... Quite a rarity nowadays.
Ola, what's up amigos? :)
I will be glad to get any assistance at the beginning.
Thanks and good luck everyone! ;)
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