pentathlon

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim An ancient athletics discipline, featuring five events: stadion, wrestling, long jump, javelin and discus
2. isim Ellipsis of women's pentathlon (“a 20th-century athletics discipline for women, the women's counterpart of the men's decathlon, the predecessor to the women's heptathlon, featuring five events: hurdles, shot put, high jump, long jump, and a run”).
3. isim Ellipsis of modern pentathlon, a discipline with five events based on late-19th century basic military skills.

   “In the end, why not be happy with both, with the BMXes and the pentathlons, with the swans of synchro and the Quasimodos of wrestling? Sweet.”