New Olympic Sports For Women New olympic sports for Women. Added to the 1900 olympic Games in Paris, as an eventfor men only, it has taken a century for women to get the modern pentathlon. http://www.caaws.ca/olympics/2000/newspor/new_sports.htm
Extractions: NEW SPORTS By Sport. Archery Badminton Basketball Canoe/Kayaking Cycling Diving Equestrian Fencing Gymnastics Judo Modern Pent. Paralympics Rowing Sailing Shooting Softball Swimming Table Tennis Tae Kwon Do Tennis Triathlon Trampoline Volleyball Water polo Weight Lifting Wheelchair Bball Windsurfing Wrestling Who has Qualified The Way to Sydney Olympic History New Sports ... Back to CAAWS New Olympic Sports for Women Hammer Throw Added to the 1900 Olympic Games in Paris, as an event for men only, it has taken a century for women to get the chance to throw the hammer too. The "hammer" is a nine-pound metal ball attached by wire to a triangular handle. The athlete stands inside a five-meter-diameter circle and can make as many as three turns before launching the hammer as far as she can. The athlete with the farthest throw wins the competition.
Herzine - New Olympic Sports Added to the 1900 olympic Games in Paris, as an event for men only, it has takena century for women to get the chance to throw the hammer too modern pentathlon. http://www.caaws.ca/Herzine/spring2000/new_olym.htm
Extractions: Hammer Throw Added to the 1900 Olympic Games in Paris, as an event for men only, it has taken a century for women to get the chance to throw the hammer too. The "hammer" is a nine-pound metal ball attached by wire to a triangular handle. The athlete stands inside a five-meter-diameter circle and can make as many as three turns before launching the hammer as far as she can. The athlete with the farthest throw wins the competition.
Olympic Preview: Modern Pentathlon First olympic Appearance 1912 (men); 2000 (women). by Mike Morrison, THE MODERNpentathlon is made up of five individual sports shooting, fencing, swimming http://www.factmonster.com/spot/ol-pentathlon.html
Extractions: As the story goes, a young French officer in Napoleon's army was sent on an unfamiliar horse to deliver a message into hostile territory. He was first greeted by an enemy soldier with his sword drawn. The two dueled . The French officer won the battle and continued on his horse until it was shot out from under him. He fired a shot with his pistol and killed the enemy but his horse didn't make it. He swam across a river and ran the rest of the way to deliver his message. When he arrived, his commanding officer greeted him with, "What took you?"
Olympic Sports Medal Count Events TV Schedule Venues Sydney Photo gallery Related links More sports olympic Events. judo, modern pentathlon, rowing. http://www.suntimes.com/olympics/sports/
Sports Web Search--USA Olympic Sports US olympic COMMITTEE Official Site, WINTER modern pentathlon US modern pentathlonAssociation, RACQUETBALL http://www.sportswebsearch.com/olympics-countries/usa.htm
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Extractions: Modern Pentathlon Atlanta results for Modern Pentathlon Australia is yet to win an Olympic medal in this sport Sydney 2000 Modern Pentathlon Schedule - Numbers indicate Medals awarded that day Sat Sun Gender Event Person/Team Result/Time Mens Swimming Robert McGregor 1119 points 24th Shooting Robert McGregor 1072 points 11th Equestrian Robert McGregor 905 points 17th Fencing Robert McGregor 640 points 22nd Running Robert McGregor 1026 points 17th 20th Overall 1784 points Womens Swimming Kitty Chiller 1142 points 10th Shooting Kitty Chiller 1000 points 16th Equestrian Kitty Chiller 1040 points 2nd Fencing Kitty Chiller 760 points 18th Running Kitty Chiller 944 points 14th 14th overall 4886 points (? indicates the results is yet to be confirmed)
Australian Modern Pentathlon Results - Olympics'96 The ASC olympic '96 Pages are produced by the Australian sports CommissionComments should be directed to the Webmaster at webmaster@ausport.gov.au. http://www.ausport.gov.au/olym96/modpent.html
HickokSports.com - History - Index To The Olympics Offers a detailed history of the games organized by year along with medal winners for each event.Category sports Events olympics Golf; Gymnastics; Judo; Lacrosse; modern pentathlon; Mountain Biking; Pelota (JaiAlai); IOC)- History, profiles, current news, information on all the olympic sports; http://www.hickoksports.com/history/olympix.shtml
U.S. Olympic Team For Modern Pentathlon in the history of the sport to qualify for the olympic Games). 1999 USOC Athlete ofthe Year modern pentathlon. 3rd. Strongest sports are swimming and fencing http://usmpa.home.texas.net/usteam2k.htm
Extractions: Mary Beth prefers fencing as it is exciting and challenging, and loves motivational / educational speaking, especially to children. 34 years old, originally from Vratza, Bulgaria, defected to the US in 1991. Velizar is an experienced Pentathlete who as an American citizen provides leadership to the USA Pentathlon Team. Velizar came out of retirement in 1997 in the hope to earn that elusive gold medal at the Olympic Games for the USA. He is a 1999 Pan-American Games Gold Medallist and Olympic qualifier. At the 2000 World Championships, Velizar helped the US Team to two World Championship titles in the Team and Relay competitions. He was the highest US finisher in 6th place. He was 4th at the 1998, 1991, 1989 World Championships. Member of the US Bronze Medal Relay Team at the 1999 World Championships. The 2000 and 1998 US National Champion.
2000 Olympics - Modern Pentathlon modern pentathlon Rules The basic rules of olympic modern pentathlon. News NBColympicsmodern pentathlon. Pool Lifeguard, Swimming and sports First Aid Kits http://swimming.about.com/cs/olympicpentathlon/
Sports And Recreation: Other Sports And Activities: Modern Pentathlon sports and Recreation Other sports and Activities modern pentathlonsports and Recreationmodern pentathlon pentathlons are olympic competitions consisting of http://www.buzzle.com/chapters/sports-and-recreation_other-sports-and-activities
Extractions: Select a Chapter Animals and Pets Arts and Literature Business and Finance Children and Family Computers and the Internet eCommerce and Shopping Education and Higher Learning Entertainment and Media Food and Drink Government and Politics Health and Fitness History and the Human Experience Hobbies and Special Interest Home and Lifestyle Philosophy and Religion Science and Technology Sports and Recreation Travel and Tourism What's the Buzz Escape Hatch: Cartoons and Comics Jokes and Funnies Open Mic Poetry Bee Short Fixion Pentathlons are Olympic competitions consisting of a collection of five athletic events. The highest scorer in all events is the winner. The modern-day men's pentathlon tests participants' survival skills over a course of five days and includes an 800-meter obstacle course on horses, an fencing match, air pistol shooting, a 300-meter swim, and a 4,000-meter cross-country run. The women's pentathlon, which today is actually a heptathlon, is held for two days and includes 100-meter hurdles, the shot put, the high jump, the long jump, the 200-meter sprint, the javelin, and the 800-meter run. This section focuses on modern Olympic pentathlons.
East Coast Modern Pentathlon Association Homepage combat sports. 708 BC Lampis of Sparta is the earliest recorded winner of the Ancientpentathlon. 1912 modern pentathlon is reintroduced in the olympic Games http://hometown.aol.com/pentathloneast/ecmpa.html
World Almanac For Kids Summer olympic sports. event) Fencing Field Hockey, Football (Soccer) Gymnastics(artistic, rhythmic, trampoline) Handball Judo modern pentathlon (show jumping http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/explore/sports7.html
Extractions: Some Modern Olympic Firsts The first modern Olympic Games were held in Athens, Greece. A total of 312 athletes from 13 nations participated in nine sports. Women competed in the Olympic Games for the first time. For the first time, medals were awarded to the first three people to finish each event The Olympic flag was raised for the first time, and the Olympic oath was introduced. The five interlaced rings of the flag represent: Africa, America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. The first Winter Olympics, featuring skiing and skating events, were held. The Olympic flame was introduced at the Olympic Games. A relay of runners carries a torch with the flame from Olympia, Greece, to the site of each Olympics. Starting with the 1994 Winter Olympics, the winter and summer Games have been held two years apart, instead of in the same year.
Listings Of The World Sports Multi-Sports Modern Pentathlon pentathlon, with a list of all olympic champions in the Nov27-02; Womenssportsfoundation.orgModern pentathlon Post Review org/cgi-bin/iowa/sports/find/record http://listingsworld.com/Sports/Multi-Sports/Modern_Pentathlon/
Anthonyjhicks.com - Pictures - Sydney 2000 Olympic Games venue capacity 17,500. olympic Games sports Swimming, Diving, SynchronizedSwimming, Water Polo and modern pentathlon (Swimming). http://anthonyjhicks.com/ajh/pictures.nsf/albumview!OpenView&Count=999&RestrictT
Armed Forces Sports Modern Pentathlon The team coach was Mr. Janusz Peciak, an olympic gold medallist in the modern pentathlon. ArmedForces sports is one of many morale, welfare and http://dod.mil/armedforcessports/zmod.html
Extractions: 10-21 Sep, WORLD GAMES, Italy Armed Forces Modern Pentathlon Team Places 5th In Relay At World Military Championship Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic - The U.S. Armed Forces team clinched fifth place in the relay competition and sixth place overall at the 34th Conseil International du Sport Militaire (CISM) World Military Modern Pentathlon Championship held June 24 - July 1, 2002 in Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic. The United States competed against military teams from 14 countries including last year's champion, Italy. The U.S. team featured Spc. Scott Christie (U.S. Army, Fort Carson, Colo.), Lt. Nuil Manske (U.S. Army, Fort Carson, Colo.), Lt. Eli Bremer (U.S. Air Force, Schriever Air Base, Colo.), Lt. Anita Allen (U.S. Army, Fort Carson, Colo.), Spc. Michelle Kelly (U.S. Army, Fort Carson, Colo.), and Officer Cadet Lara Hammerich (U.S. Army, Fort Carson, Colo.). The team coach was Mr.
Olympic Shake-Up Switzerland Baseball, softball and modern pentathlon have three The InternationalOlympic Committee executive board discussed an up in the sports program of http://www.olympic-usa.org/CFDOCS/borg/newsTemplate.cfm?spID=75&newsID=1051
Sydney Games the course was more difficult than the one last year's modern pentathlon World Cup hasmeant number crunching in this, the smallest of olympic sports, to 24 http://www.olympics.smh.com.au/pentathlon/2000/09/28/FFX4IP7XNDC.html
Extractions: Produced by: smh.com.au theage.com.au sportstoday.com.au What's on Today ... Pentathlon Change sports Archery Athletics Badminton Baseball Basketball Beach volleyball Boxing Canoe-Kayak Cycling Diving Equestrian Fencing Football Gymnastics Handball Hockey Judo Pentathlon Rowing Sailing Shooting Softball Swimming Synch swimming Table tennis Taekwondo Tennis Triathlon Volleyball Waterpolo Weightlifting Wrestling Paralympics 11:31PM, Sep 28 Olympic sports fans would not recognise the pitch at the Sydney Baseball Stadium two days after the United States beat Cuba for the gold medal. Where batters for the past week slid to bases before the home stretch, 15 showjumping obstacles were erected yesterday to the most technically difficult standards. The modern pentathletes will aim to pass over them faultlessly this weekend. At 2 pm todaythe 48 men and women to compete in one of the most demanding Olympic pursuits will view the horse-riding course for the first time. Riders from Charles Sturt University in Wagga Wagga, where horses bought specifically for Sydney's Olympic modern pentathlon are usually stabled, will test their mounts over 1.2metre high jumps. The pentathletes will be watching closely.
