World Championships celebrate Table Tennis Centenary
Table Tennis is celebrating one hundred years since its first World Championships in London, where the inaugural competition was held in 1926. The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) was established in […]
1912 – 2024 The first and last riders in Olympic Modern Pentathlon
In 2024 at the Palais de Versailles, the Olympic modern pentathlon competition brought the curtain down on 112 years in which horses have played an integral part. When the sport is next seen on the Olympic stage at Los Angeles […]
Kai Jølver: The First Rider in the Olympic Modern Pentathlon
This informal account draws on newspaper articles, Swedish Olympic archives, and the report of the Swedish Olympic Committee (SOC) to give the reader an impression of what the experience may have been like for competitors at the first Olympic Modern Pentathlon at the 1912 Stockholm Games, […]
Élodie Clouvel, The Olympic Modern Pentathlon Rider
The women’s gold medal in modern pentathlon was decided on the final day of the Paris Olympics. It will forever hold a significant place in the sport as it was the last modern pentathlon to feature riding as the sport will include the discipline of obstacle racing in 2028. […]
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