The modern pentathlon is my favorite Olympic event that I never watch. The competition was created by taking the disciplines a gentleman was expected to be proficient at: shooting a pistol, fencing, riding a horse, swimming, and running. Some part of me just loves the fact that over a century later, with all of the changes in assumption of what masculinity is about, as well as the class assumptions about a gentleman, the event still exists. I did watch a bit of it in the previous summer Olympics but it confounded my expectations by being too modern.
If they replace equestrian with an obstacle course I will feel a bit of loss at the end of gentlemanly proficiency but it’s not like I follow the sport or will start or stop watching the competitions. On Tue, Jun 28, 2022 at 5:43 PM Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: > I vote for the course from Takeshi’s Castle, aka MXC. > > https://youtu.be/vZMd_PSEuRk > > > On Tue, Jun 28, 2022 at 2:28 PM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Modern pentathlon, which has been contested in the Summer Games since >> 1912, suffered a black eye when an equestrian coach at the Tokyo Games >> punched a pentathlete's horse... while other changes to the sport are being >> considered, today was scheduled to feature a test run of a "NW" course in >> the capital city of Turkey, involving past show competitors and >> pentathletes, to ostensibly be seen by the sport's federation... >> >> >> https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/ninja-warrior-los-angeles-2028-summer-olympics-1235172248/ >> (link) >> >> >> B >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/01d3d8cb-8439-4fe4-ae72-c82044b61559n%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/01d3d8cb-8439-4fe4-ae72-c82044b61559n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > Kevin M. (RPCV) > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4A9KnYXtenWDmMxmO%2BCVBXeU1m%2BH22dJHHvu7MxcyRSaA%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4A9KnYXtenWDmMxmO%2BCVBXeU1m%2BH22dJHHvu7MxcyRSaA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiF_LSNj%2BpdemugL5FuD5dTj%3DxsyXTDYDObUyLhH4h%3DtJQ%40mail.gmail.com.
