Watching the equestrian section of the men’s modern pentathlon on live stream. Quelle une hoot. The contestants have to ride a horse they’ve just met for the first time around a jumping course. The horsies have their own plans, however. I think they’re planning to give a gold medal to the horse that causes the most trouble. One poor South Korean rider was not only bucked off, he was rolled on. He and the horse were both OK.
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If it’s the “modern” pentatholon, why are they on horsies, and not ATVies?
Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. It was “modern” a hundred years ago. The contestants compete in fencing, swimming, horsie roulette, running and shooting. They should substitute kickboxing, ATVs, paintball, rappelling and urban combat.