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pentathlon in Catalan

pentathlon in Catalan is pentatló — pentathlon means an ancient athletics discipline, featuring five events: stadion, wrestling, long jump, javelin and discus.

pentathlon in Catalan

pentatló
noun

What does "pentathlon" mean?

  1. noun An ancient athletics discipline, featuring five events: stadion, wrestling, long jump, javelin and discus
  2. noun 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. noun A sports contest with five events, developed from skills used by soldiers in the late 1800s.
    "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."
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  • 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.

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What is "pentathlon" in Catalan?
"pentathlon" in Catalan is pentatló. pentathlon means: An ancient athletics discipline, featuring five events: stadion, wrestling, long jump, javelin and discus
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