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nykyaikainen viisiottelu — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • pentathlon noun An ancient athletics discipline, featuring five events: stadion, wrestling, long jump, javelin and discus

Senses

nykyaikainen viisiottelu is used for these senses in English:

  • modern pentathlon An athletics event where athletes compete in épée fencing, shooting, freestyle swimming, show jumping and cross country.
  • pentathlon (athletics) Ellipsis of modern pentathlon, a discipline with five events based on late-19th century basic military skills.

pentathlon — full definition

  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 Ellipsis of modern pentathlon, a discipline with five events based on late-19th century basic military skills.
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