Thursday, November 4, 2021

Cycling may replace horse riding in the modern pentathlon as a consequence of that coach punching a horse during the Olympics

Guardian:

after 109 years, modern pentathlon’s governing body has voted secretly to remove horse riding and replace it with cycling, the Guardian can reveal.

Multiple sources have said the decision was taken by the Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne’s executive board in recent days, and was hastened by the distressing scenes at the Tokyo Olympics when a horse was punched by a German coach after it refused to jump a fence.