By Anya Pelshaw on SwimSwam
The modern pentathlon will remove equestrian and replace it with American Ninja Warrior style obstacle courses for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.
The modern pentathlon is made up of five events with running, swimming, horse riding, shooting and fencing. The event has been around since 1912. Horse riding will now be replaced with an obstacle course like the ones seen on the TV show “American Ninja Warrior.” American Ninja Warrior has been a reality TV show since 2009.
Some of the motivation to remove the horse-riding portion of the competition was due to athletes being randomly assigned horses, making them hard to control. The motivation to remove the event grew strong when coach Kim Raisner leaned over a fence at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics to strike the horse Saint Boy that her athlete, Annika Schleu was riding on. Schleu’s gold medal chances shrank as the horse Saint Boy did not cooperate.
Obstacle racing was tested during the 2022 Modern Pentathlon World Cup in Ankara, Turkey as a separate event. During the testing, the International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM) claimed factors in its decision to test the obstacle included selecting a sport which examines the whole athlete, has reduced cost and complexity, has universal participation and good accessibility around the world, and has popularity among all age groups and its sustainability for organizers worldwide.
This is the first time that an event will be changed within the sport but events have seen changes over the years. For example, swimming was 300 meters until the 2000 Olympics when that was shortened to 200 meters. This year marks the first year in which swimming will be reduced even further to only 100 meters.
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