Modern Pentathlon
I was worried I wouldn't catch any modern pentathlon, but they ended up showing the women's competition (edited) on TV.
- Venues: Fencing Hall of National Convention Center, Yingdong Natatorium, Olympic Sports Center Stadium
- American Sheila Taormina was the first female athlete to compete at the Olympics in three sports: swimming (1996), triathlon (2000 and 2004), and now modern pentathlon. She won the swimming by a mile, won the equestrian, and did quite well in the run, but her shooting and especially fencing were atrocious.
- I was wondering what they would do about the equestrian portion, since the regular equestrian was in Hong Kong, but I guess since the horses were randomly assigned and not brought along, there were no quarantine issues.
- The run was kind of ridiculous; it looped around and around in seemingly random fashion on a track. Come on, make a real cross-country course!