dcro 10,172 Posted June 11, 2021 #21 Share Posted June 11, 2021 1 hour ago, OlympicIRL said: How are they going to complete the fencing or showjumping in such a short amount of time? Apparently there will be heats of 12 athletes each, and then the final with 12 as well. Each heat taking 90 mins. #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian1010 7,418 Posted June 11, 2021 #22 Share Posted June 11, 2021 35 minutes ago, dcro said: Apparently there will be heats of 12 athletes each, and then the final with 12 as well. Each heat taking 90 mins. Final will have 18 athletes according to the UIPM. “Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,172 Posted June 11, 2021 #23 Share Posted June 11, 2021 1 minute ago, Olympian1010 said: Final will have 18 athletes according to the UIPM. Huh. That would make it impossible to hold equestrian within 20 minutes. #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickyc707 305 Posted June 12, 2021 #24 Share Posted June 12, 2021 5 hours ago, Grassmarket said: Jousting. Just sayin’. https://duckduckgo.com/?q=jousting+pictures&t=brave&iax=images&ia=images I was thinking of something more like the mêlée at a medieval tourney. Jousting could be adopted as Modern Pentathlon's equivalent of three man basketball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vektor 3,177 Posted June 12, 2021 #25 Share Posted June 12, 2021 I am still not sure how this actually works and that's mostly because they still haven't released an official document detailing everything about this format. Or am I missing something, and there's a pdf like that online? I mean, seriously, is the format still not 100% finalized or why are they so damn vague about how this new format works? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,499 Posted June 12, 2021 #26 Share Posted June 12, 2021 13 hours ago, thepharoah said: https://www.facebook.com/WorldPentathlon/photos/a.780907355277304/4369681929733144/ ladies and gentlemen this's the very Modern Pentathlon for u Is this another one of those things where some federation thinks that people who find a sport uninteresting, will suddenly watch said sport when it gets shorter? And also, surely they're not throwing around the whole format of the sport literally one and a half months before the Olympics and this is for after that? If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vektor 3,177 Posted June 12, 2021 #27 Share Posted June 12, 2021 Just now, heywoodu said: Is this another one of those things where some federation thinks that people who find a sport uninteresting, will suddenly watch said sport when it gets shorter? UIPM are challenging cricket. Now cricket has to make a 30 minutes long version to assert dominance. thepharoah and heywoodu 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phelps 6,535 Posted June 12, 2021 #28 Share Posted June 12, 2021 2 hours ago, Vektor said: UIPM are challenging cricket. Now cricket has to make a 30 minutes long version to assert dominance. don't give them ideas...otherwise they would try and establish some super-Over competitions as well for real... by the way, they held a competition a few weeks ago with the new format...and if I remember well, it was something like 3 heats of 12 athletes each, top 3 from each heat and 3 best scores overall among the others advancing to the final... and it was a 12-athlete final... https://www.uipmworld.org/news/innovative-paris-2024-modern-pentathlon-format-undergoes-final-test Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vektor 3,177 Posted June 12, 2021 #29 Share Posted June 12, 2021 It has to be a 12 athlete final, there's no way that it will be 90 minutes long with 18 athletes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phelps 6,535 Posted June 12, 2021 #30 Share Posted June 12, 2021 it is...competitions with 36 athletes (and the Olympics are 36-man/woman tournaments) have the 3 semis with 12 participants and 12 finalists... that's inked... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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