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Modern pentathlon

Jamie Cooke's gunning for modern pentathlon success

With the London Olympics looming, Standard Sport talks to modern pentathletes Jamie Cooke and Nick Woodbridge... Jamie Cooke has refused to get complacent heading into this summer's Games despite being the first modern pentathlete to have met the Olympic ... continued at Evening Standard

Arsenal set-up not modern enough says Arsenal Supporters' Trust

A leading group of Arsenal shareholders has questioned whether the club is "set up for the modern world". The Arsenal Supporters' Trust has also called on American billionaire Stan Kroenke, who owns a majority stake in Arsenal, to "refresh the board". continued at BBC News

Jessica Ennis sets her sights on the pentathlon world record in Istanbul

The fact that the pentathlon does not include the javelin, Chernova’s best event in Daegu, should in theory favour Ennis, whose own strongest events, the hurdles and high jump, are included in the five-discipline series. But Ennis is expecting a close ... continued at Daily Telegraph

Win or Dai Trying

Dai Greene: Pushing himself to the limits in order to achieve his golden dream this summer. Whilst a fair majority of Team GB are competing on the boards ahead of the World Indoor Championships next month, 400m hurdler Dai Greene is spending the winter ... continued at SkySports

London 2012 - Harland has faith in Fell

The 28-year-old maintained Britain's streak of winning at least one medal at every Olympics since women's modern pentathlon was introduced in 2000 by claiming silver in Beijing in 2008. However Fell's chances of becoming the second British female to ... continued at Yahoo! Eurosport

Barrie Wells – funding some of Britain's brightest Olympic hopes

Thirdly, the money had to make a difference." Wells took his time selecting them, interviewing each personally, and now funds 18 athletes across track and field, modern pentathlon, swimming and triathlon. Some are genuine medal hopes for 2012, others more ... continued at The Guardian

Latest news Julien Absalon

Julien Absalon will likely now begin his 2012 campaign in March The double Olympic gold medallist was due to compete at the GP Jean Masse in Marseilles on Sunday but after fracturing his right thumb he will probably now race at the Copa Catalana ... continued at BBC Sport

Lorraine Kelly rushed to hospital after falling from horse

Lorraine Kelly was stamped on by a horse while training for a charity event (Picture: PA) She was training alongside Gordon Brown's wife Sarah ahead of a modern pentathlon event, which is to raise money for Mrs Brown's charity PiggyBankKids. Lorraine told ... continued at Metro.co.uk

Namibia: Pentathlon - Producing the Ideal Athlete

A four-member delegation led by the President of the International Federation of Modern Pentathlon (UIPM), Dr Klaus Schormann, visited Windhoek last week to assist local sports administrators with logistics ahead of the much-anticipated establishment of ... continued at AllAfrica.com

The comeback starts here for golden girl Jessica Ennis

In fact, her intention is to put the fear of God into them. Not so much today as at the World Indoor Championships next month when she defends her pentathlon title. After a problem-free winter her plan is not simply to beat Chernova and Co, but to have a ... continued at Daily Mirror