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Come discuss the 2008 Beijing Summer games with a couple of fanatics!
Thursday, August 26, 2004
Modern Pentathlon Resutls
In the modern pentathlon, the last event is 3000m run. If you are in first place, you start first. If you are 2 points behind the leader, then you start 2 seconds later, etc. Well, the leader, Russian Andrei Moiseyev, was soooo far ahead that with 600 meters to go, he ran to the grandstand where he saw a Russian flag and grabbed it. It fell behind him, so he went back and got it, finished the run in a light jog, waving the flag and still finished 13 seconds ahead of the silver medalist. I'd say that's a decisive win!
In the modern pentathlon, the last event is 3000m run. If you are in first place, you start first. If you are 2 points behind the leader, then you start 2 seconds later, etc. Well, the leader, Russian Andrei Moiseyev, was soooo far ahead that with 600 meters to go, he ran to the grandstand where he saw a Russian flag and grabbed it. It fell behind him, so he went back and got it, finished the run in a light jog, waving the flag and still finished 13 seconds ahead of the silver medalist. I'd say that's a decisive win!
