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Blazing saddlers
By Lei Lei (China Daily/The Olympian)
Updated: 2008-03-22 00:23
The lowdown
Horse selection:
Athletes compete on a horse that is selected from a random draw 20 minutes prior to the event.
A rider fell doown from the house at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games. [Agencies] |
They are given 20 minutes to familiarize themselves with their mount, which includes up to five trial jumps in the warm-up arena.
37:
The oldest Olympic gold medalist in the Modern Pentathlon was former Soviet athlete Pavel Lednev, who was 37 when he recorded his win at the 1980 Moscow Games.
1,000:
The points system for each event is based on a standard performance earning 1,000 points.
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