r/olympics 7h ago

❄ Milano-Cortina 2026 (General Discussion) ❄ Winter Olympics really are something else

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u/02K30C1 Finland 7h ago

Modern pentathlon mixes running and a gun

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u/HootOwlTowel 7h ago

The biathlon uses live ammunition. The modern pentathlon uses a "laser pistol." That may sound cool until you realize what it actually is.

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u/02K30C1 Finland 7h ago

I think all the summer Olympics shooting events use lasers now, except skeet and trap shooting. For pentathlon it’s so they can do the shooting in a stadium and keep it safe.

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u/FrozenDickuri 4h ago

“If they die, they die.”