现代五项（包括游泳、击剑、马术、越野跑和射击的多项目运动）an Olympic sport that includes five events: swimming, fencing (= fighting with long thin swords), showjumping (= riding horses over fences), and cross-country running (= running a long distance in the countryside) combined with shooting
He won a silver medal in the modern pentathlon. 他在现代五项的比赛中获得了银牌。
Will modern pentathlon survive as an Olympic sport?