The Postmodern Pentathlon

Steve Sailer

08/22/2008

The International Olympic Committee today announced that the Modern Pentathlon — an Olympic event that tests five skills a young officer would have needed to succeed as a courier during the Napoleonic Wars: fencing, shooting, swimming, horseback riding, and running — will be replaced at the 2012 London Summer Games by the Postmodern Pentathlon, which will test the skills crucial to delivering a message in the 21st Century:

Medal favorites include Mischa Saakashvili, Morris Dees, Karl Rove, and David Brock.

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