And then there's modern pentathlon, a sport that made the move from real guns to laser pistols a few years back simply to stop its administrators repeatedly shooting themselves in the foot. Modern pentathlon can normally get away with such stuff, mainly because no-one is really watching – 1193 followers on TikTok anyone? But modern pentathlon is like a cockroach in a nuclear winter, the great survivor, repeatedly written off but still here. Whatever happens next, modern pentathlon will miss both French and Choong. Watch every moment of Olympic Games Paris 2024 live only on discovery+, the streaming home of the Olympics
