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Pentathlon switches to laser guns for London 2012 Games

Pentathletes currently use air pistols in the sport's finale, the combined event. Laser guns will replace traditional air pistols in the modern pentathlon at the 2012 London Olympics after a successful trial at the inaugural Youth Olympics.

The technology will reduce the cost of the shooting element of the five-event sport by two thirds, while the improved safety could mean new venues are used.

Klaus Schormann, president of world governing body the UIPM, said: "We will have laser shooting for London.

"We can now hold competitions in parks and shopping malls."

Schormann, who is in Singapore for the 14-day Youth Olympics, which finish on Thursday, added: "Based on this new technology, all countries in the world can compete in our sport.

"Safety issues will no longer be a big concern."

more here:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/modern_ ... 936619.stm

Another reason to think of the Olympics as a tv game show.

'Sports' that we do NOT watch or follow in the Andrews household...........

Football,Tennis,Horse Racing, Darts,Summer Olympics,Winter Olympics,Horse Jumping,Swimming,Athletics,Motor Cycling,Touring Car Racing,Air Racing,Rowing,Snooker(Pool),Gymnastics,Ice Skating...........................and many more that don't get televised

Permitted viewing.....................Rugby Union, Rugby League,Cricket,Rallying,F1(Start and Finish!),Sailing,Golf,Downhill Ski racing,Bobsleigh......................oh yes,Aussi Football

... and Curling. You forgot Curling.

Golf is on my never watch list. There is a whole network in the US devoted to golf. It's about like having a network dedicated to watching paint dry. And do they still talk in a whisper when a guy gets ready to putt?

Niner wrote:Golf is on my never watch list. There is a whole network in the US devoted to golf. It's about like having a network dedicated to watching paint dry. And do they still talk in a whisper when a guy gets ready to putt?

" NO! "

niner is correct , its a fact , im not one of them ,

i like my 'golf' in the form of sporting clays and im converting my children and their spouces to this as well - its actually cheaper here to shoot 18 stations of sporting clay than it is to play a round of golf , and you get to smell gunpowder

i have within a half hour of my driveway at least five sporting clays coarses , wish i had a bit more time , they all run a league of some-sort , i may do this instead of trap next year , im still thinking on it

imagine that - a sctotsman shooting instead of duffing