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Originally Posted by slots881
Unfortunately, there is a lot of opinions on some sports that people know nothing about.
I currently coach a Modern Pentathlon club down at the Talisman Centre and I can tell you that our membership fees are some of the cheapest for any sport in the city.
For International competition, Horse jumping is only done when you're over 18 yrs of age. Obviously, previous jumping experience is needed but it isn't the main focus of training at the younger ages.
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Well my original post was about the Olympics and I still contend that to train and compete at that level wouldnt be financially accessible to most people.
And taking out equestrian is likley taking out the most expensive of the sports but then you dont have pentathlon, youve got fourthlon. Not sure what to call it as there is quadrathlon.
Edit: I wanted to add that I am really talking about the Olympics here. I actually love a lot of niche sports. If people want to pay to compete and others want to pay to watch or to sponsor, then great. I swim at Talisman Centre sometimes and one of the oddest sports I see is underwater hockey. But I find it awesome that people train and compete in this sport.