Newth loses pentathlon
NZPA Sydney The Australian Olympian. Bob; Barrie, nudged New Zealand's Brian Newth into second place when he won the international modern pentathlon which finished in Sydney yesterday. Newth (Wellington'.), aged 31, led the field after the shooting and riding events on Saturday! with a personal record of 1051: points in the 25m pistol shooting [ at moving targets. He competed in the fencing, running, and swimming events l
'[yesterday bi|t Barrie's censlsItency and experience wore dow n 11 his lead. Barrie took the title with 50.19 ; points, with Newth second on 4936 points, and the Wollongong i junior, Geoff Ford, aged 13, third on 3496 points. The modern pentathlon is ! usually run over five days, with ! one event * day. However, j Newth found on his arrival last : I Friday, after recovering noceijtly [from a hernia operation, that . only two days had been allo- : 1 rated.
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