Dr Brookes introduced the pentathlon in 1868 - high-jump, long-jump, half-mile race, shot- put and climbing a 70ft rope - and the Wenlock Olympics progressively put more emphasis on track and field disciplines devoid of pigs and tea.
Local television made sure to catch a post-race shot of Ms Wüst hopping on her bike, like any average Dutchwoman, for the ride from the stadium to Heineken House, where the Dutch delegation congregates.
Elsewhere, the new documentary Steve McQueen: The Man and Le Mans, about his torturous labour of love, a movie about motor racing shot at top speeds, has screened.
The unsteady, racing shots were done with the use of a "shaky cam --a cam --ascam --aonto a 2-by-4, whicamerald be carried along at ground level.
But Channel 4 loitered for more than a minute in post-race shots of Mouaziz, rejoined the riveting women's race for only 45 seconds, then lingered for 43 seconds to watch the second-, third- and fourth-place men's finishes (and some aftermath).
"To do one race, one shot, it would be nice, but it wouldn't be correct," he said.
Misguided as it may sometimes be, this hunger for patterns, real and imaginary, is what gives the human race a shot at finding company.
If he can keep up this remarkable pace through the end of his career, if he can continue to show up on the field and in the dance club but never in the police blotter, he can be the shining, sweat and lipstick and Jell-o shot-covered example that athletes can have fun and still be great, no matter their race or shot of choice.
In contrast to the tradition represented by the Preakness, Stronach hopes to give racing a shot in the arm with the proposed Pegasus World Championship.
Witnesses said on the Globo News network that the racing car shot over a bicycle path and across the sidewalk, hitting people and crashing through tables and chairs, before coming to a stop on the sand of the beach.
