Well not quite "shooting withdrawn" but since air pistols are apparently dangerous and lead pellets are bad for the environment the Modern Pentathlon authorities have decided to substitute a laser pointing event instead. They have even carried out a rigorous scientific trial

No, it isn't April 1st and they do appear to be serious.

The logical extension of course is to bin the whole thing and just run the competition on X-box or the like. Get's rid of those nasty smelly horses, not to mention the pointy sword things!

Rutty