Friday's competition started with an obstacle course, with athletes competing on horses drawn by lot. Pāvels managed to earn the maximum 300 points in this discipline. On Thursday, the points he scored in fencing allowed him to take the lead.
The next competition was the fencing bonus round, which was not successful for the Latvian pentathlete. Still, he was leading his group with 540 points.
The next event was the 200-meter freestyle swimming, where finished third with a t...