Sport1 min 23 sec
Sport · 1900s
The Olympic Fencer Who Rigged His Sword
At the 1976 Montreal Olympics, Soviet modern pentathlete Boris Onishchenko was caught with a rigged epee that could trigger the electronic scoring system without landing a real hit. It became one of the most infamous cheating scandals in Olympic history. Was this the boldest Olympic cheat ever? Follow Who Cares History for more crazy real history that sounds made up. #WhoCaresHistory #Olympics #BorisOnishchenko #WeirdHistory #SportsHistory #HistoryShorts
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The strange part—without losing the facts.
At the 1976 Montreal Olympics, Soviet modern pentathlete Boris Onishchenko was caught with a rigged epee that could trigger the electronic scoring system without landing a real hit. It became one of the most infamous cheating scandals in Olympic history. Was this the boldest Olympic cheat ever? Follow Who Cares History for more crazy real history that sounds made up. #WhoCaresHistory #Olympics #BorisOnishchenko #WeirdHistory #SportsHistory #HistoryShorts
At the 1976 Montreal Olympics, Soviet modern pentathlete Boris Onishchenko was caught with a rigged epee that could trigger the electronic scoring system without landing a real hit. It became one of the most infamous cheating scandals in Olympic history. Was this the boldest Olympic cheat ever? Follow Who Cares History for more crazy real history that sounds made up. #WhoCaresHistory #Olympics #BorisOnishchenko #WeirdHistory #SportsHistory #HistoryShorts
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