Onishchenko's Epee is Tested

Title: Onishchenko's Epee is Tested
Subject: Olympic Games (21st : 1976 : Montreal, Canada); Candids
Description: Modern pentathlete Boris Grigoryevich Onishchenko (Soviet Union) has his epee tested by officials at the 1976 Olympic Games. Onishchenko's weapon was found to have been modified and he was ejected from the competition.

Caption on reverse:
"Soviet Boris Onischenko (right) was told you shouldn't cheat in the Olympics."
Publisher: Fencing Arms & Artifacts
Date: July 20, 1976
Temporal Coverage: 1970s
Contributor: Associated Press (Publisher)
Rights: CC BY-NC 4.0
Is Part Of: George Masin Collection
Format: 21.1 x 16.1 cm
Language: English
Type: Photograph
Identifier: 2020.11.142
Spatial Coverage: Canada; Montreal
Provenance: Loaned for digitization by George Masin; Digitized by Benjamin Bowles; Cataloged by Benjamin Bowles