EPISODE · Jan 14, 2020 · 28 MIN
Boris Grigoryevich Onishchenko - Modern Pentathlon
from The Wheel of Sport
This is the story of a Soviet athlete who beat all the odds to defeat Jim Fox in the 1976 Olympics. However, he beat Fox a little too well. Suspiciously well. Jim Fox was not happy. Nor were the judges. Onishchenko had overstepped the mark and this is the story of how it all unravelled. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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This is the story of a Soviet athlete who beat all the odds to defeat Jim Fox in the 1976 Olympics. However, he beat Fox a little too well. Suspiciously well. Jim Fox was not happy. Nor were the judges. Onishchenko had overstepped the mark and this is the story of how it all unravelled. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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