The Most Cunning Cheat in Olympic History?

[@InfinityProTeam]

The most cunning cheat may yet to be found out

[@Mdksupreme1]

MICHAEL PHELPS

[@beam5655]

​@@Mdksupreme1most likely

[@TheKmanKVSC]

Bolt. Just because EVERYONE he ran with got caught using PID. Only he got away with it.

[@JesusPlsSaveMe]

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[@quietpandora4855]

​@@TheKmanKVSC source?

[@smileyface789]

Surely it would be someone who didn't get caught

[@joseph_goodwin]

Difference between cunning and effective

[@smileyface789]

@@joseph_goodwin fair point

[@smileyface789]

Skill in achieving ones ends by deceit

I agree, but don't call me Shirley

[@smileyface789]

TF?

[@hishamawartani9213]

Only fencers would be this dastardly comical

[@thereddestsuninthesky]

“You shall never get me, scallywag!” ahh sport

[@DinoBryce]

As a fencer this is true 😂

[@archipiratta]

You probably meant to say comically dastardly.

[@JesusPlsSaveMe]

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[@carlobrotto7132]

It depends on nationality : when it comes to russia or to some eastern asia places like korea, taipei & similar you have to expect ev'ry type of scandals & cheats ! The last has just happened 12 days ago in the mens foil gold medal match when the Hong Kong fencer got farcically gifted of the victory against the rules...🤨 !

[@tsumugiedits9014]

epee fencer here, this is why at fencing tournaments they always check the inside and handle of ur weapon

[@samsignorelli]

Yep....opaque tape is not allow over the wires either. CLEAR tape is ok, tho.

[@DiXtionRap]

Good, not repeating that mistake again

[@akmal94ibrahim]

Also, why don't the organizers have their own standardized weapon that each athlete has to use instead of them bringing their own?

[@G_ly]

​@@akmal94ibrahimto answer you, there is different type of handle that each fencer might chose and be more comfortable with, so it is better for the athlètes to use their own stuff

[@Mr371312]

​@@akmal94ibrahimweapons are slightly different. The handle style (straight/ergonomic and size), blade flexibility. Also you bring at least 2 weapons if one malfunctions. Much easier to perform inspection than maintain weapons, and on top having to deal with complaints

[@kyleOWillFixIt]

Surely he wasn't the most cunning cheat. If he were we wouldnt know about it because he would have been cunning enough to figure out a way to cheat without getting caught. The most cunning cheat is probably someone heralded as a hero because his methods of cheating were so cunning nobody ever knew or suspected he (or maybe she) was cheating...

[@markgarrett3647]

Wow I just remembered Lance Armstrong 😮 Although he isn't an Olympic athlete.

[@Abeahdieheoidjdhksowwjjw]

well we wouldn’t know so this is the most cunning cheat as we know of

[@cececox6399]

​@@markgarrett3647he won a bronze 🥉 medal. ☠️🤦‍♀️🙅‍♀️🤷‍♀️😂

[@markgarrett3647]

@@cececox6399 Oh okay my mistake.

[@skalty9868]

Sure but we can’t know anything about that

[@Ridlay_]

It's just hilarious that a GOLD MEDAL FENCER would resort to that

[@samsignorelli]

It was the 70s and the old Soviet Union....the KGB likely told him to cheat, or else get an all-expenses paid trip to a gulag.

[@wolfspain7385]

Unless he didn't win the gold medal fairly the first time round?

[@samsignorelli]

@@wolfspain7385 He was good enough...you don't get into a position for a cheat to be effective at high level unless you're good in the first place. You have to understand the mindset of the USSR at the time...ANY win over the "decadent West" in ANY activity -- no matter how obscure -- was desirable for them, and they'd do whatever it took to get it done." Also the KGB likely made him cheat

[@Whatever-mh5dn]

He ruined his whole reputation and career out of greed.

[@Kvargkvarg]

Perhaps he looked at it this way: One gold medal is great, but two gold medals are a legacy. He wanted to make sure that he will win no matter what, but the risk proved to be too great, causing him to tarnish his name in fencing. 🤔

[@yusuf-5531]

The most cunning cheats are the ones you don't know about

[@-JungleHunter1987-]

Not very cunning if you get caught. Lol

[@bakedatbeen]

Neil Armstrong

[@dion789]

The most cunning cheats are the ones who everyone knows about but they got away with it anyway without consequences.

[@alexpotts6520]

Obligatory mention of the fact that this is where the word "touché", used during debate to acknowledge that the other person has made a good point, comes from. Before the electronic scoring system, fencing was refereed using an honour system, where the fencers were expected to be honest about being hit. Indeed, when you were hit, you were supposed to say "touché", French for "touched"; as in, you're acknowledging that you've been hit by your opponent. The word is used in the same way today, except during battles of words, not swords.

[@KappakIaus]

interesting. I never thought about the origin of this.

[@wethefreeproductions]

Brave to think people out here are having word battles and not just arguing with each other.

[@adiboy010]

Thanks man for this info!

[@joegaming9952]

“Who was the most cunning cheat in Olympic history” PROCEEDS TO SHOW AN ANIMATION OF THE SPIFFING BRIT

[@pyrouscomments]

I came here for this comment!

[@PrincipalityofDurlon]

oh my god someone gotta show this to him

[@tomjackson7755]

My favorite one was the early modern Olympics marathon runner that got a ride in a car for the win.

[@monikabuzzi3130]

🤣🤣🤣

[@crazyluigi6664]

1904?

[@tomjackson7755]

@@crazyluigi6664 Yes. His name was Frederick Lorz. I had to look it up.

[@Chadmiral]

There was also a woman who took the subway,then came out from it and ran into the crowd as if she was always there.

[@andriuskazanavicius5572]

not so honestchenko.

[@thorr18BEM]

"Disonischenko" was one of the newspaper headlines at the time.

[@udp]

To be fair, it is worth adding that before the Olympics, as a result of judging, he took only second place. When the cheating was noticed, he was given a sword for the books and he won 9 fights out of 10. He was almost number 1 anyway. And he drank his cup to the end and was ostracized. Immediately after the incident, the USSR volleyball team conspired to defenestrate him. He was stripped of all awards, including the country's highest order, stripped of titles, position, everything was taken away. He worked as a taxi driver for 30 years, now he does not communicate with anyone.

[@CharlieApples]

Guy who cheated at fencing: lifetime ban Convicted PDF file: “he deserves another chance! 🥺”

[@revemb4653]

Luckily he dropped out of the race

[@artyomtimoshenko2610]

⁠@@revemb4653what do you mean by “dropped out of the race”? He played volleyball

[@TinyT0n]

Say thanks to France and leftist. 🤡🐑🤣

[@CharlieApples]

@@revemb4653 Trump dropped out?

[@joshuafox8856]

Damm those evil PDFs!

[@elijahalexander9335]

Spiffing Brit's most cunning exploit

[@revolvency]

That normal basketball players in paralympic games is

[@kawaiicake8038]

Huh?

[@kaustavsahu3136]

Imagine the Aussie winning in breakdancing and getting a gold medal

[@nothabibikah24]

I remember the one special Olympics team where they all faked disabilities so they dominated everyone

[@CharlieApples]

Starring Johnny Knoxville

[@Gfotcehq]

Not a foil it’s an epee

[@wea69420]

honk shuuuu honk shuuu

[@primm_slimm]

Honk mimimi honk mimimi

[@Smoneey]

That’s not the pentathlon, that’s the modern pentathlon

[@LuLulu-jw3zw]

Yes.Ancient pentathlon is very different.

[@maigrande-wang696]

Saying 90% of your athletes have asthma

[@blankblank1737]

You look great with the glasses ❤

[@OPZ_MAINAK]

The modern Olympic itself a cheat 😂

[@zaaya7719]

I love the sheer pettiness of these kinds of scandals especially back during the cold war era , imagine being one of the best, an almost surefire top 3 just to throw it away for the extra edge, not a good gamble lol

[@sir_humpy]

Sports in the cold war was obviously so much more about politics and proving through olympic victories which system was better, so in this regard both Soviet and American olympic hopefuls were under the kind of pressure that athletes from other nations didn't have. Although on a smaller scale this also happened whenever athletes from DDR and FRG met or N. and S. Korea, or China and USA. And even in this already tense Soviet vs US Olympic contest, the Soviets had additional pressure because of a purely materialistic reason. A medalist, aside getting a considerable money prize, had also a chance to improve his living conditions, skipping the years long line (even 10, 15 or even 20) to get a new or a bigger appartment, or buy a car that again it took years to get from ordering to the delivery. Winning a medal or placing high, would also ensure that the athlete kept his going-abroad privileges (OG, World, Europe championships and other int'l meets) and that was an important source of money on the side for soviet athletes through black-marketing of imported goods (alcohol, electronics etc). In a situation were the Soviet state was the sole employer and sponsor and you had no other legal sources of income, it was crucial for an athlete to be useful to the state in this medal-winning capacity for as long as possible also because this very much impacted on what he/she would be doing after the retirement at, say, 30. So yes, you went to great lengths to increase your chances to win.

[@soutrikpal3466]

What if the greatest cheats were the friends we met along the way.

[@nishunair1912]

What about the guy who took a cab during the marathon in the London Olympics😂😂😂😂 it's hilarious!

[@Cinderpelt2036]

In video game they called that hitbox abuse

[@themightybob]

Maybe just be good at fencing and you wouldn't have to worry😂

[@rainscents]

in an event where the bests are competing, being good is far from enough, thats why they do this instead.

[@themightybob]

@@rainscents but at that point your just doubting your own skill, which shows you aren't on par with these people therefore you think you must cheat to win

[@rainscents]

@@themightybob thats a different case i think. i dont think anyone competing there think they arent good, idk about that person representing Australia who competed in breakdancing though lol. but sometimes, you just want to make sure you win no matter what. many reasons for cheating though, and yours is also a possible reason too. sometimes, ppl are just pure evil too.

[@Drekromancer]

James Bond villain activity

[@edouardprest9703]

This is probably the least cunning cheat.

[@silas123781]

Foiled again

[@poomonyoutube1607]

Spiffing Brit jumpscare

[@ezraastoreth6625]

I love that he probably wouldn't even have gotten caught if he had just been a little smarter about when he triggered his button

[@stevendiaz5649]

Imagine finishing first in every event for your horse to throw the competition at the finish line 😭

[@BoxStudioExecutive]

That's not how the modern pentathalon works

[@oldassaccount9157]

I would have thought he would have made self-contact instead of that

[@vinothkumar3460]

Bro is more cunning than british😂😂

[@johnd5740]

The spiffing britt would never!

[@CharlieApples]

Unless it was King Charles competing 😂

[@marshallc6215]

I figured the most cunning cheat was the Mutually Assured Destruction player who continuously double hit for the entire competition.

[@EEEEEEEE]

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[@PeterGriffinsActualYT]

Nah the more cunning cheats are the popular footie kids from school

[@AvocadoInvocado]

Ah I see Fencing is perfectly balanced with no exploits

[@TheoMurpse]

So cunning he got caught almost right away

[@JessaQuestn]

He risked it all😂

[@sylphiongamer8201]

The most cunning cheat that was not cunning enough to get away with it.

[@apurvspeaks8976]

that brit said " faaaaaakin diabolical"

[@liambennion9627]

I didn't know Bronson also fenced 😅

[@profinneupane6883]

His cheat might not be effective but 400 athletes with all them having asthma somehow surely is lmao

[@GUIDE_Nico]

Huh?

[@immyownperson1375]

They didn't even catch the guy who stole the flag til he gave it back decades later😂

[@r0b0hobo]

Usain Bolt, his team and captain all got caught doping but he was never caught.

[@EpicTetsu]

The only thing Foiled here was Onischenkos plans 😂

[@Chrisander-m5c]

Fun fact: It was said that after returning from Montreal in disgrace, he received a personal scolding from the Soviet Leader at the time, Leonid Brezhnev.

[@jojojohnson5008]

He can’t be that cunning if he got found out after two games

[@WerewolfMaster]

"the one you haven't ever heard about"

[@voxveritas7941]

“Respected Soviet” is an oxymoron.

[@neologicalgamer3437]

The comments were good here

[@riyaansheikh7470]

"A device which allowed him to simulate the depression of its tip" Ah yes, i love electronics

[@BetWiseStakeIndia]

Meanwhile USA doping athletes and WADA allowing it since a decade😂

[@AdrianEbol]

Any source? Can you provide proofs or links to your claim?

[@sunnyali9957]

Cunning cheat is the one which is never caught

[@huyoken7953]

The most cunning cheat is the one that didn’t get caught

[@jensphiliphohmann1876]

The most cunning cheat is, by definition, unknown. This one already backfired heavily.

[@Coreyrob26]

The most cunning cheat is the one that was never caught.

[@MoshiMoshitoyou]

The man stroking his moushtache looks a bit like Roger Federer😆🎾

[@AnalogBuddy]

Title should be " Cunning cheat who got caught"

[@WadAboudit]

The most cunning "caught" cheat.

[@sebbensebbenandsebben691]

The real answer is Japan bringing Light Yagami in 2024

[@EEEEEEEE]

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[@quintopia]

Talking about that meme with the world cup football manager?

[@Din2010-yv3bb]

The most cunning cheat is something that was nerver found out

[@soham3190]

Thankyou Sir

[@MrSherkhan23]

Most cunning cheat is the one who never got caught!

[@RaviPushkar]

Most cunning would be someone who hasn't been caught yet!

[@Manahyde]

Don't cheat at the Olympics difficulty level: Soviet

[@aliciaa4859]

there really is something so tragic watching orlando’s life play out the way it has. like you said the life of a child actor seems honestly hellish, add to that- addiction is a disease that he seems to to be heavily in the midst of, and then his comments about Diddy make me wonder if he was ever taken advantage of…just a lot to go through in the public eye, and he’s still charismatic so what he’s saying gets a laugh from the majority of people and then nothing much else.

[@books4739]

wrong video bro

[@nirmalsuki]

Carl Lewis... never had to give his medals back.

[@QwertyUser1983]

Sometimes I wonder, how if a fencer using a foil twice as long? 😂😂😂

[@PowderLlamma]

Awesome work!

[@GonzoM1A1]

That's brilliant actually

[@indigohammer5732]

He was the only left handed Fencer in the bout, so it wasn't too hard to work out who it was.

[@keinlieb3818]

Not very cunning when you get caught.

[@AustinCozart]

I wouldn't let people bring their own equipment, and only let them use a weapon that nobody has had access to.

[@JonatasAdoM]

I never forget about this.

[@panpierniq]

The most honest russian sportsman:

[@AM-vn4cc]

He’s ukrainian

[@Ghast1yKarma]

not all fencing weapons are called foils, a foil is a type of fencing weapon and style, but epee (ep-ay(last syllable pronounced like the first a in attack) and saber are different weapons and different fencing styles. points in fencing are usually called touches and not strikes too because you can’t get a touch without the compression of the tip in epee and foil -source: I fence epee and foil and I have for years

[@rasmusahl7218]

Nothing beats a dude boxing against women.

[@RurouniKalainGaming]

The Cunning cheat hasn't been found yet.

[@kenshi7139]

If only everyone could be like Raygun 🤸‍♀️

[@roberttragarz2531]

I think that guy from Algeria who competed against women in paris Olympics

[@nicholasmuro1742]

Yep. He rigged his gender identity. But the IOC approved, so he didn't really cheat or get caught.

[@Kenjaku508]

Comically enjoyable swordfighting

[@firebreaker-ge6oj]

The best cheaters weren't caught

[@Buck_Bentley]

It’s not cunning if you got caught.😂

[@noahwattel4226]

It wasn't him, because he got caught.

[@EugenesBackpack]

"Soviet"😂 if it was a positive story he'd be proclaimed as Ukrainian 😂😂

[@ruthgriffiths7365]

His cunning was such that the whole world knows!!!

[@erintyres3609]

"Once I was runner up for the Nobel prize. I ran up, but they didn't give it to me" -- Bill Dana

[@alex_grothendieck9701]

The most cunning cheat was performed by the USA. While the head of the Olimpics was an American, favorite American sports were brought as Olympic ones, and as a result, much more American sportsmen started to bring home medals. As a result: almost in every Olympics #1 country boy the medal score is the USA. (And of course, not to mention lots of doping, but the USA is never tested as much as other countries. Only rarely former champions, like Lance Armstrong, disclose they constantly used doping and won every race they participated in)

[@reallifeengineer7214]

Wait? With that title, we not going to talk about American athletes d’ing in the last 3~4 summer Olympics with the full knowledge and support from USADA?

[@Carliiiittttoooosss]

The best cheat is the one that never got caught

[@JohnnyTortel]

The 2000 paralympics spain basketball team is the most cunning. They faked being mentally disabled and won gold

[@josephbienkowski1560]

"A-pay" lmao. It's eh-pay

[@SKako64]

Would have to say the guy who rode a car in that one running marathon 1904

[@criticalevent]

That has to be the dumbest cheat of all time.

[@tylerward5839]

I should’ve thought Soviet Union right away but i didn’t

[@kriss3401]

also it's funny how they found out about it his adversary leaped forward, then heavily backward, he was nowhere near being hit and yet the point scored, they investigated and the cheater dared to say it wasn't his sword

[@Grumpytheteletubby]

"aypay" 💀

[@shockaid]

WHY DID SHE SAY IT LIKE THAY

[@gzzuss]

The one that was never caught 😅