9 wildest moments in Olympics history

Photo by: petrelos

Tunisia's modern pentathlon performance at the 1960 Rome Games reads more like a primer in slapstick than an Olympic event. All three competitors were removed from the shooting event for firing too close to the judges, they all fell off their horses in the show riding section, and one of them came close to drowning in the swimming division. When it came to the fencing portion, the only team member who had experience was sent

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Photo by: petrelos

Tunisia's modern pentathlon performance at the 1960 Rome Games reads more like a primer in slapstick than an Olympic event. All three competitors were removed from the shooting event for firing too close to the judges, they all fell off their horses in the show riding section, and one of them came close to drowning in the swimming division. When it came to the fencing portion, the only team member who had experience was sent out three times, disguised by his mask, pretending to be each of the three team members. Needless to say, the team was disqualified.

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