
July 30 Modern pentathlete Michael Gostigian of the United States celebrates a victory in the fencing phase of the Modern Pentathlon Tuesday, July 30, at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. The event challenges male athletes in a single day of shooting, fencing, swimming, horse riding and running. In the fencing phase of the event, each athlete must fence every other competitor with the aim of achieving a hit within a time limit of one minute. Copyright-Bob Leverone/The Charlotte Observer