In July and August 1996, the world sent its finest athletes to Atlanta. Some athletes came as familiar names from familiar nations. Others had toiled in obscurity. Each came proudly to Atlanta, and ...
ATLANTA -- On a hot summer night more than five years ago, Muhammad Ali ended the Olympic torch relay by lighting the big red caldron that burned above the Atlanta Games. Tuesday, as a mild ...
Plenty of traditions will take place before the 2024 Olympics get underway. None, though, are as symbolic as lighting the Olympic cauldron. Every two years, host nations put on an immersive ceremony ...
Battling the effects of Parkinson's Disease, Ali surprised the world as he lit the Olympic Cauldron at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta. ___5111612___https:_____static ...
Battling the effects of Parkinson's Disease, Ali surprised the world as he lit the Olympic Cauldron at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta. Ali died Friday night at the age of 74 and his influence went ...