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On this day 19 years ago, legend Muhammad Ali lit the Olympic Torch during the opening ceremony of the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta. #TheGreatest
Nobody knew who was going to light the torch at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta. Turns out, the champ was there.
And on the anniversary of that moment 19 years later, it’s still amazing.
Muhammad Ali, the greatest boxer of all time and a 1960 Olympic champion, emerged and helped etch that ceremony into American sports history.