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Muhammad Ali's secret 1996 Olympic torch moment, 30 years on
Original: Muhammad Ali was the Olympics' best-kept secret. 30 years later, the women who knew remember the gasp
Muhammad Ali's lighting of the Olympic cauldron at the 1996 Atlanta Games was kept secret even from many insiders. Thirty years later, the women who helped orchestrate the surprise are recalling the moment the stadium gasped as the boxing legend, battling Parkinson's disease, raised the torch. Their accounts shed new light on one of the most emotional scenes in Olympic history and why organizers worked so hard to protect the secret until the last second.
Why now: The 30th anniversary of Ali's iconic cauldron lighting has prompted those involved to share their memories.
Muhammad Ali1996 Atlanta OlympicsUSA TodayArizona Daily Star
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- Muhammad Ali was the Olympics' best-kept secret. 30 years later, the women who knew remember the gasp · Arizona Daily Star
- Muhammad Ali was the Olympics' best-kept secret. 30 years later, the women who knew remember the gasp · USA Today
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