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During the 1996 Olympics, Muhammad Ali received a replacement gold medal from the 1960 Olympics since he had lost his.

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What country first proposed the winter olympic games as separate from the traditional olympic games

How did the athletes prepare for the ancient olympic games

What other events were included in the ancient olympic games after the first ancient olympic games

Who ended the ancient olympic games

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Q: Who lit the Olympic Flame at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics?
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In which Olympics did Ali carry the torch?

Ali lit the Olympic flame at the 1996 Summer Games in Atlanta.


What did Muhammad Ali do in the opening ceremony of the Atlanta Olympics?

Lit the Olympic Flame to open the Games.


Where is the Olympic flame lit for the winter Olympics and the summer Olympics?

The flame is lit wherever the games are. Right now in Vancouver, in two years it will be in London.


Which olympic flame was lit by a flaming arrow?

1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona by Antonio Rebollo, a Paralympian.


Why is the Olympic flame lit?

The Olympic flame signifies the value of Peace and Brotherhood which is the basis of the Olympics.


How do they choose who lights the Olympic flame?

they choose the flag bearer from the country the Olympics thre Olympics is held at and that person lights the olympic flame


Was there an Olympic torch at the first Olympics?

No, not until the 1936 Olympics in Berlin. There was an Olympic Flame at the 1928 Olympics in Amsterdam, but it wasn't lit using a flame brought from Greece or anywhere.


Has the Olympic flame ever gone out?

No,and the olympic flame burns for the duration of each Olympics and is extinguished during the closing ceremony.


Has the Olympic flame ever burnt out?

No, and the olympic flame burns for the duration of each Olympics and is extinguished during the closing ceremony.


Where does the Olympic flame start and finish and why?

The flame's journey starts in Olympia, Greece because it is the home of the Olympics, the town where the first ever Olympics took place. The flame's journey ends in the town that hosts the Olympics so the flame can light the Olympic cauldron and begin the Games.


Who lit the Olympic flame in 2000?

i think it was Cathy freeman? totally correct. Catherine Astrid Salome Freeman (thats her fullname), otherwise known as Cathy Freeman lit the Olympic flame in the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics.


Which city hosted the first Olympics with an Olympic flame?

Berlin

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