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4 hours ago · Was viele oft vergessen: Den berühmtesten Boxer aller Zeiten, der in den 1960er und 70er-Jahren das Schwergewicht regierte, verband eine spezielle Geschichte mit den Olympischen Spielen: Als Cassius Clay gewann er 1960 in Rom Gold, als Muhammad Ali entzündete er 1996 das Feuer der Jubiläumsspiele von Atlanta.
16 hours ago · In 1996, a global audience of three billion held its breath as boxing superstar Muhammad Ali momentarily conquered his trembling due to Parkinson's disease to defiantly raise the Olympic flame and ...
4 hours ago · Olympic boxing on the ropes. PARIS — Muhammad Ali, Floyd Mayweather and Lennox Lewis are among the boxing greats who have cut their teeth at the Olympics, with a new generation of fighters eager to follow in their footsteps in Paris. But there are serious questions over whether the sport will even remain on the Olympic program.
4 hours ago · Muhammad Ali, Floyd Mayweather and Lennox Lewis are among the boxing greats who have cut their teeth at the Olympics, with a new generation of fighters eager to follow in their footsteps in Paris.
7 hours ago · 1996 Atlanta -- Muhammad Ali (boxing) 1998 Nagano -- Midori Ito (figure skating) 2000 Sydney -- Cathy Freeman (track and field) 2002 Salt Lake City -- 1980 U.S. Olympic ice hockey team. 2004 Athens -- Nikolaos Kaklamanakis (sailing) 2006 Turin -- Stefania Belmondo (cross-country skiing) 2008 Beijing -- Li Ning (artistic gymnastics)
1 day ago · Muhammad Ali. Before being “The Greatest,” a then Cassius Clay went to Rome in 1960 and won the light heavyweight gold medal. ... But when the boxer returned home and still faced the weight of ...
4 hours ago · It's not uncommon for hosting companies to give the privilege of lighting the torch to celebrities, athletes and royalty - with Muhammad Ali igniting the beacon at the 1996 competition in Atlanta ...
