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[QUOTE="MSOrange, post: 1781425, member: 630"]
I lived in the Atlanta area during the Olympics in 1996. I normally don't watch all of the opening ceremony but I did that year because it was really cool to have the spotlight of the entire world on your city.

There was a lot of speculation about who would light the torch, but there were absolutely no leaks, which was shocking.  I remember a lot of people were thinking Evander Holyfield because of his Atlanta ties and Olympic experience. As they were running into the stadium, I swear I told my dad I bet it would be Muhammad Ali, basically just talking to hear the sound of my own voice.  Then Holyfield handed off to Janet Evans and I figured that was it. That was so awesome to see Ali come out from seemingly nowhere to take it from Janet Evans and light the flame. I still remember that look my dad gave me when my stupid comment turned out to be right. I was only 5 when Ali had his last fight but I know enough sports history to know how awesome that moment was. I even got a little teary-eyed. Atlanta got criticized a lot for certain things at that Olympics, many rightfully so, but they sure got that moment right.
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