33 Ali Lights The Olympic Flame

Number 33 from the channel 4 show 100 Greatest Sporting Moments
Muhammad Ali, Olympic boxing champion in Rome 1960 and one of the most powerful sport figures, was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 1984. In Atlanta 1996, he was granted the honor of lighting the Olympic cauldron during the opening ceremony of the centennial Olympic Games, creating one of the most emotional and touching moments in Olympic history.

[@shaynelahmed6323]

Kevin Costner's speech on Ali was so true....Ali has been lighting the torch for us for 50 years....amazing, courageous, thing for him to do... Physically challenging... And great of those who entrusted him to do it...he willed himself to do it, unaided..a true champion!

[@gsyoung54]

This will always be the Number One sporting moment in history for me. I got to watch it with my mom, a tiny Polish-Italian lady who was one of Mohammed's biggest fans.

[@latifchauhan4422]

Not after this moment but ali was most loved man in world before.

[@rachaelsmith8764]

what a beautiful torch the Atlanta torch is

[@johndean1465]

He was the most loved msn in the world at the time

[@johndean1465]

Man

[@robertmacleod7587]

ali did his last best shuffle

[@killjj1300]

What are you talkin about not after this moment no matter what moment it is he's the most loved man in the whole world he is the top of the top he is the best of the best and he always will be he would whoop Floyd Mayweather without a shadow of a doubt if he had never had this problem that yes the doctors created and gave him from a shot that's when it all started they created the fake illusion of Parkinson's in this poor old man no matter what his heart kept beating when they supposedly have said he passed away for 10 minutes is heart beated 10 straight minutes cuz he didn't want to give up

[@killjj1300]

The sad thing about it Larry Holmes was supposed to be the one that was that close to him his sparring partner what happened he wanted to be the champ Larry Holmes and he has insides on strong people to get what he wants from the government and they were paid very well they make sure that weeks prior to that fight his doctor wanted to give him a shot all of a sudden never has before in history and said that he can use this shot and makes you stronger well that's the shot that made him lose to Larry Holmes don't you see he wasn't himself he couldn't even put up a fight that should have been in a legal fight and then Larry Holmes became the champion only because the damn doctor gave me a shot to make his brain do what he did or else Muhammad Ali would be here still to this day boxing that was a man of all men that was the top of all top you can get any higher than him I don't care who you never would have been and still boxing is not the same to this day