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| 1996 Atlanta Opening Ceremonies - Lighting of the Cauldron |
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(12:17am) This is the entrance of the Olympic
Flame into the Olympic Stadium and the Lighting of
the Cauldron by Muhammad Ali hosted by Bob Costas
& Dick Enberg to the music of Beetoven's "Ode to
Joy". Athletes hand-off include:
Al Oerter, Evander Holyfield, Voula Patoulidou, &
Janet Evans. Others include Shaquille O'Neal &
Michael Johnson. July 20th, 1996 Atlanta, Georgia
USA
I recommend viewing Janet Evans' video speech
under her website on being a champion where she
talks about this moment.
http://www.janetevans.com/index2.html
Click on "Speaking" then "Video Preview" at lower
right of page.
Tags : 1996 Olympics Opening Ceremony Lighting Flame Cauldron Cassius Clay Greatest Legend Symphony No. Torch |
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Affichage : 145448
Durée : 494 s |
| Atlanta 1996 OC - Lighting of the Olympic Cauldron |
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The main highlight of any Olympic Games opening
ceremony: the lighting of the Olympic cauldron by
the Flame. First, the late Al Oerter (1936-2007)
brings in the Olympic torch from outside the
stadium. Oerter was the four-time Olympic champion
in the discus throw event from Melbourne 1956 to
Mexico City 1968 consecutively.
Within the bowels of the stadium, the flame was
passed from Oerter to Evander "The Real Deal"
Holyfield. He was the Los Angeles 1984 bronze
medal winner in the light-heavyweight boxing
event. He then popped out from the center of the
stadium, from where the official opening speeches
were spoken.
As he carried the Olympic Flame closer to its
final destination, he picked up Paraskevi
("Voula") Patoulidou of Greece (her name in Greek
is Παρασκευή "Βούλα"
Πατουλίδου) to accompany him. Patoulidou
was the first Greek female athlete, at the time,
to earn an Olympic medal in a track and field
event. In Barcelona 1992, she won gold in the 100m
hurdles event. She would "repeat" this scene again
at the Athens 2004 opening ceremony, but by
herself. I believe she is the only person to be
allowed that kind of honor TWICE so far in modern
Olympic history.
Then, the Flame was passed to Janet Evans: a
four-time Olympic gold medalist and an Olympic
silver medalist in swimming from both Seoul 1988
and Barcelona 1992.
Finally, the climax and the honor of lighting the
Olympic cauldron was given to MUHAMMAD ALI
(formerly named Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr). He was
the Olympic champion and gold medalist in the
light-heavyweight boxing event at Rome 1960. Kind
of funny that the Flame would just "crawl" along
the line up to the cauldron like that; never mind
how some people reacted what the cauldron looked
like then.
Note: The "Ode To Joy" music was used mostly
throughout this clip.
Tags : atlanta 1996 olympic games XXVI opening ceremony flame torch oerter holyfield patoulidou evans ali cauldron look |
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Affichage : 99141
Durée : 507 s |
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