Muhammad Ali: an Embodiment of Modern Olympism
The Olympic Games has often blessed the world with unforgettable sporting heroes such as Jesse Owens, Carl Lewis, Ian Thope and Mohammad Ali among others. As the quadrennial world's biggest sporting fiesta the London 2012 Olympic Games draws nearer, Eddy Archibong writes that Ali remains one of the world's greatest sporting legends and Olympian for today's athletes to draw inspirations from. .
In 1960 in Italy, at the tender age of 18, Muhammad Ali won an Olympic gold medal. Twenty –three years later, he was inducted into the Olympic Hall of Fame. At Atlanta '96 it was a moving moment when an estimated 3.5 billion people watched on Tv when the boxing legend ignited the Olympic flame. Ali followed the Olympic moment when he carried the games torch for the 2004 Athens Olympics as part of its California leg. Read More |