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Background
Arguably the most poignant of Olympic moments took place when the nineteen year old runner Yoshinori Sakai lit the flame at the opening ceremony of the 1964 Tokyo Games. Born in Hiroshima on the day the city was devastated by an atomic bomb, he stood as both a universal symbol of hope and an emblem for Japan's reemergence into the international community.
Olympics Photo Quiz 12
Which iconic sportsman, himself a gold medal winner in 1960, lit the Olympic flame at the start of the 1996 Atlanta Games?
The Answer will be published along with the next Highly Questionable quiz and associated blog post.
Olympics Photo Quiz 11 Answer
Natalie Du Toit was the South African swimmer who, having lost a leg in a 2001 motor cycle accident, participated in both the Beijing Olympics and Paralympics in 2008.
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