Olympic Torch and Flag Bearers

• Lopez Lomong, flag-bearer of the U.S. Olympic team, marches during the opening ceremony of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games at the National Stadium, August 8, 2008. The stadium is also known as the Bird's Nest.
  
  
  

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• Supermodel Naomi Campbell carries the Olympic torch on August 13, 2004 for the 2004 Olympic Games held in Athens, Greece.
  
  
  

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• Torch bearer and entertainer Sean Combs carries the Olympic Flame during Day 15 of the Athens 2004 Olympic Torch Relay on June 19, 2004 in New York, New York, USA. The Olympic Flame traveled to 34 cities in 27 countries en route to the Athens 2004 Olympic Games.
  
  
  

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• Coretta Scott King (L), widow of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, passes the Olympic Flame to her son Dexter Scott King on July 19, 1996 in Atlanta. The Kings were part of the relay that has taken the flame around Atlanta before the opening ceremonies later on July 19th.
  
  
  

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• Boxer Evander Holyfield carries the Olympic flame with Voula Patoulidou of Greece during the 1996 Summer Olympic Games opening ceremonies in Atlanta on Friday, July 19, 1996.
  
  
  

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• Dawn Staley, the two-time women's basketball gold medalist, leads the U.S. delegation with the Star & Stripes during the during the opening ceremony of the 2004 Olympic Games on August 13, 2004 at the Olympic Stadium in Athens.
  
  
  

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• Former heavyweight boxing champion and 1960 Olympic gold medalist Mohamed Ali lights the flame on July 19, 1996 at the Olympic Stadium in Atlanta during the opening ceremony of the Centennial Olympic Games.
  
  
  

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• Jill Bakken and Vonetta Flowers carry the Olympic Flag into the stadium for the Closing Ceremony of the Salt Lake City Winter Olympic Games at the Rice-Eccles Olympic Stadium in Salt Lake City, Utah in 2002.
  
  
  

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• Gail Devers, three-time Olympian, carries the Olympic Flame during the 2004 Olympic Torch Relay in Atlanta, Georgia USA on June 18, 2004.
  
  
  

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• Jesse Owens' Granddaughter Gina Hemphill runs through the stadium with the Olympic flame before the 1984 Olympic Games at the Coliseum Stadium in Los Angeles, USA.
  
  
  

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