A pair of legendary wheelchair athletes faced off against one another in the 1996 Boston Marathon. The 100th running of the event drew a record 101 entrants for the push-rim wheelchair division, led by the highly anticipated battle between defending champion Franz Nietlispach and 1994 winner Heinz Frei. Nietlispach built up an early lead of 100 meters through 8 miles, yet Frei would not be denied. Coming back and pulling away from the field over the second half of the course, Frei would claim hi

199K views · 4.5K reactions | An iconic moment in Olympic history. Olympic boxing champion Muhammad Ali, then suffering from Parkinson’s disease, lit the cauldron at the Atlanta 1996 Opening Ceremony. Watch more Great Olympic Moments: https://bit.ly/3hAYcKb #StrongerTogether #1YearToGo | Olympics | Facebook

Relive the Men's Marathon from the #Rio2016 Olympic Games, in full, as the Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge wins his first ever Olympic Gold! 🥇🏃‍♂️🇰🇪 World Athletics | NOCK- Olympics Kenya | Olympics

5.9K views · 171 reactions | In 1996, the world’s fastest man helped Canada become the Olympics’ fastest team. ‍♂️磊 Watch the iconic Men’s 4x100 team take the gold in Atlanta here ⬇️ Find More #OlympicMoments at cbcolympics.ca/olympicmoments Presented by Visa | CBC Olympics | Facebook

A performance for the ages. At Atlanta 1996, Michael Johnson became the first man to win the 200 m and 400 m double at the Olympic Games. This is how he did it. World Athletics | USA Track & Field | Olympics

Congratulations to U.S. Army SSG Leonard Korir from the U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program who finished 3rd in the U.S. Olympic Men’s Marathon Trials in Orlando, FL. He will have a shot to represent Team USA at the Olympics in Paris this summer! GoArmy! #armywcap #ArmyOlympians #beallyoucanbe | Army Family and MWR Programs