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      Lighting the cauldron at the 1976 Montreal Olympics | CBC.ca Loaded

      Lighting the cauldron at the 1976 Montreal Olympics

      9 years ago
      Duration 1:29

      Lighting the cauldron at the 1976 Montreal Olympics

      • 9 years ago
      • News
      • Duration 1:29

      Sandra Henderson and Stéphane Préfontaine were teenagers (16 and 15, respectively) when they were chosen to light the Olympic cauldron at the 1976 Olympics.

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