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As they moved to ring the arena again the distinctive trumpet of australias leading jazz musician, james morrison rang out, with the backing of the. It was 2 weeks of human spirit and determination at its finest all preceeded by a spectacular opening ceremony that only australians could really get away with. The 2000 summer olympics held in sydney, australia, was a magnificent time for many of the greatest athletes of the world to gather and compete. The sydney opening ceremony was a significant moment for all australians and pointed the way for how the nation might present itself to the international community in the new millennium. Opening ceremony, general view during the show nature official opening of the games by. The 2000 summer olympics, officially known as the games of the xxvii olympiad and commonly known as sydney 2000 or the millennium olympic gamesgames of the new millennium, was an international multisport event held between 15 september and 1 october 2000 in sydney, new south wales, australia. Image and reality in sydneys olympic opening ceremony.
Music collection of the olympic ceremonies general olympics. Sydney 2000 olympic games mp3 music site mp3 music. All of britains medal winners are seen here in action, including steve redgraves record fifth successive gold, denise lewiss heptathlon success, jonathan edwards well deserved triplejump victory as well as successes from other. Sep 22, 2000 last fridays opening ceremony of the sydney 2000 olympic games has provoked something of a controversy. Sydney 2000 brings international competition to video game players. Ioc president juan antonio samaranch declared that the 2000 olympic games were best olympic games ever. American contingent in 2000 summer olympics opening ceremony parade of nations.
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