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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 2000
Page
19
Sydney, Australia prepares for the XXVII Summer Olympic Games at Stadium Australia in Olympic Park. The opening ceremony will unfold in the 110,000 seat venue, hosting athletics and the men’s soccer final while the boomerang motif and Opera House flame symbolize Aboriginal heritage and national landscape.
The largest Games to date will host 10 200 athletes and 5 100 officials across 28 sports and 640 sessions with 300 gold medals. Taekwondo and triathlon debut with four new events. Athletes and officials to stay in a single Olympic Village with a single campus feel and a 5 000 seat village restaurant. Paralympic Games run Oct 18 29 featuring 18 sports. Torch lit in Olympia May 10 with earth fire and water sections.
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