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Maria Mutola of Mozambique, wearing a yellow uniform and bib number 2588, crosses the finish line with arms outstretched to win the 800-meter race at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Cathy Freeman Cathy Freeman stands in a white bodysuit holding the Olympic torch aloft, preparing to light the Olympic Flame at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games opening ceremony. Fu Mingxia of China stands on the podium wearing a gold medal and holding a bouquet, dressed in a white and red jacket with the Olympic rings and Chinese flag. Thailand's Wijan Ponlid celebrates in a boxing ring, draped in the Thai flag and holding up a framed portrait of the king of Thailand after winning Olympic gold in 2000.
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Former U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program bobsledder Steven Holcomb, front, is greeted at the finish line after teaming with Justin Olsen, Steve Mesler and Curtis Tomasevicz to win the first Olympic bobsleigh gold medal in 62 years for Team USA ,(cont)
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Maria Mutola of Mozambique, wearing a yellow uniform and bib number 2588, crosses the finish line with arms outstretched to win the 800-meter race at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
Maria Mutola at the Sydney 2000 Olympics Track-and-field star Maria Mutola of Mozambique crossing the finish line to win the 800-meter race at the Olympic Games in Sydney, September 25, 2000.

Sydney 2000 Olympic Games

Also known as: Games of the XXVII Olympiad
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Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, athletic festival held in Sydney that took place September 15–October 1, 2000. The Sydney Games were the 24th occurrence of the modern Olympic Games. Sydney was narrowly chosen over Beijing as host city of the 2000 Olympics. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) was attracted to the city’s long history of enthusiasm for sports, its promise to use recovered toxic wastelands as sites for sporting venues, and its plan to involve the...

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