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 | Opening Ceremony of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games: Fireworks explode over the Sydney Olympic Stadium at the grand finale of the 2000 Summer Games opening ceremony in Sydney Friday, Sept. 15, 2000. click to open  |  | Opening Ceremony of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games,S eptember 15, 2000: The Olympic flag is raised during the opening ceremony for the Summer Olympics Friday, Sept. 15, 2000, at Olympic Stadium in Sydney. click to open  |  | Opening Ceremony of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games,S eptember 15, 2000: Australian Olympic athlete Cathy Freeman holds the Olympic torch aloft as she watches the flame travel up towards the cauldron during the opening ceremony for the Summer Olympics Friday, Sept. 15, 2000, at Olympic Stadium in Sydney. click to open  |  | Opening Ceremony of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games,S eptember 15, 2000: Australian runner CATHY Freeman, of aboriginal descent, holds the Olympic torch aloft as the flame rises to light the cauldron during the opening ceremony for the Summer Olympics Friday, Sept. 15, 2000, at Olympic Stadium in Sydney. click to open  |  | Opening Ceremony of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games,S eptember 15, 2000: Australian Olympic athlete Cathy Freeman ignites theOlympic flame during the opening ceremony for the Summer Olympics Friday, Sept. 15, 2000, at Olympic Stadium in Sydney. click to open  |  | Opening Ceremony of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games,S eptember 15, 2000: The Olympic flag is prepared to be raised during the opening ceremony for the Summer Olympics Friday, Sept. 15, 2000, at Olympic Stadium in Sydney. click to open  |  | Opening Ceremony of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games,S eptember 15, 2000: Olympic athlete Victor Ramos carries the flag representing Individual Olympic Athletes onto the field during the opening ceremony for the Summer Olympics Friday, Sept.15, 2000, at Olympic Stadium in Sydney. Ramos, a boxer, fled his homeland of East Timor following the 1999 violence. click to open  |  | Opening Ceremony of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games,S eptember 15, 2000: Australian Olympic athlete Cathy Freeman ignites the Olympic flame during the openingceremony for the Summer Olympics Friday, Sept. 15, 2000, at Olympic Stadium inSydney. click to open  |  | Opening Ceremony of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games,S eptember 15, 2000: Australian athlete Cathy Freeman carries the Olympic torch up tothe stage to light the Olympic flame during the opening ceremonyfor the Summer Olympics Friday, Sept. 15, 2000, at OlympicStadium in Sydney. click to open  |  | Opening Ceremony of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games,S eptember 15, 2000: Australian Cathy Freeman watches as the cauldron carrying the Olympic Flame she just litmoves to the top of the stadium at the conclusion of the opening ceremony of the 2000Summer Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia, Friday, Sept. 15, 2000. click to open  |
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