The Olympic flame is held aloft by Mayor Robert Wilson inside the dish of the Parkes Radio Telescope at Parkes, in southern Australia on Friday night August 18, 2000. The torch is spending 100 days travelling around Australia on its way to Sydney for the opening ceremony of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games on September 15. (AP Photo/Greg Garay, HO)

Mark Downward carries the Olympic flame as escort runner Andrew Haines follows him during a torch relay in a zinc mine field with the township of Broken Hill in the background in New South Wales, Australia, Sunday, Aug. 20, 2000. The torch is spending 100 days of its travel around Australia on the way to Sydney for the Sept. 15 opening ceremony of the 2000 Olympic Games. (AP Photo/Greg Garay, SOCOG)

Kristen Gaukroger lights the cauldron at the lunch celebration in Inverell, NSW, Australia, Monday, Aug. 21, 2000. The Olympic Torch is spending 100 days travelling around Australia on its way to Sydney for the opening ceremony of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games on September 15. (AP Photo/ Greg Garay, SOCOG)

Timothy Sharman holds the flame in Cape Byron as the torch reached the eastern most point of mailand Australia Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2000. The Olympic torch is spending 100 days of its travel around Australia on the way to Sydney for the Sept. 15 opening ceremony of the 2000 Olympic Games. (AP Photo/SOCOG, Greg Garay,)

A workman polishes the tiles outside the main Sydney 2000 Olympic stadium Thursday, August 24, 2000 in preparation for the Olympics which commence with the opening ceremony September 15.(AP Photo/Rob Griffith)

Workmen put the finishing touches to the Sydney 2000 Olympic rings high above Martin Place in the center of Sydney, Australia, Friday, August 25, 2000. The opening ceremony for the Sydney Olympics is on September 15 and the city is being decorated with Olympic flags, rings and posters, in preparation for the event.(AP Photo/Russell McPhedran)

Susan Wilton carries the flame with some support from her family at Warialda, New South Wales August 21,2000. A high school student tried to put out the Sydney Olympic Games torch with a fire extinguisher. REUTERS - ouksp By HO - GREG GARAY

Wearing Aboriginal clothing, participant William Morris holds the torch with an indigenous Elder during a smoking ceremony at a lunch celebration of the torch relay in Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia, Friday, Aug. 25, 2000. The Olympic flame is spending 100 days of its travel around Australia on the way to Sydney for the Sept. 15 opening ceremony of the 2000 Olympic Games. (AP Photo/SOCOG, Greg Garay) 

British gymnast Lisa Manson, on right, has her pants adjusted by seamstress Lillian McCormack at a warehouse on the Gold Coast in Australia Tuesday August 29, 2000. 350 athletes and 200 officials will be outfitted with over 30,000 pieces of uniform as they arrive in Australia before the September 15 Sydney Olympic Games. (AP Photo/Steve Holland)

Two Chinese children play in front of a Beijing Olympic games logo sculpture in Beijing on August 16. Beijing is one of five cities with Paris, Toronto, Osaka and Istanbul that have been shortlisted for the 2008 Summer Olympics. Photo by GUANG NIU REUTERS -ouksp By GUANG NIU

Britain's Rodney Powell guides his mount "Flintstone" over a fence at the Badminton Horse Trials May 7, 2000. British riders clinched the first three places with Mary King in first place with Leslie Law in second and Rodney Powell in third. But Powell will miss the Sydney Olympics because he has broken his leg after falling from his horse September 1, 2000. REUTERS/ Ian Hodgson - ouksp By IAN HODGSON

Adriana Behar trains at Barra da Tijuca beach in Rio de Janeiro, Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2000. Behar and her teammate Shelda are three-time beach volleyball champions and are the favorites to win the gold medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. (AP/ Photo Renzo Gostoli)