A performer puts the finishing touches on her costume before the start of the Opening Ceremony for the 2000 Summer Olympic Games in Sydney, Friday, Sept. 15, 2000. (AP Photo/Eric Draper)

Free boxes placed on the seats of the Olympic Stadium in Sydney, Australia, containing spectator participation objects for the opening ceremony for the 2000 Olympics Friday, Sept. 15, 2000. (AP Photo/Adam Butler)

Stockmen on horseback ride with flags showing the Olympic rings in the 110,000-seat Olympic Stadium during the opening ceremony September 15, 2000. Athletes from 199 nations are participating in the XXVII Summer Olympic Games which will continue until October 2. REUTERS/David Gray

Australians Trevor and Pam Cole, wearing Australian flag umbrella hats, look out over the Olympic Stadium as they anticipate the start of the opening ceremony of the Summer Games Friday, Sept. 15, 2000, in Sydney, Australia. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)

A crowd of people pack the walkway outside the Olympic Stadium waiting for the gates to open for the opening of the 2000 Summer Olympic Games in Sydney Friday, Sept. 15, 2000. Some 3.7 billion people ar

Young Australian women wear masks designed after the Australian national flag as they wait for the gates to open for the 2000 Summer Olympic Games opening ceremony in Sydney Friday, Sept. 15, 2000. Some 3.7 billion people around the globe are expected to watch the ceremony. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Workers distribute on the 110,000 seats of the Olympic Stadium special welcome kits for all those attending this evening's inauguration of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, September 15, 2000. The Games will last through October 2. REUTERS/Ali Jarekji

Michelle Stewart shows off a hairdo with miniature Australian flags stuck in it, outside the Olympic Stadium a few hours before the opening ceremonies of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, September 15, 2000. The Games will last through October 2. REUTERS/Ali Jarekji

Clare Atkins, of Wollongong, Aus., arrives for the Opening Ceremony of the Olympics Friday, Sept. 15, 2000 at Olympic Stadium in Sydney. Atkins said she is due to deliver her baby next week. (AP Photo/Beth A. Keiser)

American rider Susan Blinks from Wellington, Florida, trots on "Flim Flam" during a September 13, 2000 morning workout session at the Sydney Olympics Equestrian Center. Horse and rider will compete in the dressage event beginning September 26. This is Blinks' first Olympic games competition. REUTERS/Jim Hollander

Sydney Wather Authority official Darren Sassall swims with a shark pod which sends out electromagnetic waves which scares sharks away, during a training run for the Olympic Triathlon in Sydney Harbour at the Opera House, September 13, 2000. The women's triathlon will be one of the first gold medal events of the XXVII Olympiad. REUTERS/Paul Hanna

Spain's Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario practices in Sydney September 13, 2000. Sanchez-Vicario will compete in the women's singles and doubles during the XXVII Olympic Games which begin on September 15. REUTERS/Sergio Perez