Performers walk on barrels during the opening ceremony of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, September 15, 2000. Athletes from 199 nations are participating in the XXVII Summer Olympic Games which will continue until October 1. REUTERS/Andy Clark

People watch the members of the Chinese Olympic team marching at the opening ceremony of Sydney 2000 Olympic Games from a live braodcast on a big screen Friday, Sept. 15, 2000 at a shopping mall in Shanghai. China cut 40 people from it's team for the Sydney Olympics Wednesday after a number of athletes failed drug tests. China is one of the top five finalist cities in the bid for the 2008 Olympics. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Dancers perform during the Eternity segment of the opening cermonies of the 2000 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in Sydney, Friday September 15, 2000. (AP Photo/Eric Draper)

A horsewoman rides past a unfurling banner offering a customary Australian greeting during the opening ceremony of Sydney's Olympic Games September 15, 2000. Athletes from 199 nations are participating in the XXVII Summer Olympic Games which will continue until October 1. REUTERS/Gary Hershorn

An Aboriginal icon is raised during the opening ceremony of the 2000 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in Sydney, Australia, Friday, Sept. 15, 2000. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)

Riders bearing the Australian flag parade past a portion of the crowd of more than 100,000 gathered at Olympic Stadium to watch the opening ceremony of the Olympics Friday, Sept. 15, 2000 in Sydney. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)

The "Tin Symphony" performs modern tap dance and drumming during the opening ceremony for the Summer Olympics Friday, Sept. 15, 2000, at Olympic Stadium in Sydney. (AP Photo/Beth A. Keiser)

An artist on stilts performs during the opening ceremony of the Sydney Olympic Games September 15, 2000. Athletes from 199 nations are participating in the XXVII Summer Olympic Games which will continue until October 1. REUTERS/David Gray

An Australian Aboriginal dance group performs during the Opening Ceremony of the XXVII Olympic Summer Games on September 15, 2000. Athletes from 199 nations are participating in the Games which will continue until October 1. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

Young aboriginal dancers perform at the Olympic Stadium during the Opening Ceremony of the XXVII Olympic Games September 15, 2000. Athletes from 199 nations are participating in the Games which will continue until October 1. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

Native Australians perform in swirling smoke during the opening ceremony for the 2000 Summer Olympic Games in Sydney, Friday, Sept. 15, 2000. (AP Photo/Eric Draper)

Australian performer Julie Anthony sings during the opening ceremony of the Olympics Friday, Sept. 15, 2000 at Olympic Stadium in Sydney. (AP Photo/Beth A. Keiser)