To celebrate 20 years since the greatest Olympic Games ever, the iconic cauldron has been re-lit in Sydney. DamoNews 9News Flashback gallery:
Twenty years ago, Sydney became the focus of the world when it hosted the Olympic Games and staged an exhilarating opening ceremony on September 15, 2000.In welcoming the world to the first Olympics in Australia since 1956, Sydney's opening ceremony showcased the national values of innovation, sporting prowess and cheeky fun.But among the sports stars, celebrities and VIPs on that night none captured the spotlight more than Sydney teenager Nikki Webster.
Indigenous Australians were also at the heart of the ceremony, with 1000 Aboriginal and Torres Straits Island performers taking part in a performance that featured lightning bolts and fire breathing.They were followed by other performers representing the arrival of European settlers to Australia: dozens of Ned Kelly figures; a giant fire-breathing horse with a V8 engine; stockwhip-crackers and sheep shearers.
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