For the right to host the XXVII summer Olympics in Sydney competed Beijing (China), Manchester (UK), Berlin (Germany) and Istanbul (Turkey). The Olympics Games` mascots in Sydney was a symbolic triad: the Duckbill Syd, the Kookaburra Olly and the Echidna Millie. These animals live only in Australia. They are signify Olympic friendship. Moreover, the characters (in their place habitat) represent the three elements: earth, water and sky. The trio in this case is a symbolic number, since the Olympics were held on the eve of entering in the third Millennium. Caricaturist Paul Newell invented the first in the history of Games "anti-talisman". It was a wombat who named is Fatso. The negative hero resisted the forces of good, which represented the Sydney mascots. The opening ceremony of the XXVII Olympic Games happened 15 September 2000 in the Australia Stadium in front of 110,000 viewers.  In the unofficial team competition, the Russian team took the second place give way the U.S. team. 

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