The 2000 Summer Olympic Games opened in Sydney, Australia.
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Platform diver Tom Daley won his first Olympic gold medal in men's synchronized diving, 13 years after his first Olympic games.
The first Winter Olympics medal was awarded to American Skater Charles Jewtraw after skating 5,000 meters in just 44 seconds.
USA's men's hockey team beat Canada's for the first time in 12 years.
Romanian gymnast Nadia Comăneci scored the world's first perfect 10 for gymnastics at the 1976 Olympics.
King George VI officially opened the 11th modern-day Olympic Games at the Wembley Arena in London, UK.
