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59-650: Presidents Tony Mitchell is the current president of the Oceania Cycling Confederation, elected in 2021. He replaced dual Australian Olympian Tracey Gaudry who served in the role from December 2012 to Match 2021. Gaudry replaced Michael Turtur who served between a four-year term between 2008 and 2012, following Ray Godkin, who served for 22 years since the inception of the confederation in 1986. Executive Board Representatives on UCI Management Committee The Oceania Cycling Confederation organises all Oceania Cycling Championships. As of 2019

118-507: A cycling-related organization is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Oceania-related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Tracey Gaudry Tracey Gaudry (née Watson ; born 17 June 1969) is an Australian sport administrator, former professional cyclist and current chief executive officer of Comm Unity Plus Services Ltd. Prior to her corporate executive roles, Gaudry represented Australia at two Summer Olympics ( 1996 and 2000 ) and

177-643: A decade has been instrumental in driving global reform, particularly in governance, advocacy, participation and gender equity. Tracey is the immediate past President of the Oceania Cycling Confederation . Her executive roles have included chief executive officer of the Amy Gillett Foundation – Australia's leading advocacy organisation for bicycle rider safety, and CEO of the Hawthorn Football Club in

236-782: A focus on inclusion, diversity and gender equality. Gaudry is a former member of the Management Committee and past Vice President of the world governing body for the sport of cycling, the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) where she carried multiple portfolios including Chair of the Women's Commission, Chair of the Advocacy Commission and membership to the Commission of Continental Presidents and Track Cycling Commission. For more than

295-510: A men's basketball pool match between the United States and France , the USA's Vince Carter made one of the most famous dunks in basketball history. After getting the ball off a steal, the 6'6"/1.98 m Carter drove to the basket, with 7'2"/2.18 m centre Frédéric Weis in his way. Carter jumped, spread his legs in midair, scraped Weis' head on the way up, and dunked. The French media dubbed

354-543: A new world record in the 400-metre freestyle final before competing in an exciting 4 × 100 m freestyle final. Swimming the last leg, Thorpe passed the leading American team and arrived in a new world record time, two-tenths of a second ahead of the Americans. In the same event for women, the Americans also broke the world record, finishing ahead of the Netherlands and Sweden. Samaranch had to leave for home, as his wife

413-650: A point in a decade. Australian Cathy Freeman won the 400-metre final in front of a jubilant Sydney crowd at the Olympic Stadium , ahead of Lorraine Graham of Jamaica and Katharine Merry of Great Britain. Freeman's win made her the first competitor in Olympic Games history to light the Olympic Flame and then go on to win a Gold Medal . The attendance at the stadium was 112,524 – the largest attendance for any sport in Olympic Games history. In

472-499: A titanium rod that had recently been implanted in her shin. Romanian gymnast Andreea Răducan ultimately took gold while her teammates, Simona Amânar and Maria Olaru took silver and bronze, respectively. By rowing in the winning coxless four, Steve Redgrave of Great Britain became a member of a select group who had won gold medals at five consecutive Olympics. The swimming 4 x 100-metre medley relay of B.J. Bedford, Megan Quann (Jendrick), Jenny Thompson and Dara Torres became

531-638: A tribute to the pastoral heritage of the Australian stockmen and the importance of the stock horse in Australia's heritage. It was produced and filmed by the Sydney Olympic Broadcasting Organisation and the home nation broadcaster Seven Network . This was introduced by lone rider Steve Jefferys and his rearing Australian Stock Horse Ammo . At the cracking of Jefferys' stockwhip , a further 120 riders entered

590-819: Is a 2017 Deakin University Alumni of the Year recipient. Gaudry began riding seriously early in 1992 after recovering from a life-threatening illness, with support from the Victorian Institute of Sport's (VIS) cycling coach, Donna Rae-Szalenski from Geelong , and the Geelong West Cycling Club. She first competed in the UCI World Road Cycling Championships in 1994. From 1995 she was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder. She won

649-545: Is still used for track cycling events. Although the Opening Ceremony was not scheduled until 15 September, the football competitions began with preliminary matches on 13 September. Among the pre-ceremony fixtures, host nation Australia lost 1–0 to Italy at the Melbourne Cricket Ground , which was the main stadium for the 1956 Melbourne Olympics . The opening ceremony began with

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708-806: The 1998 Commonwealth Games . After finishing her career as an athlete, Gaudry served on numerous boards and committees, including her current appointments as member of the Track Commission of the Union Cycliste Internationale, member of Executive Board of the Oceania Cycling Confederation , member of the Board of the Deakin University Sport Business Network, and member of the Board of the Federation of Community Legal Centres. Gaudry

767-504: The 2022 Winter Olympics twenty-two years later on 31 July 2015. Milan would also go on to win the 2026 Winter Olympics along with Cortina d'Ampezzo twenty-six years later on 24 June 2019. Beijing's loss to Sydney was seen as a "significant blow" to an "urgent political priority" of the Chinese Communist Party leadership having mounted the most intense and expensive candidacy campaign at the date so far (this includes

826-697: The Australian Football League (AFL), replacing Stuart Fox. She was the first female CEO in league history. Just five months after her appointment, Gaudry resigned from her position as Hawthorn CEO. It turned out that her husband had a heart attack when she was only two days into the job. In August 2018, the Victorian State Minister for the Prevention of Family Violence, The Hon. Natalie Hutchins MP announced that Gaudry would lead Victoria's first agency dedicated to

885-680: The Australian National Time Trial Championships in 1995. She competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics . In 1997, Gaudry took a break from the sport to focus on her professional career development. In 1998, Tracey joined the Australian Women's Road squad overseas, coached by James Victor and competed in the 1998 Commonwealth Games . In 1999, she turned professional, riding for teams EBLY in France, and TIMEX in USA. In those years Gaudry won

944-890: The Games of the New Millennium , were an international multi-sport event held from 15 September to 1 October 2000 in Sydney , New South Wales , Australia. It marked the second time the Summer Olympics were held in Australia, and in the Southern Hemisphere , the first being in Melbourne , in 1956 . Teams from 199 countries participated in the 2000 Games, which were the first to feature at least 300 events in its official sports program. The Games were estimated to have cost A$ 6.6 billion. These were

1003-715: The Tour de Snowy , Tour of Bretagne, Trophée D'or , the Montreal World Cup , the Australian National Road Race Championships and multiple UCI one-day races and stages of UCI stage races. In 2000, Gaudry won the Australian National Time Trial Championships , UCI one-day races and stages of UCI stage races predominantly in North America. Gaudry went on to compete in the 2000 Summer Olympics in her home country. Gaudry

1062-530: The Warumpi Band 's song " My Island Home ", with several Aboriginal dancers atop the Geodome Stage in the middle of the stadium, around which several hundred umbrella and lamp box kids created an image of Aboriginal Dreamtime. The Geodome Stage was used throughout the ceremony, which was a flat stage mechanically raised into the shape of a Geode . IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch declared at

1121-516: The 100 m butterfly final to win by more than a second. The main event for the Australians on the fourth day of the Games was the 200 m freestyle. Dutchman Pieter van den Hoogenband had broken the world record in the semi-finals, taking it from the new Australian hero Ian Thorpe , who came close to the world record in his semi-final heat. As the final race finished, Van den Hoogenband's time

1180-477: The 101st IOC Session in Monte Carlo , Monaco . Brasília , Milan , and Tashkent made bids before deciding to withdraw during the bidding process. The Australian city of Melbourne which also hosted the 1956 Summer Olympics had lost out to Atlanta for the 1996 Summer Olympics three years earlier. Beijing would later be selected to host the 2008 Summer Olympics eight years later on 13 July 2001 and

1239-776: The 2000 Games the "benchmark for the spirit of the Games, unquestionably", admitting that the London organizing committee "attempted in several ways to emulate what the Sydney Organising Committee did." Australia will host the Summer Olympics in Brisbane in 2032 , making it the first Asia-Pacific country to host the Summer Olympics three times. Sydney won the right to host the Games on 24 September 1993, after being selected over Beijing , Berlin , Istanbul , and Manchester in four rounds of voting, at

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1298-490: The 2000 Games. The 2000 Summer Olympic program featured 300 events in the following 28 sports: Although demonstration sports were abolished following the 1992 Summer Olympics , the Sydney Olympics featured wheelchair racing as exhibition events on the athletics schedule. Special quarantine conditions were introduced to allow entry of horses into Australia to participate in equestrian events, avoiding

1357-552: The Closing Ceremony, "I am proud and happy to proclaim that you have presented to the world the best Olympic Games ever." Subsequent Summer Olympics held in Athens , Beijing and London have been described by Samaranch's successor Jacques Rogge as "unforgettable, dream Games", "truly exceptional" and "happy and glorious games" respectively – the practice of declaring games the "best ever" having been retired after

1416-442: The Games. Indirect capital costs are not included, such as for road, rail , airport infrastructure, hotel upgrades, or other business investments incurred in preparation for the Games but not directly related to staging the Games. The cost for Sydney 2000 compares with a cost of US$ 4.6 billion for Rio 2016, US$ 40–44 billion for Beijing 2008, and US$ 51 billion for Sochi 2014, the most expensive Olympics in history. The average cost for

1475-767: The OCC organises championships in track cycling , road cycling , mountain biking , BMX racing , and freestyle BMX . The Oceania Cycling Confederation oversees the UCI Oceania Tour a series of UCI road races in Australia and New Zealand and organises the Oceania Pacific Calendar a series of races in the Pacific. As of 2024 the Oceania Cycling Confederation comprises fourteen member federations - eleven full members and three associate members. Full Members Associate Members This article about

1534-405: The Olympic Games, former Australian women Olympic medalists Betty Cuthbert and Raelene Boyle , Dawn Fraser , Shirley Strickland (later Shirley Strickland de la Hunty), Shane Gould and Debbie Flintoff-King brought the torch through the stadium, handing it over to Cathy Freeman , who lit the flame in the cauldron within a circle of fire. The choice of Freeman, an Aboriginal woman, to light

1593-682: The Olympic Stadium. The game went to a penalty shootout, which was won by Cameroon 5–3. The last event of the games was the Men's Marathon, contested on a course that started in North Sydney. The event was won by Ethiopian Gezahegne Abera , with Kenyan Erick Wainaina second, and Tesfaye Tola , also of Ethiopia, third. It was the first time since the 1968 Olympics that an Ethiopian won the gold medal in this event. The closing ceremony commenced with Christine Anu performing her version of

1652-574: The Olympics, Dawn Fraser , former Australian Olympic Champion swimmer and member of the Parliament of New South Wales , accompanied Samaranch during the Australian cultural display, explaining to him some of the cultural references that are unfamiliar to non-Australians. A record 199 nations entered the stadium, with a record 80 of them winning at least one medal. The only missing IOC member

1711-416: The Olympics, on orders from both IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch and Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Lloyd Axworthy , and as the state funeral did not take place until 3 October, two days after the closing ceremony, so they have enough time to head back to Canada after the Games and attending his funeral.  Cameroon won a historic gold medal over Spain in the Men's Olympic Football Final at

1770-591: The Summer Games since 1960 is US$ 5.2 billion, average cost overrun is 176%. In 2000, the Auditor-General of New South Wales reported that the Sydney Games cost A$ 6.6 billion, with a net cost to the public between A$ 1.7 and A$ 2.4 billion. In the years leading up to the games, funds were shifted from education and health programs to cover Olympic expenses. It has been estimated that

1829-621: The Summer and Winter Games). Although it is unknown as two members of the International Olympic Committee voted for Sydney over Beijing in 1993, it appears that an important role was played by Human Rights Watch 's campaign to "stop Beijing" because of China's human rights record and international isolation following the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests . Many in China were angry at what they saw as U.S.-led interference in

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1888-583: The United States. The Triathlon made its Olympic debut with the women's race. Set in the surroundings of the Sydney Opera House , Brigitte McMahon representing Switzerland swam, cycled and ran to the first gold medal in the sport, beating the favoured home athletes such as Michelie Jones who won silver. McMahon only passed Jones in sight of the finish line. The first star of the Games was 17-year-old Australian Ian Thorpe , who first set

1947-544: The building of a stadium is at the expense of other public works such as extensions to hospitals. Building sporting venues does not add to the aggregate stock of productive capital in the years following the Games: "Equestrian centers, softball compounds, and man-made rapids are not particularly useful beyond their immediate function." Many venues that were constructed in Sydney Olympic Park failed financially in

2006-440: The economic impact of the 2000 Olympics was that A$ 2.1 billion has been shaved from public consumption. Economic growth was not stimulated to a net benefit and in the years after 2000, foreign tourism to NSW grew by less than tourism to Australia as a whole. A "multiplier" effect on broader economic development was not realised, as a simple "multiplier" analysis fails to capture that resources have to be redirected from elsewhere:

2065-501: The equipment that officials discovered the apparatus was five centimetres, or almost two inches, lower than it should have been. While athletes were given the opportunity to perform again, for some of them, the damage to their mental or physical health caused by the vault was irreparable. Chinese gymnast Kui Yuanyuan and American gymnast Kristen Maloney both injured their legs while attempting to stick their landings, with Kui needing to be carried to an examination area and Maloney damaging

2124-513: The feat le dunk de la mort ("the dunk of death"). The Canadian flag at the athletes' village was lowered to half-mast as Canadian athletes paid tribute to the former prime minister Pierre Trudeau after hearing of his death in Montreal (because of the time zone difference, it was 29 September in Sydney when Trudeau died). The Canadian flag was flown at half-mast for the remainder of

2183-622: The final Olympic Games under the IOC presidency of Juan Antonio Samaranch before the arrival of his successor Jacques Rogge . The final medal tally at the 2000 Summer Olympics was led by the United States , followed by Russia and China with host Australia in fourth place overall. Cameroon, Colombia, Latvia, Mozambique, and Slovenia won a gold medal for the first time in their Olympic histories, while Barbados, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan , Macedonia, Saudi Arabia, and Vietnam won their first-ever Olympic medals. The 2000 Games received universal acclaim, with

2242-551: The first women's relay under 4-minutes, swimming 3:58 and setting a world record, claiming the gold medal for the United States. Rulon Gardner , never an NCAA champion or a world medalist, beat Alexander Karelin of Russia to win gold in the super heavyweight class, Greco-Roman wrestling . Karelin had won gold in Seoul , Barcelona and Atlanta . Before this fight, he had never lost in international competition, had been unbeaten in all competitions in 13 years, and had not surrendered

2301-468: The flame was notable given the history of human rights abuses against Aboriginal people in Australia . Following her lighting, Freeman was the subject of racial abuse from some Australians. The planned spectacular climax to the ceremony was delayed by the technical glitch of a computer switch which malfunctioned, causing the sequence to shut down by giving a false reading. This meant that the Olympic flame

2360-435: The gold medal. During the Women's Gymnastics All-Around, female athletes suffered damning scores and injuries due to improperly installed gymnastics equipment. Gymnasts performing on the vault gave uncharacteristically poor performances and fell. Officials blamed the series of falls and low scores on performance anxiety . It was not until Australian gymnast Allana Slater and her coach, Peggy Liddick , voiced concerns about

2419-527: The host country. Although the country-to-be had no National Olympic Committee then, they were allowed to compete under the Olympic Flag with country code IOA . The Governor-General , Sir William Deane , opened the games. The Olympic Flag was carried around the arena by eight former Australian Olympic champions: Bill Roycroft , Murray Rose , Liane Tooth , Gillian Rolton , Marjorie Jackson , Lorraine Crapp , Michael Wenden and Nick Green . During

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2478-453: The individual pursuit, setting a new Olympic Record. Leontien Zijlaard-van Moorsel set a world record in the semi-finals the same event for women. In the swimming pool, American Tom Dolan beat the world record in the 400-metre medley , successfully defending the title he won in Atlanta four years prior. Dutchwoman Inge de Bruijn also clocked a new world record, beating her own time in

2537-579: The land and its people: the affinity of the mainly coastal-dwelling Australians with the sea that surrounds the Island Continent. The Indigenous inhabitation of the land, the coming of the First Fleet , the continued immigration from many nations, and the rural industry on which the economy of the nation was built, including a display representing the harshness of rural life based on the paintings of Sir Sidney Nolan . Two memorable scenes were

2596-574: The need for such events to take place elsewhere as had happened at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne. 199 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated in the Sydney Games, two more than in the 1996 Summer Olympics ; in addition, there were four Timorese Individual Olympic Athletes at the 2000 Summer Olympics . Eritrea , the Federated States of Micronesia and Palau made their Olympic debut this year. Democratic Republic of

2655-495: The organisation, volunteers, sportsmanship, and Australian public being lauded in the international media. Bill Bryson of The Times called the Sydney Games "one of the most successful events on the world stage", saying that they "couldn't be better". James Mossop of the Electronic Telegraph called the Games "such a success that any city considering bidding for future Olympics must be wondering how it can reach

2714-415: The organizing committee to stage the Games, e.g., expenditures for technology, transportation, workforce, administration, security, catering, ceremonies, and medical services, and (ii) direct capital costs incurred by the host city and country or private investors to build, e.g., the competition venues, the Olympic village, international broadcast centre, and media and press centre, which are required to host

2773-535: The primary prevention of all forms of family violence and violence against women, Respect Victoria. Gaudry lead the establishment of the agency during its first three years. Gaudry was appointed to the role of CEO Comm Unity Plus Services in June 2021. 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics , officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad , officially branded as Sydney 2000 , and also known as

2832-761: The raising of the Olympics Flag, the Olympic Hymn was sung by the Millennium Choir of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia in Greek. Following this, Tina Arena sang a purpose-written pop song, The Flame . The opening ceremony concluded with the lighting of the Olympic Flame , which was brought into the stadium by former Australian Olympic champion Herb Elliott . Then, celebrating 100 years of women's participation in

2891-408: The representation of the heart of the country by 200 Aboriginal women from Central Australia who danced up "the mighty spirit of God to protect the Games" and the overwhelmingly noisy representation of the construction industry by hundreds of tap-dancing teenagers. Because Bibi Salisachs (the wife of IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch ) was seriously ill and unable to accompany her husband to

2950-488: The same order of magnitude as the public expenditure on the games. Stadium Australia had been considered for demolition in 2017 by then NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian , citing that the stadium was "built for an Olympics" but not for modern spectators. The plan was scrapped in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic . The Dunc Gray Velodrome has also struggled to keep up its $ 500,000-per-year maintenance costs, although it

3009-407: The stadium, their stock horses performing intricate steps, including forming the five Olympic Rings , to a Special Olympics version of the theme, which Bruce Rowland had previously composed for the 1982 film The Man from Snowy River . The Australian National Anthem was sung in the first verse by Human Nature and the second by Julie Anthony . The ceremony continued, showing many aspects of

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3068-405: The standards set by Sydney", while Jack Todd of the Montreal Gazette suggested that the "IOC should quit while it's ahead. Admit there can never be a better Olympic Games, and be done with it," as "Sydney was both exceptional and the best". These games would provide the inspiration for London 's winning bid for the 2012 Olympic Games in 2005; in preparing for the 2012 Games, Lord Coe declared

3127-399: The vote, and the outcome contributed to rising anti-Western sentiment in China and a new phase in the tensions in Sino-American relations . The Oxford Olympics Study 2016 estimates the outturn cost of the Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics at US$ 5 billion in 2015 dollars and cost overrun at 90% in real terms. This includes sports-related costs only, that is, (i) operational costs incurred by

3186-439: The years immediately following the Olympics to meet the expected bookings to meet upkeep expenses. It was only the 2003 Rugby World Cup that reconnected the park back to citizens. In recent years, infrastructure costs for some facilities have been of growing concern to the NSW Government, especially facilities in Western Sydney. Proposed metro and light rail links from Olympic Park to Parramatta have been estimated to cost in

3245-463: Was Afghanistan , who was banned due to the extremist rule of the Taliban 's oppression of women and its prohibition of sports. The ceremony featured a unified entrance by the athletes of North and South Korea , using a specially designed unification flag : a white background flag with a blue map of the Korean Peninsula . Four athletes from East Timor also marched in the parade of nations as individual Olympic athletes and marched directly before

3304-402: Was exactly the same as in the semi-finals, finishing ahead of Thorpe by half a second. China won the gold medal in the men's team all-around gymnastics competition after being the runner-up in the previous two Olympics. The other medals were taken by Ukraine and Russia, respectively. Zijlaard-van Moorsel lived up to the expectations set by her world record in cycling in the semis by winning

3363-558: Was ranked third in the World on official UCI rankings at the height of her career. In 1989, Gaudry was diagnosed with lymphatic leukemia when she was 20 years old. She took up cycling after two years in remission . Gaudry was married to Tony Gaudry from 1997 to 2018. She is the mother of three children. As a senior executive and non-executive director, Gaudry has held leadership roles in community, for-purpose and sport organisations for more than 20 years, championing improved outcomes for local, state, national and global communities with

3422-416: Was severely ill. Upon arrival, his wife had already died. Samaranch returned to Sydney four days later. The Olympic flag was flown at half-staff during the period as a sign of respect to Samaranch's wife. Canadian Simon Whitfield sprinted away in the last 100 metres of the men's triathlon, becoming the inaugural winner in the event. On the cycling track, Robert Bartko beat fellow German Jens Lehmann in

3481-425: Was suspended in mid-air for about four minutes rather than immediately rising up a water-covered ramp to the top of the stadium. When the cause of the problem was discovered, the program was overridden and the cauldron continued its course, and the ceremony concluded with a fireworks display. The first medals of the Games were awarded in the women's 10 metre air rifle competition, which was won by Nancy Johnson of

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