SYD01:AUSTRALIA-OLYMPICS:SYDNEY,8MAR99-Australian swimmer Jasmin Geisel holds aloft the Sydney 2000 Olympic torch in Sydney March 8. The unveiling of the metallic, boomerang-style Olympic torch which was inspired by the Sydney Opera House, the Pacific Ocean and the Aboriginal Boomerang will begin in Greece in May 2000 and travel the longest distance in Games history 27,000 kilometres (16,534 miles) to Sydney for the opening of the Games on September15, 2000.

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