by flamealivepod | Oct 9, 2025 | Podcast, Sydney 2000
It’s the latest installment of our retrospective on the 25th anniversary of the Sydney 2000 Olympics and Paralympics! October is the official anniversary month of the Paralympics, which ran from October 18-29. In light of that, Jill looks at the Paralympic... 
by flamealivepod | Oct 7, 2025 | Blog, Olympics, Sydney 2000
by Alison Brown September 15 marked the 25th anniversary of the opening ceremony for the Sydney 2000 Olympics. These Games have been widely touted as one of the best in Olympic history. Our listeners wanted to revisit Sydney 2000 in our monthly Games History series,... 
by flamealivepod | Sep 25, 2025 | Blog, Athletics, Sydney 2000
by Jill Jaracz Today marks the 25th anniversary of what was dubbed “Magic Monday” at Sydney 2000, arguable the greatest night ever for an Olympic athletics meet. Over 112,000 fans packed Stadium Australia to see nine finals, including the first... 
by flamealivepod | Sep 10, 2025 | Podcast, History, Sydney 2000
All year long we’re celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Sydney 2000 Games, and this month is the actual month of the Games’ anniversary! The Sydney 2000 Olympics opened on September 15, 2000, and over the next 17 days, won over the world with its... 
by flamealivepod | Aug 7, 2025 | Sydney 2000, History, Podcast
It’s our monthly look back at the Sydney 2000 Olympics and Paralympics! This time, Jill looks at the Olympic equestrian eventing competition, including venue construction, difficult quarantine processes, and a vastly different competition format than you see in... 
by flamealivepod | Jul 10, 2025 | History, Olympics, Paralympics, Podcast, Sydney 2000
We travel back to 2000 for another look back at the Sydney 2000 Olympics and Paralympics. In this episode, Alison explores what’s considered to be the biggest Paralympic scandal of all time, Spain’s cheating in the basketball intellectual disabilities...