A platypus was one of the mascots of the 2000 games held in this city
[DOC] [TLE] 2000 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia [PAR] The 2000 Summer Olympic Games officially known as the Games of the XXVII 
Olympiad and commonly known as Sydney 2000 or the Millennium Olympic 
Games/Games of the New Millennium, were an international multi-sport event 
which was held between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney ... Sydney 
was selected as the host city for the 2000 games in 1993.