# Sydney 2000 Coverage **URL:** \ **Category:** Seven\ **Created:** [August 8, 2021, 1:27pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/sydney-2000-coverage/18210 "2021-08-08T13:27:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Avatar5991](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/avatar5991/32/310969_2.png) [@Avatar5991](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Avatar5991)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2025, 10:07am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/sydney-2000-coverage/18210/86 "2025-10-27T10:07:56Z")
Found some coverage from Day 7. Jim Wilson hosting. Also note Matt Shirvington, who was then aged 21 (though turned 22 the following month) and of course is now the host of Sunrise. https://www.youtube.com/embed/P6QQ751JoDc?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque Courtesy: RetrogradeAdverts ---
**Author:** ![cmo](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/d78d45/32.png) [@cmo](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/cmo)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2025, 10:14am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/sydney-2000-coverage/18210/87 "2025-10-27T10:14:40Z")
How long until the IOC gets that removed. ---
**Author:** ![Sully](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/48db29/32.png) [@Sully](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Sully)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2025, 11:12am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/sydney-2000-coverage/18210/88 "2025-10-27T11:12:54Z")
Great find! ---
**Author:** ![Moe](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/moe/32/398912_2.png) [@Moe](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Moe)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2025, 11:34am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/sydney-2000-coverage/18210/89 "2025-10-27T11:34:20Z")
> [@Avatar5991](#): > > Found some coverage from Day 7. Jim Wilson hosting. Also note Matt Shirvington, who was then aged 21 (though turned 22 the following month) and of course is now the host of Sunrise. Did they stop Prime from watermarking the Olympics? ---
**Author:** ![Expensive\_Horse5538](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/expensive_horse5538/32/434563_2.png) [@Expensive\_Horse5538](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Expensive_Horse5538)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2025, 7:22pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/sydney-2000-coverage/18210/90 "2025-10-27T19:22:10Z")
> **[How a delayed news bulletin changed the Australian Paralympic movement](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-28/sydney-2000-paralympics-changing-media-landscape/105932590)** > > In the year 2000, few things would have pushed back the nightly ABC News bulletin. When a wheelchair race did, legendary broadcaster Karen Tighe knew the Paralympics had truly arrived in Australia. ---
**Author:** ![ConnarO](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/ce7236/32.png) [@ConnarO](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/ConnarO)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2025, 10:26am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/sydney-2000-coverage/18210/91 "2025-12-01T10:26:51Z")
[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/BVkU00jcBKc/hqdefault.jpg "Channel 7 - Beginning of the 2000 Summer Olympics opening ceremony in Sydney (15.09.2000)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVkU00jcBKc&t=704s) The first 20 minutes or so of the Opening Ceremony Coverage (Unsure of which state this was recorded in). ---
**Author:** ![ConnarO](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/ce7236/32.png) [@ConnarO](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/ConnarO)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2026, 7:25am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/sydney-2000-coverage/18210/92 "2026-01-04T07:25:53Z")
![image](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/optimized/4X/c/c/b/ccb717d323423b86bca88390e7b1fb9902b70ad3_2_690x50.png) _Sydney 2000: The Best Ever_ re-airing on Nine tonight at 7:00 PM Local time. ---
**Author:** ![ConnarO](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/ce7236/32.png) [@ConnarO](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/ConnarO)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2026, 5:58am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/sydney-2000-coverage/18210/93 "2026-02-20T05:58:29Z")
For those looking forward to Brisbane 2032, the full Seven Broadcast of the Closing Ceremony is here. Mind you, the program that followed this (In Victoria, New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory) happened to be _The World’s Greatest Magic 5_ with _Pavarotti and Friends_ being rescheduled the following Saturday evening. In Western Australia, _Seven News Western Australia_ was probably shown immediately afterwards at 7:00 PM AWST. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ph3BfjNoBSI/maxresdefault.jpg "Sydney 2000 Closing Ceremony on Ch. 7 (1 October 2000)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ph3BfjNoBSI) Youtube Courtesy: SydneyCelebrates ---
**Author:** ![ConnarO](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/ce7236/32.png) [@ConnarO](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/ConnarO)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2026, 2:25am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/sydney-2000-coverage/18210/94 "2026-03-01T02:25:09Z")
With the 2026 Winter Paralympics fast approaching, this is a look at ABC’s Coverage of the 2000 Sydney Main Paralympics Opening Ceremony. Mind you, all Main and Winter Paralympic Games this century have all been broadcast either on ABC, Seven and Nine. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/WFbOn9K9pxQ/hqdefault.jpg "Opening Ceremony Sydney 2000 Paralympics") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFbOn9K9pxQ) Youtube Courtesy: Melissa Carlton ---
**Author:** ![fournews](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/fournews/32/482081_2.png) [@fournews](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/fournews)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2026, 11:36am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/sydney-2000-coverage/18210/95 "2026-03-06T11:36:52Z")
Were the Winter Paralympics for Sochi not on 10? ---
**Author:** ![Expensive\_Horse5538](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/expensive_horse5538/32/434563_2.png) [@Expensive\_Horse5538](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Expensive_Horse5538)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2026, 7:43pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/sydney-2000-coverage/18210/96 "2026-03-06T19:43:18Z")
Nope - ABC had the rights > **[ABC1 to broadcast Sochi 2014 Paralympics | Paralympics Australia](https://www.paralympic.org.au/2014/02/abc1-to-broadcast-sochi-2014-paralympics/)** > > The Australian Paralympic Committee (APC) can reveal ABC TV has signed as Australia’s official broadcaster of the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games, which begin 7 March, 2014. It will be the third consecutive Paralympic Winter Games covered by the... ---
**Author:** ![Sifon](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/sifon/32/65_2.png) [@Sifon](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Sifon)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2026, 1:56pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/sydney-2000-coverage/18210/97 "2026-10-05T13:56:42Z")
> [@Avatar5991](#): > > Courtesy: RetrogradeAdverts Has also somehow uploaded 9 hours of Seven’s coverage on Opening Ceremony day. Everything is Olympics related as you would expect even The Book Place and Wipeout. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/GNqp1Td8JWA/maxresdefault.jpg "Countdown To Sydney 2000 Olympics Opening Ceremony") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNqp1Td8JWA) [Previous page](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/sydney-2000-coverage/18210.md?page=4)