SYDNEY -- They came, they saw and some even conquered, but Sydney was the undisputed winner as the Games drew to a close Sunday and the last medals were being decided. These Olympics will be exalted as the best Games ever.
It is a tired, old line that Atlanta only missed out because it was hard to declare the Olympiad the best when a bomber kills two people and injures 110, and transportation problems lock the event in traffic chaos.
Atlanta had to settle for just hosting the biggest Games ever.
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