Orchestra admits 'miming' at Sydney Olympics in 2000

Orchestra admits 'miming' at Sydney Olympics in 2000

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Eight years after it hosted an Olympics that were famously hailed as the "best games ever," Sydney has had to confess that it faked one of the key musical performances at the opening ceremony in 2000.

The revelation came after it emerged that nine-year-old Lin Miaoke was just lip-synching when she "sang" a patriotic song before 91,000 people and a global television audience during the August 8 opening ceremony at the Beijing Games.

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Looks like the Chinese were not the first to fake parts of the Olympic opening ceremony. As it stands now, the Australians beat them by 8 years.

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