<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishMaafisa wa Australia wamesema kuwa waliwapa wajumbe wa IOC dola 70,000 kabla tu ya IOC kuidhinisha Sydney kuwa mwenyeji wa michezo ya Olimpiki ya mwaka 2000.  <response>: Meanwhile, an Australian official said he gave 70,000 to two IOC delegates just before the IOC awarded Sydney, Australia, the 2000 Summer Olympics by a two-vote margin. 