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ABC footage and interviews of crowds celebrating Cathy Freeman's win. ... and Monday 25 September 2000. [1] The winning margin was 0.47 seconds. ... Gold: Silver ...
Freeman also lit the torch in the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney. [17] Freeman preparing to race in the Olympic 400 m final, Sydney 2000. She continued to win into the 2000 season, despite Pérec's return to the track. Freeman was the home favourite for the 400 m title at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, where she was expected to face-off with rival ...
Cathy Freeman after the 400-metre final. Australian Cathy Freeman won the 400-metre final in front of a jubilant Sydney crowd at the Olympic Stadium, ahead of Lorraine Graham of Jamaica and Katharine Merry of Great Britain. Freeman's win made her the first competitor in Olympic Games history to light the Olympic Flame and then go on to win a ...
Cathy Freeman made a heroic effort to pull Australia back into fourth position, but let off the gas just before the line and was pipped by Falilat Ogunkoya. Australia's time was good enough for the Oceanian record , beating the record they set in the qualifying round.
In a momentary pause between reality sinking in and her victory celebrations fully starting, Cathy Freeman looked toward a track official and twirled her index finger to signal a full circuit.
Gold: Simon Fairweather: Archery: Men's individual: September 20 Gold: Cathy Freeman: Athletics: Women's 400 m: September 25 Gold: Brett Aitken, Scott McGrory: Cycling: Men's Madison: September 21 Gold: Phillip Dutton, Andrew Hoy, Matthew Ryan, Stuart Tinney: Equestrian: Eventing Team: September 19 Gold: Australia women's national field hockey team
In 2000, she was heavily favored to win the 400 meters in the Sydney Olympics. She lit the cauldron at the opening ceremony in the days leading up to the most important race of her life.
The cauldron was lit by Aboriginal athlete Cathy Freeman, a decision that was at the time reported as being a "bold political and social statement". [9] Freeman was the first competing athlete to light the Olympic cauldron. [11] [12] Two elements from the torch concept, fire and water, were replicated in the design of the cauldron. Freeman ...