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Catherine Astrid Salome Freeman OAM (born 16 February 1973) is an Aboriginal Australian former sprinter, who specialised in the 400 metres event. [2] Her personal best of 48.63 seconds currently ranks her as the ninth-fastest woman of all time, set while finishing second to Marie-José Pérec's number-four time at the 1996 Olympics. [3]
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 ...
The 2000 Summer Olympics cauldron is a heritage-listed former Olympic flame holder and now fountain at Cathy Freeman Park, near the corner of Olympic Boulevard and the Grand Parade, Sydney Olympic Park, in the City of Parramatta Council, New South Wales, Australia.
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.
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 ...
The Olympic flame is a symbol used in the ... In the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Cathy Freeman walked across a circular pool of water and ignited the cauldron ...
The 'flame' that will remain lit during the duration of the 2024 Games is actually a mixture of lights and water vapor. ... France, during the opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics, Friday ...
Cathy Freeman Australia: 4 3 1 51.63 Q: 6 Lorraine Graham Jamaica: 6 5 3 51.65 Q: 7 Monique Hennagan United States: 4 4 2 51.73 Q : 8 Claudine Komgang Cameroon: 4 8 3 51.74 Q: 9 La Tasha Colander-Richardson United States: 1 5 1 51.75 Q: 10 Charity Opara Nigeria: 2 4 1 51.77 Q: 11 Ladonna Antoine Canada: 8 5 1 51.78 Q: 12 Amy Mbacké Thiam ...