SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA: Australian sporting icon Cathy Freeman lights the Olympic cauldron 15 September, 2000 in Sydney to ignite the 27th Olympiad of the modern era, and the first of the new millennium.

Olympic hero and “proud Mackay girl” Cathy Freeman has returned to her old stomping ground as her hometown unveils a major ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. In Sydney Town, it has been a week of reminiscing – last Monday being 25 years to the day since Cathy Freeman lit the Olympic Cauldron ...

SYDNEY, Sept 15 (Reuters) - The eastern grandstand of Sydney's Olympic stadium will be named after Cathy Freeman in tribute to the Indigenous runner who won the 400m gold medal at the venue during the ...

The brains behind Cathy Freeman's Olympic gold medal has given an intriguing take on the teen prodigy's potential in the one-lap event.

Many of us remember watching Cathy Freeman win Gold at the Sydney 2000 Olympics. It remains one of those defining moments for me, as it does for many others. We remember where we were when we watched ...

SYDNEY, July 18 (Reuters) - Matildas defender Aivi Luik said the World Cup squad was left stunned by a surprise visit from former athlete Cathy Freeman, whose run to 400m gold at the 2000 Sydney ...

The biggest year of Freeman’s life coincided with a period of unprecedented national introspection. Just after voters rejected a proposal that Australia become a republic came the clamor of the world ...

If Cathy Freeman competes in the 2004 olympic games in Athens, she will be just a runner; rich, famous and probably much admired, but a runner just the same. But on the evening of Sept. 25, as she ...