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  • The Australian Women's Weekly

    Remember the time

    Aug 10, 2022 1 minute
    WORDS BY GENEVIEVE GANNON. AAP.

    t was just after 8pm on September 25, 2000, when a hush fell over the packed Sydney Olympic stadium. Reigning back-to-back world 400 metre champion Cathy Freeman was walkingin 2014. “As soon as I got to my start block, it was almost like autopilot. It was a 17-year lead-up to this moment.”

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