Cathy Freeman
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- Analysis
- Australia Day
‘We have to put out the message of unity’: Freeman’s road to AC honour
The Indigenous athlete who lit the cauldron at the Sydney Olympics and went on to win the nation’s hearts joins an illustrious list of gold medallists in receiving our top gong.
- Roy Masters
‘A gift from Australia’: How Cathy Freeman’s mum helped her with highest honour
For a self-confessed “shy girl”, receiving the nation’s top civilian award prompted careful reflection and a shift in perspective by the Olympic gold medallist.
- Sam McClure
- Opinion
- Olympics
Sydney 2000 was a special time, when an open-hearted nation was ascendant
We stood innocent and tall, proud and unafraid, but I fear that’s a paradise lost.
- Alan Mascarenhas
Cathy Freeman returns to Olympic stadium 25 years on as first inductee into hall of fame
Cathy Freeman was honoured on Monday night in a ceremony celebrating 25 years since the Sydney 2000 Olympics.
- Frances Howe
British broadsheets, German TV, French radio: He’s just a teen, but Gout is taking the world by storm in Tokyo
Gout Gout wants to break 20 seconds in Tokyo and make it out of the heats at his first world championships. Meanwhile, his fame keeps growing.
- Michael Gleeson
‘I’m emotionally attached to the Rabbitohs’: Freeman fires up Souths for Indigenous Round
In a rare interview, Cathy Freeman spoke of her affinity for South Sydney, Latrell Mitchell, and being intimidated by Michael Maguire before the 2014 premiership.
- Christian Nicolussi
Faster than Usain Bolt at the same age: The Ipswich schoolboy turned $6 million man
Meet Queensland teenager Gout Gout: A-grade student, prefect, Mario Kart fiend – and, at 17, the talk of global sprinting.
- Konrad Marshall
- Exclusive
- Gout Gout
Sprint star Gout Gout to run the Stawell Gift
The hottest property in Australian athletics, Gout Gout has agreed to run in the nation’s richest foot race, a decision expected to create unseen hype for the event in its 143rd year.
- Michael Gleeson
Dutton divides the nation, the Indigenous flag unites
Recognising the country’s original owners brings us closer together; to remove the flag divides us. Dutton knows this and is taking a page out of Trump’s playbook.