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How Olympic Park became trapped between sporting legacy and reinvention – Sydney Morning Herald

Twenty years after the “best Olympic Games ever”, the 640-hectare precinct that played host is struggling to reinvent itself as a vibrant urban part of Sydney.

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As the opening ceremony reached a climax, David Richmond watched with alarm as a ring of fire shuddered and stopped for several minutes. The showpiece had been rehearsed almost a dozen times in the days before the opening of the Sydney Olympics. Yet it was always going to be a high-risk act, before a global audience of more than 2 billion.
Minutes earlier, Cathy Freeman had set light to the ring of fire before it started the ascent to the ca…

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