Cathy Freeman’s iconic Olympic moment shows the racism Indigenous Australians face – NEWS.com.au

Twenty years ago Cathy Freeman stopped the nation not once, but twice in the space of 10 days.
All of Australia watched as Freeman won the 400m in front of 110,000 people at Sydney’s Olympic stadium on September 25, 2000.
Ten days earlier she was unveiled as the secret final torch bearer to light the Olympic cauldron inside the stadium.
It was something Freeman – who had the race of her life just 10 days later – was reluctant to do.
“When Coatsey (AOC President John Coates) asked me to do th…

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