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On that night, Cathy Freeman gave us more than gold – Sydney Morning Herald
I was there in the Sydney Olympic Stadium on that cool evening. Me and 112,000 others, all crammed in to watch Cathy Freeman carry the hopes of an entire nation.
On that September night, as others held aloft the Australian flag, as young kids smiled with faces painted with the southern cross, I shrunk a little into my seat.
Was it resentment? Was it anger? No. It was more fragile than that. It was a feeling of being estranged.
A stadium, a nation and the world watch Cathy Freeman win the 400 metres final.Credit:Tim Clayton
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