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‘Temptation was too great’: Grigorieva had the best seat in the house for Freeman’s gold – Sydney Morning Herald
At the 2000 Games, Tatiana Grigorieva was pole vaulting for silver at the exact time Cathy Freeman was racing for gold in the 400m. Grigorieva couldn’t help but pause to watch history play out.
Australians remember September 25, 2000 as the night Cathy Freeman won gold. The rest of the world remembers it as the greatest night of athletics ever.
Seb Coe, now head of world athletics, said after the Olympics it was the greatest night in track and field he had seen. He is not alone; it is popularly recognised as the best night ever, or at least the best night there had been to that point. Only at the London Olympics, when Jess Ennis, Mo Farah and Greg Rutherford won gold for Team GB in th…
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