‘I Could Have Run Faster’: Freeman’s Sydney 2000 Regret

Published on June 8, 2024

In an extraordinary confession, Olympic legend Cathy Freeman feels she never completely fulfilled her potential as an athlete. Reflecting on her remarkable career as the Paris Games approach, Freeman says she could have run even faster in her career-defining 400-metres final at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Freeman’s gold medal run, under intense pressure as the heavy home favourite and the face of the Sydney Games, remains etched in Australian sports folklore. But the now-51-year-old is adamant she would have taken the showpiece final to a whole new level if French superstar Marie-Jose Perec had made it to the start line for the Australian’s date with destiny....

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