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How a YouTube video of Cathy Freeman led a 14-year-old to the Commonwealth Games

Lexie Brown has been named in the 2026 Commonwealth Games para athletics squad at just 14.

  • Frances Howe

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David Atkins (left) with Ric Birch in 2000, following the opening ceremony in Sydney.

Dream big now, cut later: The Sydney 2000 blueprint for Brisbane 2032

Sydney 2000 mastermind David Atkins warns Brisbane “killing ideas” early to save money will cost more in the long run and risk the city’s chance to shine.

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Cathy Freeman says her award is a gift from the people of Australia.

‘The very best of who we are’: Freeman joins race to help deliver 2032 Games

The track and field champion is the latest high-profile star to take up a key Olympic advisory role.

  • Laine Clark
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Retro retail back in focus

And a carbon admission.

Cathy Freeman was honoured with an Companion of Australia award.

‘We have to put out the message of unity’: Freeman’s road to AC honour

The Indigenous athlete who lit the cauldron at the Sydney Olympics and went on to win the nation’s hearts joins an illustrious list of gold medallists in receiving our top gong.

  • Roy Masters
Cathy Freeman felt the weight of accepting the award.

‘A gift from Australia’: How Cathy Freeman’s mum helped her with highest honour

For a self-confessed “shy girl”, receiving the nation’s top civilian award prompted careful reflection and a shift in perspective by the Olympic gold medallist.

  • Sam McClure
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Sydney’s time of innocence and optimism: Nikki Webster flies high in the opening ceremony for the Sydney 2000 Olympics.

Sydney 2000 was a special time, when an open-hearted nation was ascendant

We stood innocent and tall, proud and unafraid, but I fear that’s a paradise lost.

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Stadium Australia Hall of Fame inductees at the gala dinner; from left: Mark Schwarzer (football), Brad Fittler (rugby league), Cathy Freeman (Olympian), Ian Thorpe (Olympian), John Aloisi (football), Louise Savage (Paralympian), Andrew Johns (rugby league), Tim Sullivan (Paralympian).

Cathy Freeman returns to Olympic stadium 25 years on as first inductee into hall of fame

Cathy Freeman was honoured on Monday night in a ceremony celebrating 25 years since the Sydney 2000 Olympics.

  • Frances Howe
Teen sensation Gout Gout is taking Tokyo by storm – and he hasn’t even raced yet.

British broadsheets, German TV, French radio: He’s just a teen, but Gout is taking the world by storm in Tokyo

Gout Gout wants to break 20 seconds in Tokyo and make it out of the heats at his first world championships. Meanwhile, his fame keeps growing.

  • Michael Gleeson
Greg Inglis and Cathy Freeman before Saturday night’s game at Allianz Stadium

‘I’m emotionally attached to the Rabbitohs’: Freeman fires up Souths for Indigenous Round

In a rare interview, Cathy Freeman spoke of her affinity for South Sydney, Latrell Mitchell, and being intimidated by Michael Maguire before the 2014 premiership.

  • Christian Nicolussi