Two women were missing from an iconic Sydney Olympics moment, and they still don't know why

It has quite a ring to it. Boyle was the winner of three silver medals from the 1968 and 1972 games, although she's long campaigned — with the support of Australian Olympic Committee president John Coates — for her two silver medals from the 1972 Munich Olympics to be upgraded to gold. The women in the torch relay Raelene Boyle — athletics 1968, 1972, 1976, three silver medals — athletics 1968, 1972, 1976, three silver medals Betty Cuthbert — athletics 1956, 1960, 1964, four gold medals — athletics 1956, 1960, 1964, four gold medals Dawn Fraser — swimming 1956, 1960, 1964, four gold and four silver medals — swimming 1956, 1960, 1964, four gold and four silver medals Shirley De La Hunty — athletics 1948, 1952, 1956, three gold, one silver & three bronze medals — athletics 1948, 1952, 1956, three gold, one silver & three bronze medals Shane Gould — swimming 1972, three gold, one silver, one bronze medal — swimming 1972, three gold, one silver, one bronze medal Debbie Flintoff King — athletics 1984, 1988, one gold medal — athletics 1984, 1988, one gold medal Catherine Freeman — athletics 1996, 2000, one gold, one silver medal Boyle and Cuthbert handed the torch to four-time gold medal swimmer, Dawn Fraser, who in turn delivered it to three-time gold medal hurdler and sprinter Shirley De La Hunty, onto three-time gold medal swimmer Shane Gould, to gold medal hurdler Debbie Flintoff-King, and finally to the woman who would later win her own Olympic gold, 400-metre runner Cathy Freeman, who stood patiently in the middle of a fountain waiting for the cauldron to burst alight and signal the start of the Games. "I was at the opening ceremony watching this parade of women's gold medallists transpire and I was very shocked to see that I didn't get a call-up," Ford said. One of the greatest athletes ever and winner of nine Olympic gold medals, Carl Lewis, admitted he returned three positive tests in 1988 and Olympic officials "looked the other way".