He has been the voice for a staggering 12 Summer Olympic Games, now Australia's undisputed king of sports calling is taking on a new career and anointing the next Cathy Freeman in the process. He has just signed a fresh two-year deal with Channel Seven to call athletics, which is experiencing its biggest boom since Cathy Freeman famously won the …
The eastern grandstand of Sydney’s Olympic stadium will be named after Cathy Freeman in tribute to the Indigenous runner who won the 400m gold medal at the venue during the 2000 Games. “I hope that my story continues to inspire generations of girls and boys to chase their own dreams in sport and life.” The grandstand will be named ‘Cathy …
As she entered the Olympic stadium midway through the opening ceremony of Sydney 2000, dressed in a luminescent white bodysuit to transfer the Games flame to the imposing cauldron at the far end, the message that went out was loud and clear. Cathy Freeman, an Aboriginal, being given such a pride of place in Australia’s biggest sporting moment in the …
