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	ABC Online News - Athletes: Cathy Freeman (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Cathy Freeman is the colossus of Australian athletics.
		Freeman ran the race of her life - making her the sixth fastest woman over the distance in history - but it was not enough for gold.
		Freeman embarked on a winning spree in the wake of her Atlanta efforts, winning 22 consecutive 400m finals, a streak that wasn’t broken until July 1998.
	www.abc.net.au /news/olympics/athletes/freeman.htm (748 words)

	Cathy Freeman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Freeman had a long-term romantic relationship with Nick Bideau, her manager, that ended in acrimony and legal wranglings over Freeman's endorsement earnings.
		Returning to running in 2003, Freeman clearly struggled for form and motivation after losses to upcoming Australian runner Jana Pittman, and a fifth placing in an athletics meet in May where she was thoroughly trounced by Ana Guevara of Mexico, the fastest 400 m runner at that time.
		On 15 March 2006, Cathy Freeman was one of the final runners in the Queen's Baton Relay, bringing the baton into the MCG at the Opening Ceremony of the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cathy_Freeman (457 words)

	Cathy Freeman - Athletics Gold
		Cathy was pipped in her second round heat and could not progress.
		Freeman went on to contest the 200m but she looked tired and could not get past the semi-finals.
		Freeman went on to win the 2003 National Championship (Pittman did not run) but seemed to be struggling with motivation.
	www.geocities.com /geetee/bios/cathy.html (960 words)

	Olympics: For Freeman, a nation unites in its praise
		Cathy Freeman of Australia holds up the gold medal she won Monday in the 400-meter race at the Summer Olympics in Sydney.
		Freeman not only declined, she lit the torch in the Opening Ceremonies, a move some of her people decried as political manipulation by the government.
		Freeman was dismissed by many as a sellout, a pawn, and it was easy to question how many would cheer for her as she ran.
	www.sptimes.com /News/092600/Olympics/For_Freeman__a_nation.shtml (1258 words)

	The queen is dead, long live the queen - and her knight - smh.com.au
		Cathy Freeman has a knight in shining armour ready to whisk her away to an unknown future.
		Freeman had dismissed talk about Edgerton after the break-up of her marriage to Sandy Bodecker in February, protesting: "It's amusing, we're great mates." In April, Edgerton flew to Oregon to support Freeman in a race.
		Freeman's manager, Chris Giannopoulos, confirmed that her major sponsor, Nike, was sticking by her and that she would still be the face of Melbourne's 2006 Commonwealth Games.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2003/07/16/1058035080065.html (620 words)

	CATHY FREEMAN
		Catherine (Cathy) Freeman was born in Mackay in Queensland.
		Cathy's main rival at the Atlanta Olympics was Marie-Jose Perec of France.
		Cathy Freeman's time of 48.63 seconds was a personal best and she won a silver medal.
	www.kidcyber.com.au /topics/Freemancathy.htm (434 words)

	TIME Pacific \| Cathy Freeman \| December 25, 2000 \| NO. 51
		If Cathy Freeman competes in the 2004 olympic games in Athens, she will be just a runner; rich, famous and probably much admired, but a runner just the same.
		Freeman's elevation to the status of national symbol was formalized on the night of Sept. 15, when she lit the Olympic caldron at the opening ceremony.
		While Freeman is likely to remain a force in athletics for some time, she has also hinted at an interest in politics.
	www.time.com /time/pacific/magazine/20001225/poy_freeman.html (525 words)

	Cos I’m Free (aka Cathy Freeman)
		Cathy Freeman is famous around the world but few know the real story of her life and what motivated her to run like a champion.
		CATHY FREEMAN: All I know is that you couldn't ask for a mother with a greater love for her children.
		CATHY FREEMAN: One of my more favourite stories is seeing Sister Eda and Sister Joanna from my school arrive one early morning on this balcony to collect me to take me to my first running meet in the big smoke in Brisbane.
	www.abc.net.au /message/tv/ms/s1584631.htm (2829 words)

	Even carrying the weight of her country, Cathy Freeman triumphs
		The moment was Freeman's second turn in the spotlight at the stadium, where she had lit the Olympic caldron and become an international symbol just 10 days before.
		Freeman was nervous as she walked into the stadium, but she heard a voice in her head reminding her, repeatedly, "Do what you know." She ran her race exactly as her coach had planned -- a relaxed first 200, a powerful kick.
		Freeman knew as soon as Sydney was awarded theGames that she would need to find a way to cope with the additional pressure.
	www.post-gazette.com /olympics/20000926olycathy1.asp (871 words)

	12gauge.com 2002 - Out-of-Bounds - Sydney Olympics - Marie-Jose Perec vs. Cathy Freeman
		Freeman carried not only the hopes of the nation, but that of her mother and a family history blighted by racist policies earlier this century, not to mention her sister's memory.
		Freeman eventually took gold in the 400 metres Olympic event at a speed of 49.11 seconds, not her fastest time, but certainly a winning one.
		And when Freeman does lose, as she did yesterday in the 200 metres race against the American Marion Jones, she acknowledges a superior athlete as "awesome" and the fact "she's a nice person too." The 200 metres is not a Freeman specialty, but it was obvious she enjoyed the chance to compete in the finals.
	www.12gauge.com /outbound_10_olympics.html (1325 words)

	Cathy Freeman
		Ever since 1993, when it was announced that Sydney would host the 2000 Olympic Games, Cathy Freeman had dreamt of something which few athletes even have the opportunity to achieve, winning an Olympic Gold medal in her own country.
		Besides having the opportunity to represent her country, Cathy had an added honour at the Olympic Games when she was chosen to light the Olympic cauldron at the opening ceremony.
		Freeman's start in the final was conservative, but she always had the race under control, winning as she liked in 49.11sec, well clear of Jamaica's Lorraine Graham (49.58sec) and Britain's Katherine Merry (49.72sec.).
	www.sporting-heroes.net /athletics-heroes/displayhero.asp?HeroID=247 (380 words)

	Ovations - Cathy Freeman (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Cathy Freeman, is one of Australia's most admired and respected athletes.
		As one of Australia's most popular high profile personalities, Cathy is recognised for her modesty, free spirit and passion for her family and country.
		Cathy Freeman has had many defining moments in her career including her victory lap at the 1994 Commonwealth Games where she proudly brandished both the Australia and Aboriginal flags.
	www.ovations.com.au /bios/CathyFreeman.shtml (168 words)

	SignOn San Diego Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics -- Cathy Freeman: sports and politics meet on the track (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Freeman is a two-time world champion at 400 meters and obvious gold medal favorite.
		To be truthful, though, it was Cathy herself who first allowed a political statement to integrate with one made by her flying feet.
		Freeman and Nike representative Sandy Bodecker became an item and eventually were wed in a secret ceremony at Half Moon Bay on the California coast.
	www.signonsandiego.com /sports/olympics/20000924--cushman.html (706 words)

	Olympics: Freeman not a symbol of hope to all
		You might think the conversation is about Cathy Freeman and another fire, the one she lit on the night of the Opening Ceremonies, the one that burns some 20 miles away in Olympic Park.
		You might think Cathy Freeman would be quite the deal here underneath the Aboriginal flag, where the tents are scattered through Victoria Park like rainbow-colored lily pads on a pond.
		Recently, a professor of genocide at Macquarie University in Sydney was quoted this way: "Cathy Freeman is the greatest thing that ever happened to white Australia because this happy, delightful, fun-loving young lady looks as though she is the representative of all fl womanhood.
	www.sptimes.com /News/092100/Olympics/Freeman_not_a_symbol_.shtml (1268 words)

	CNNSI.com - The Network - Profile - CNNSI.com Profile: Austrailia's Cathy Freeman - Friday September 22, 2000 ...
		Cathy Freeman is an Aboriginal runner who flies the flag for the minority and majority alike.
		Freeman's relaxed feelings are markedly different to those of the Olympic champion, Marie-Jose Perec, who was expected to be among her main rivals for gold.
		Thursday's stormy departure of Perec and her finace' amid claims of stalking and media harassment, contrast sharply with Freeman's approach to fame which involves embracing it as a chance to effect a change for the Aboriginal community.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /thenetwork/news/2000/09/22/cathy_freeman (454 words)

	INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - ATHLETES
		In 1993, runner Cathy Freeman was eliminated in the semi-finals of the world championships.
		Freeman won the 400m at the world championships of 1997 and 1999 and went to the Sydney Olympics as the favourite.
		Adding to the pressure she felt as an Australian favourite competing in Australia, Freeman was chosen to the light the cauldron to open the Games.
	www.olympic.org /uk/athletes/heroes/bio_uk.asp?PAR_I_ID=69981 (135 words)

	Online NewsHour: Cathy Freeman- September 26, 2000
		SPORTSCASTER: Cathy Freeman has a very fluid style… she's run from almost every single lane on the track, and the pressure is on her.
		CATHY FREEMAN: I mean, reconciliation is an issue that's really quite evident these days, and so it's quite fitting that I've won an Olympic gold medal now, and it's quite fitting that reconciliation is a topic right now.
		Freeman said she's only looking ahead as far as her next race, the 200 meters on Wednesday.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/sports/july-dec00/freeman.html (1516 words)

	Freeman Cathy - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Freeman, Cathy (1973-), Australian sprinter and the first Aborigine to win a world title, in the 1997 World Championships 400 m.
		While social issues receive enormous media attention and are of critical concern to Aboriginal people themselves, they are merely one element of the...
		She was born in Dayton, Ohio, and educated at the...
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Freeman_Cathy.html (107 words)

	USATODAY.com - Freeman freeing up her soul (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		And, ultimately, Freeman will be expected to become a leading advocate for her fellow Australian Aborigines, although she talks of working someday in TV production or "rock journalism" and would be glad to ride her five horses "every day" at home in Melbourne, Australia.
		Freeman, understandably, is puzzled why Americans describe some of their sports champions as "world champions." And she chuckles about any Americans who think there are Outback Steakhouse restaurants in Australia.
		Freeman, whose grandmother and mother were separated under Australia's old policy of forced Aboriginal assimilation, burst into her country's consciousness when she carried both an Aboriginal and Australian flag in a victory lap after a 1994 race.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/olympics/summer/2002-11-06-cover-freeman_x.htm (1198 words)

	rediff.com: Cathy Freeman lights Australia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.netlab.uky.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Running in a full body suit, her shoes flying the Aboriginal colours, Freeman stayed level with the leaders up to the 300m mark, then took off with her legendary acceleration to shade the field by almost a metre, breasting the tape in 49.13.
		A moment of tears, a flashing smile -- and Freeman was serenely walking around the stadium, acknowledging the thunderous ovation that cascaded in waves over her.
		In 1998, she was named Australian of the Year, one of the biggest civilian honour in that country -- and perhaps by way of reciprocating, it was the Australian, not Aboriginal, flag she carried on her victory lap after retaining her title in the 1999 Worlds.
	www.rediff.com.cob-web.org:8888 /sports/2000/sep/25free.htm (910 words)

	The My Hero Project - Cathy Freeman
		Cathy Freeman is proud of being a star athlete and prouder of being a native Australian.
		A fearless promoter of her Aboriginal culture, Cathy Freeman regularly proves to the world with her unbridled talent and boundless determination that natural skill and personal will can overcome any amount of prejudice.
		Cathy Freeman wins races and respect for the plight of native Australian people.
	myhero.com /myhero/hero.asp?hero=Cathy_Freeman (3010 words)

	The 2001 ESPY Awards - Cathy Freeman selected as Arthur Ashe Award winner
		Australian track star Cathy Freeman, who burst into the international spotlight at the Sydney Olympic Games in September as the embodiment of the oppressed Aboriginal people, has been chosen as the recipient of the ESPY Awards' Arthur Ashe Courage and Humanitarian Award.
		Freeman went on to win the gold medal in the 400-meter race, becoming the first of her nation?s indigenous people to win an individual Olympic Gold Medal.
		At the 1994 Commonwealth Games, Freeman carried the Aboriginal flag during her victory lap, igniting much discussion and raising awareness of race relations and the strained relationship between the native Aborigines and other Australians.
	espn.go.com /espy2001/s/0206ashewinner.html (395 words)

	Cathy Freeman
		Cathy Freeman was born in 1973 in Mackay, Queensland, Australia.
		Cathy has said that two of her interests as she was growing up were running and issues related to the Aboriginal people.
		Cathy started running while she was in elementary school.
	www.edhelper.com /ReadingComprehension_33_113.html (322 words)

	Athletics Australia - Athletes, Coaches & Officials - Athlete Profiles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		In mid-May was given the all clear to recommence training, but on May 30, she announced her withdrawal from the CG due to her husband having throat cancer.
		Cathy went on to take the national 400m title, her 13th Australian Championships since her first in 1990.
		Freeman runs her fastest time since the Sydney Olympics and takes her 6th National Championship in the women's 400 metres.
	www.athletics.org.au /athletes/profiles/profile.cfm?ObjectID=205 (1239 words)

	Cathy Freeman (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.netlab.uky.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Cathy ran a seasonal best of 51.81, but Jana was sensational - taking the race in a time of 50.43.
		Former Olympic champion Cathy Freeman said she would consider a return to action in the relay at next year's Commonwealth Games in Melbourne.
		Former coach Raelene Boyle said the public would back Freeman were she to return to the track but questioned the wisdom of such a move.
	athleticssuperstars.tripod.com.cob-web.org:8888 /cathy_freeman.htm (1253 words)

	Speaker Cathy Freeman Full Biography - Speakers & Entertainers @ ICMI
		Cathy also became the first Australian women to run under 50 seconds for 400m in Melbourne in 1996.
		Freeman took the 200m/400m National title double in 2000 at Stadium Australia.
		Cathy took the prestigious honour of lighting the Olympic Cauldron during the Opening Ceremony of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.
	www.icmi.com.au /speakerfull.phtml?id=282 (245 words)

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