Accor Stadium grandstand to be named after sporting hero

Australian sporting legend Cathy Freeman will be honoured by having the eastern grandstand of Accor Stadium named after her, in what the government says will be the state’s first to be named after a woman.

The move comes after a nomination process from the NSW government, which invited the public to choose a female athlete they believed deserved the honour.

The grandstand at Sydney Olympic Park will now be officially named “Cathy Freeman Stand”.