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Cathy Freeman’s iconic Olympics win recognised in Sydney

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Cathy Freeman’s name will be emblazoned on the stadium where she completed one of Australia’s greatest sporting moments.

Twenty-three years to the day since the Indigenous athlete lit the Olympic flame at the Sydney 2000 opening ceremony, the NSW government on Friday announced a stand at the same venue would be named in her honour.

The eastern grandstand at Accor Stadium in Sydney Olympic Park will be named the Cathy Freeman Stand.

Ten days after she lit the flame at the stadium, Freeman returned to win gold in the women’s 400m final, famously completing a victory lap holding both the…

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