SYDNEY, Australia — The symbolic and pointed moment during which Aboriginal track star Cathy Freeman lighted the Olympic flame took months of planning and involved secrecy worthy of a spy novel ...

The suit Cathy Freeman wore when she lit the Sydney Olympic cauldron was returned to her after going missing the night of that Opening Ceremony in 2000, according to the Australian legend’s Twitter..

The suit Cathy Freeman wore when she lit the Sydney Olympic cauldron may have been found after going missing the night of that Opening Ceremony in 2000. Melbourne police took possession of an item of ...

The world was watching when Cathy Freeman lit the Olympic flame during the Sydney 2000 opening ceremony — but the historic moment was close to being a humiliating failure. "There is a hair's ...

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. The choice of Freeman reflected the image ...

The 2024 Paris Games will host the first opening ceremony since 2018 that doesn’t have to work around pandemic restrictions. ... Aboriginal sprinter Cathy Freeman, ...

Australian track star Cathy Freeman accepts the Arthur Ashe Courage and Humanitarian Award. wav: 676 k Real: 14.4 ... Freeman lit the torch at the Olympic Games' Opening Ceremony.

Cathy Freeman, Australia’s iconic Olympian, ... She lit the cauldron at the opening ceremony in the days leading up to the most important race of her life.

Cathy Freeman, an aboriginal Australian athlete, lights the Olympic torch during the opening ceremony for the 2000 Olympic Games. Photo by Dimitri Iundt/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images ...