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My last real race was at the Olympics in Sydney in 2000.

Cathy Freeman

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Cathy Freeman
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: February 16
Athletics Competitor
Olympic Athlete
Sprinter
Slade Point
Queensland
Australia
Catherine Astrid Salome Freeman
Olympics
Race
Lasts
Last
Real
Sydney

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I decided that I was going to go to the Olympics to see if I had made the right decision to retire because I knew that if I'd made the mistake of retiring I would know during and after those Games in Athens.
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It is my second visit to Korea since the International Junior Athletic Championships in 1992. Both then and now, I felt Korea is an interesting country and the people are very kind.
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I was running since I was 10. Since grade one at school people looked at me and thought, oh gosh she can really run, she's a natural.
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Peace, unity and harmony!
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People could see in me who I am now, an Olympic champ, the best in the world.
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The Athens Olympics will be meaningful even though I cannot participate as an athlete, since I can participate in the flame relay all over the world.
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I like looking feminine and I enjoy being a role model. I enjoy being a woman. It all comes down to having the confidence to be who you are.
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My mind is pretty made up that life for Cathy Freeman will be as an unmarried woman from now on.
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I'm drinking lots of herbal tea.
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I don't have a lot of regrets in my life.
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The thing I do best is laugh.
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With Alexander's cancer, I was definitely brought to my knees for the first time because of the fear factor.
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My feelings tried to control me on my run. I had to concentrate fully on forthcoming running and success. I wanted to triumph.
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I took only twice a time-out, once, when I was hurt, and a second time, when I much felt I was exhausted out of personal reasons.
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I quite clearly have made the right decision in my heart, retirement was the way.
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Disappointment and adversity can be catalysts for greatness. There's something particularly exciting about being the hunter, as opposed to the hunted. And that can make for powerful energy.
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I am very determined and the sport is my passion. I believe I am born for running.
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Asthma is treatable and well can be controlled.
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You got to try and reach for the stars or try and achieve the unreachable.
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I'm certainly not ready to go changing the world overnight right now. I'm completely uninformed about a lot of our issues, a lot of the nation's issues, not just Indigenous issues.
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