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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.
Cathy Freeman
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Cathy Freeman
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: February 16
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Queensland
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Catherine Astrid Salome Freeman
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