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For athletes traditionally it's such a fantastic stepping stone to greater things down the track and in the future. Don't undermine the Commonwealth Games!

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
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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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The thing I do best is laugh.
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I quite clearly have made the right decision in my heart, retirement was the way.
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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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The last sort of really low-key race I ran, I realized with about a hundred metres to go, that my heart just wasn't in it. I wasn't trying my hardest, I didn't care to compete against the girls I was up against. That spoke a lot about where my heart was taking me-which was off the track.
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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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My last real race was at the Olympics in Sydney in 2000.
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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 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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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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I'd like to see as many sports as I can because I have never had the chance to enjoy the other sports in the past.
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I have a friend who, if she has a bad hair day, it affects her whole mood because it is part of her sexuality, her confidence. I don't have that problem any more.
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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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With Alexander's cancer, I was definitely brought to my knees for the first time because of the fear factor.
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I do not have any official responsibilities related to the Australian Olympic Committee or the Federation of Athletic Associations since I am too busy with my private business.
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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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Money makes life easier but I don't want to be rich, not at all.
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