Catherine Freemans 400m Gold Medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games

The Australian public, always eager of an athlete’s success were even more demanding during the Summer Olympic Games in Sydney 2000. Where a few days earlier Cathy Freeman had lit the Olympic Flame, she now stood in front of a packed capacity Stadium Australia ready to contest the Women’s 400m final. Dressed head to toe in a lycra body suit, Freeman powered around the track winning gold and rising to meet the expectation of a nation.