At the Commonwealth Games in Victoria, Canada, in 1994, Cathy Freeman made the world sit up and take notice in more ways than one. ~ by GregBaum
featuring Flemming, walker Jane Saville and marathoner Tani Ruckle, but not much wardrobe. In Victoria, he described the participation of disabled athletes as an embarrassment, and voted against the inclusion of team sports in the next Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur. Then came his stand against Freeman.
Pre internet, long before social media, back in the fax age, the stir Freeman caused around the world was not immediately apparent in Victoria. The next year, the Indigenous flag was recognised as an official flag of Australia. “The Games revealed the overall sentiment of Australians is for the reconciliation of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australians,” Keating said.Flemming still marvels at Freeman in 1994. “For me, it was the growing up of Cath Freeman. Up until then, we all thought she was the little girl of the team,” she said. “I think it was the start of her maturing, on and off the track.
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