Written by Lachlan Sherriff 2000: Cathy Freeman wins gold What a legendary moment. Hosting the entire Olympics was brilliant in itself. But if we have to pick one moment, you can't look past Cathy Freeman's run in the 400 meters final. After going over fifty seconds in all three of her qualifying runs, Cathy pushed herself in the final and won with a time of 49.11, with the fastest time recorded in any Olympics run in Sydney, with her final 100 meters surging her home into fi
