Cathy Freeman: The Heart of a Nation

Cathy Freeman’s silver medal in the 400-metre run at the 1996 Games in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., introduced this rising star from Australia to the Olympic world. Her international fame grew when she became the first Aboriginal woman to take a world athletics title, winning the 400 metres at the 1997 World Championships. Freeman had long been idolized in her homeland as a woman who pursued her dreams with great ardour. In 1990 she was given...