#23 – What a Legend! What a Champion! … What a Relief: Cathy Freeman Interview Special - a podcast by Claire Thomas

We’ve not seen any of the Australian coverage of the Commonwealths, but – if the Gold Coast production team is anything like the BBC – they love showing historic montages of Aussie athletic greats (whilst there are field event and distance finals taking place – but that’s a gripe for another time…). We can only assume, then, that viewers have been gifted numerous opportunities to relive one of the sport’s legends delivering under astonishing national expectation: Cathy Freeman’s Olympic gold in Sydney. 14 years later, back Down Under, Jody and Bayo had the PLEASURE of the quarter-miler’s company. Sit back (having subscribed, please) and enjoy this mini interview special with a very special lady.

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