AUSTRALIA: ATHLETE KATHY FREEMAN IS A SYMBOL OF AUSTRALIAN ABORGINAL HOPES

Record ID: 981499

  • Title: AUSTRALIA: ATHLETE KATHY FREEMAN IS A SYMBOL OF AUSTRALIAN ABORGINAL HOPES
  • Date: 22nd September 2000
  • Summary: RECENT (VNR MATERIAL, ACCESS ALL) 1. KATHY FREEMAN RUNNING IN WOODS. 2. PAN DOWN RUNNING 3. (SOUNDBITE) (English) KATHY FREEMAN SAYING: "I think people when they see me run they can see I'm very happy. Running makes me feel free, it makes me feel strong, it has the ability to make me feel very bad (laughs). You know if I don't run the race as well as I could or if Iose when I should have won, and that's just the emotional side of things. And then you have to deal with the physical side of things, but I'm not a very talkative, I'm not a very talkative person, I'm not an extroverted person and certainly I express myself best when I'm on the track." (ISL MATERIAL: SCHEDULED NEWS BULLETINS ONLY, NO ACCESS INTERNET, NO ACCESS FRANCE) 4. KATHY FREEMAN WINS 400 METRES IN PARIS (23 JUNE, 2000) (VNR - ACCESS ALL) 5. (SOUNDBITE) (English) KATHY FREEMAN SAYING : "Because of our history, because of the mistreatment of my people as lot of self-esteem was lost, because we were people who were made to feel we weren't even worth listening to. And now times have changed, the opportunities are there and now we're stronger and the young ones like myself are proving all the time that we can rise above the personal, cultural hurdles, we can reach for the stars in this country, in Australia - we no longer have to feel bad about who we are because we're black or we're native Australian." 6. KATHY SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS WITH CHILDREN. 7. KATHY WEIGHT TRAINING. 8. (SOUNDBITE) (English) KATHY SAYING: "The reason why I do what I do is for pure enjoyment, I keep it simple and whilst obviously it's a dream of mine to win an Olympic gold medal, if I don't then life still goes on, the most important part is that I just try my hardest and make the journey worthwhile." (ISL MATERIAL: SCHEDULED NEWS BULLETINS ONLY, NO ACCESS INTERNET, NO ACCESS FRANCE) 9. FREEMAN WINS 400 METRES IN OSLO (28 JULY, 2000) (VNR - ACCESS ALL) 10. KATHY FREEMAN PLAYING WITH CHILDREN Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA
  • Country: Australia
  • Reuters ID: LVAEC7I2LJZRR39N0LHZAK7OI5EQ
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