Not the best of starts - Just five and a half - Family torn apart
So you moved around - up near Mackay town - Never settling down
And a man named Bruce would look after you - Coach and father too
By the age of eight you were doin' great - Champion of your State
And they'll try to stop you
But they're never goin' to
Let her run -- let Cathy run
So you found your fame first Commonwealth games Gold in the relay
A sweet victory for the world to see makin' history
Just sixteen years old youngest to win gold a positive role
What you showed us there it was held dear
Young Aussie of the Year
And they'll try to stop you
But they're never goin' to
Let her run -- let Cathy run
When Cathy runs two worlds collide
It makes no difference if you're black or white
When Cathy runs I feel a nation fill with pride
Two hundred years of racial tension stand aside
When Cathy runs, When Cathy runs
It was triple gold games of '94 - though you stood tall
You were criticised for a flag you prized - it showed your two sides
Those two sides of you displayed proud and true - for the world to view
And awareness came to replace the blame -- those two sides are the same
And they'll try to stop you
But they're never goin' to
Let her run -- let Cathy run
When Cathy runs two worlds collide
It makes no difference if you're black or white
When Cathy runs I feel a nation fill with pride
Two hundred years of racial tension stand aside
When Cathy runs, When Cathy runs
Atlanta saw your best - could be nothing less - yet second to Perec
It was finally yours - at Athens we saw - World Champion in the Four
Now we're being told its Olympic Gold that Sydney holds
Those medals may come but you've already won the heart of a Nation
And we'll never stop you
doin' what you do so well.
Let her run -- let Cathy run
When Cathy runs two worlds collide
It makes no difference if you're black or white
When Cathy runs I feel a nation fill with pride
Two hundred years of racial tension stand aside
When Cathy runs, When Cathy runs
So you moved around - up near Mackay town - Never settling down
And a man named Bruce would look after you - Coach and father too
By the age of eight you were doin' great - Champion of your State
And they'll try to stop you
But they're never goin' to
Let her run -- let Cathy run
So you found your fame first Commonwealth games Gold in the relay
A sweet victory for the world to see makin' history
Just sixteen years old youngest to win gold a positive role
What you showed us there it was held dear
Young Aussie of the Year
And they'll try to stop you
But they're never goin' to
Let her run -- let Cathy run
When Cathy runs two worlds collide
It makes no difference if you're black or white
When Cathy runs I feel a nation fill with pride
Two hundred years of racial tension stand aside
When Cathy runs, When Cathy runs
It was triple gold games of '94 - though you stood tall
You were criticised for a flag you prized - it showed your two sides
Those two sides of you displayed proud and true - for the world to view
And awareness came to replace the blame -- those two sides are the same
And they'll try to stop you
But they're never goin' to
Let her run -- let Cathy run
When Cathy runs two worlds collide
It makes no difference if you're black or white
When Cathy runs I feel a nation fill with pride
Two hundred years of racial tension stand aside
When Cathy runs, When Cathy runs
Atlanta saw your best - could be nothing less - yet second to Perec
It was finally yours - at Athens we saw - World Champion in the Four
Now we're being told its Olympic Gold that Sydney holds
Those medals may come but you've already won the heart of a Nation
And we'll never stop you
doin' what you do so well.
Let her run -- let Cathy run
When Cathy runs two worlds collide
It makes no difference if you're black or white
When Cathy runs I feel a nation fill with pride
Two hundred years of racial tension stand aside
When Cathy runs, When Cathy runs
inviata da Dq82 - 2/1/2018 - 14:38
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2016
Searching for Rewind
Cathy Freeman medaglia d'oro sui 400 metri alle Olimpiadi di Sidney. Nel giro d'onore sfilò anche con la bandiera aborigena, nonostante il divieto, così come aveva fatto già ai giochi del Commonwealth nel 1994.
Dopo il suo ritiro sportivo si è dedicata a svariate attività sociali ed educative per gli aborigeni.
I soprusi vendicati in pista dall'oro di Cathy Freeman
di Emanuela Audisio
Partì, arrivò, vinse. Era la sua corsa, il suo paese, il suo pubblico. Fece una cosa umile: stette lì inginocchiata sulla pista, davanti a 112.524 spettatori. Finalmente non era più prigioniera, ma simbolo di un paese, di una riconciliazione, di un futuro.
(uscito su la Repubblica il 20 luglio 2012 e contenuto nell'ebook "Quel giorno ai Giochi")