It was 17 years ago today ... when Cathy Freeman stopped the nation

Updated September 25 2017 - 9:51pm, first published 2:00pm
An ecstatic Cathy Freeman, the first Australian to win gold in the women's 400 metres since Betty Cuthbert Photo: Rick Stevens
An ecstatic Cathy Freeman, the first Australian to win gold in the women's 400 metres since Betty Cuthbert Photo: Rick Stevens

Imagine 112,524 people in a sporting arena at one time.

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