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Tag: Sydney Olympics

My Favourite Sporting Moment

By Alison Smirnoff   Posted in Historical Olympic Games
Posted on April 21, 2020January 17, 2021
Cathy Freeman after winning gold at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.

Since the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdown, I’ve had a lot of time to reflect and reminisce about my favourite sporting moments.  I think mine would have to be when the Matildas won the World Cup and Lydia Williams invited me to celebrate with the team in the rooms afterwards… then I remembered that that …

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