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Cathy’s delightful double
ATHENS, Aug 5: Cathy Freeman had good reason to carry two flags to celebrate her first world title. She was repre
senting two lots of Australians, reports AP.
The first aboriginal to capture a world or Olympic track tide, the 400-metre runner also has been carrying an anti-dis-crimination message for her people to be accepted in their own homeland.
“I guess 1 drew strength from it. Being the first Is always special. I'm so glad of what I am —Australian and aboriginal. They're two and the same.
"It gives me a special feeling." the 24-year-old Australian said after her World Championship triumph. "I didn't have a lot of energy to carry the two flags but I felt strong enough to hold the two."
Freeman, silver medalist at last year's Olympics in Aflanta and double Commonwealth Games titlist in 1994, has openly used her successes on the track to campaign for aboriginal rights. She said her victory in Athens was politically significant.
"It was very important be-
on me by outsiders." Freeman said. "It makes little children feel they have a chance when they see me. feel me. touch me 1 take my role seriously as role model."
She won the world title by
beating her close friend and training partner. Jamaica's Sandie Richards, and American former world titlist Jearl Miles-Clark.
Richards said she was well aware of Freeman's crusade at home and the problems she encountered from the non-aborig-inals.
"She's from Australia and they don’t look up to the aborigines," the Jamaican said. "There are a lot of prejudices against Cathy Freeman.
"They're nominating people to carry the flag in 2000 (at the Sydney Olympics) and some people are questioning why she should be nominated, why does she have to shave her head to get attention and why she hasn't won any big races.
"I held her before the race and told her she could to it even though I was in the race." Richards said. "I told her we could be 1-2."
They were.
Richards. Miles-Clark. Germany's Grit Breuer and Freeman appeared level as they hit the straight. The Australian kicked forborne in lane one and held off a late charge by Richards, who overtook Miles-Clark in the.final 20 minutes but couldn't catch her training partner.
Freeman clocked 4^.77 to edge Richards by .02 and Miles-Clark took the bronze in 49.90 ahead of Breuer.
While Freeman made history as the first aboriginal cham-6ion. Llewellyn Herbert was the rst South African to win a
world championship medal when he placed second in the 400 metres hurdles.
With world and Olympic champion Derrick Adkins already eliminated, another American hurdler, Bryan Bronson. was the big favourite after consistently fast victories all season.
But he trailed Frenchman Stephane Diagana in the straight and was caught in the final few strides by Herbert. Di-agana's winning time of 47.70 was fastest of the year. Herbert clocked 47.86 for the silver and a disappointed Bronson had 47.88.
World and Olympic cham-Sion and world record holder oureddine Morceli of Algeria and this year s fastest, Morocco's Hicham El Guerrouj, are on collision course in the 1,500 metres.
Both won their semifinals to set up a showdown in Wednesday's final.
Sarka Kasparkova of the Czech Republic won the wom-en s triple jump with the world’s best leap the year. 15.20. Romania s Rodica Mateescu won the silver with 15.16 and Yelena Govorova of Ukraine placed third ahead of Olga Vasdeki of Greece with 14.62. .
4fFRRy>^Wiafegraun. ti-uisrln'rSar. fegaJnea her heptathlon championship with 6,739 points with Olympic bronze medalist Denise Lewis of Britain, winning the silver with 6,654. Remigija Nazaroviene of Lithuania placed third with 6,566.