‘I Could Have Run Faster’: Freeman’s Sydney 2000 Regret

Sydney Olympic Games. Athletics at Stadium Australia. Womens 400m Final. Australia's Cathy Freeman in action during the Womens 400m Finals winning Gold, Sep. 25 2000.(AAP PHOTO/Dean Lewins).

In an extraordinary confession, Olympic legend Cathy Freeman feels she never completely fulfilled her potential as an athlete.

Reflecting on her remarkable career as the Paris Games approach, Freeman says she could have run even faster in her career-defining 400-metres final at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.