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Sydney meant fun and games for Venus and her kid sister Serena as they danced to the doubles crown, but it meant brutal pressure for a woman named Cathy Freeman, who opened the Games by ceremonially lighting the cauldron and then, with the weight of her country upon her, came through sensationally in her footrace to become the first Aboriginal Australian ever to win an individual gold medal...
...poor-to-horrid treatment of the island's original settlers, the Aborigines. Now here was an Aboriginal seeking glory, and baldly admitting that she sought it not only for her country but for her people. Four hundred meters is a distance that allows tension to build, and when Freeman came off the near turn trailing, it was almost unbearable. Then she surged, and won. The audience was transported, shouting on and on. Freeman sat on the track, unable to rise, for minutes--letting the sound wash over her and the pressure drain away. Then she slowly took off her shoes...
...There is no one else I would rather have on the line than Pat," said sophomore point guard Elliott Prasse-Freeman...
...This game was our one gift this season," Prasse-Freeman said. "We played hard, but we have to go out and earn it from...
...Crimson's starting backcourt, composed of Gellert and sophomore point-guard Elliot Prasse-Freeman, rose to the occassion when the game was on the line. Gellert finished with a double-double, scoring 17 points and bringing down 10 rebounds, while Prasse-Freeman came up with the game's biggest board, hauling in Crimson sophomore guard Sam Winter's missed three-pointer and promptly dishing the ball to Clemente...