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Freeman suit stolen
Wednesday 21 February 2001
Cathy Freeman wants the special suit she wore at the lighting of the Olympic
cauldron back after it was stolen at the Sydney 2000 opening ceremony.
The suit, reportedly worth up to $50,000, was stolen soon after Freeman
changed out of the soaked outfit.
Freeman quickly got out of the white suit after fears she could become ill
from exposure just days before the beginning of her quest for the 400 metres
crown.
"It got wet during the process and it had to be changed," a spokesman for
Freeman, Gavin Davis, said of the historic moment.
"After that it appears that the suit was stolen and its whereabouts are
unknown," he said.
"It was a monumental occasion and it is something she would like to get
back," he said.
"She felt the suit was a memento of the occasion."
Davis said that Freeman had been provided with a replica suit by SOCOG.
- AAP
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