Gold medal winner Ian Thorpe joins celebrations at school that honours his legacy
Thorpe, Sydney 2000 Gold Medal Kerri PTTHARST (Beach Volleyball), Sprinter Melinda Gainsford-Taylor and Canoe Sprint duo Dan and Jackson Collins-Kendi Olympic medals.
Together, they were reflected in the games that started on September 15, 2000, and a opening ceremony, which is still considered one of the best staged.
“Olympics Unleashed Roadshow” was a partially recruitment ride for Brisbane 2032.
13 -year -old Nikki Webster takes the stage in the opening ceremony of the 2000 Olympic games in Sydney.Credit: Eric Draper.
Former International Olympic Committee President Juan Antonio Samaranch’s famous announcement of Sydney 2000 was re -played as “Best Olympic Games so far so far, and then Ariarne Titmus’s interview after the emotional race from Paris 2024 was watched.
Titmus, “Where you come from. If you work hard, you can do something,” he said.
Chloe Dalton, a host of a rugby seven from Rio 2016, asked if he knew who Cathy Freeman was. Almost every hand fired. A second question – who wanted to be Olympian? – less buyers, but still enough to claim that the dream is alive.
Newington State School students listen to Ian Thorpe and other Olympians on the 25th anniversary of Sydney 2000. Credit: Wolter Peeters
Thor I thought I would be very young for the Sydney Olympics, Thor said Thorpe the students. “If you think Brisbane is in seven years, it is a possibility for people of 10 or years.
Im I fell to swim and started to swim on a basis because my sister made it. I was bored in a swimming carnival.
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“People were very happy during the Olympics. This city took its place as one of the big cities of the world.”
Gowsford-Taylor added: “There were 110,000 people in the athletics stadium. I was nervous, but I was there by my third Olympics and I did it. It was only the most wonderful time.
“Everyone in Sydney was happy. There was no traffic, that was quite surprising. It was just an incredible experience.”
