Australian Olympic legend Cathy Freeman’s daughter stuns athletics fans with blistering run

The daughter of Aussie Olympic legend Cathy Freeman stunned onlookers after blitzing her rivals on the athletics track.

Competing at a district school carnival in Victoria, the youngster, 11, showed a clean pair of heels to easily win her age group 200m race.

Her relaxed running style saw plenty trackside compare her to mother Cathy, who famously snared Olympic gold in the 400m final at the Sydney Games.

The young gun also competed in the 100m sprint, relay and high jump at the Murrumbeena athletics facility, south-east of the CBD.

Back in September of 2000, with the expectation of a nation on her shoulders, Cathy Freeman delivered on the ultimate stage.

With the world watching and huge expectation, Cathy Freeman delivered when she won 400m at the Sydney Olympics 22 years ago

With a crowd of 112,000 cheering her on in the Olympic Stadium, plenty of athletes would have folded under the pressure.

But not proud Indigenous track star Freeman, who wore her now iconic full-body suit.

Her slick time of 49.11 saw Freeman win comfortably, ensuring her status as an icon in Australian sport.

She then generated global headlines after draping herself in both the Australian and Aboriginal flags on her victory lap.

Freeman retired from athletics in 2003 – after she was a member of Australia’s victorious 4 × 400m relay team at the Commonwealth Games in Manchester a year earlier.

She takes great pride in her status as a role model, and recently declared she was  born to run in her eyes.

‘The dream (Olympic gold) evolved throughout my childhood and by the time I was at high-school I wasn’t thinking about anything else,’ she said.

‘The first thing I remember about running is how happy it made me feel.’

In November last year, Freeman achieved legend status in the Sport Australia Hall of Fame.

She joined a number of national sporting greats in receiving Sport Australia’s highest honour, including tennis star Evonne Goolagong-Cawley, cricketer Sir Donald Bradman, swimmer Dawn Fraser and horse trainer Bart Cummings.