On My Day with Nat Cook - Sydney Relived: Closing Ceremony - John Coates AC
On My Day with Nat Cook: Sydney Relived
produced by m4m
Season 2:
Episode #17
October 1st 2020
John Coates AC- On the Closing Ceremony of On My Day with Nat Cook: Sydney Relived, Nat interviews the head of the team that made it all happen in 2000 – John Coates AC, President of the Australian National Olympic Committee (AOC). John has transformed the Australian Olympic Team over his 30 year career, building a legacy that will see Australia compete in Tokyo as the world's third-largest team, with around 480 athletes.
John shares his favourite memories of the 2000 Games, including Cathy Freeman lighting the cauldron in the Opening Ceremony, and looks ahead to securing the Games for Queensland in 2032.
Celebrate and WIN!
To celebrate the magic of #SydneyRelived, 20 years on, we have a swag of prizes up for grabs! Fill in the form and answer the daily question to go into the draw to win one of 12 prizes including:
- 3 x Royal Australian Mint 2020 Australian Olympic Team Coin, signed by beach volleyball star Taliqua Clancy
- 3 x pairs of Ace Optics performance sunglasses
- 3 x Boxing Kangaroo plush toys
- 3 x signed copies of Laurie Lawrence’s book Stuff the Silver, We’re Going for Gold
You can also follow the On My Day with Nat Cook: Sydney Relived playlist on Spotify which has songs from every Athlete they use to pump themselves up and get them ready for their gold medal performance! Click Here!
SPECIAL FEATURE:
At the end of every episode is a special song that was recorded by Marcia Hines and performed exclusively to the Australian Olympic team at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. This song has never been heard before outside of the Olympic Village and it is with great pleasure that we share this song with you with a big thanks to Marcia herself and her manager Peter Rix!
Pump up the sound to RISE UP as the journey's just begun!
Thank you for joining Nat and the team as they relived Sydney 2000 and all the amazing Olympians who won gold!
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Produced by m4m
CREDITS:
Host
Natalie Cook
Producers
Rebecca Pini - m4m
Amanda Goddard - m4m
Sound Engineer & Audio Mastering
Kaleb Pini -m4m
Production Assistant
Lauren McDonald - m4m