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What was the controversy? This should be part of the article (even if just a brief summary). Why did she say she'd never come back to Sydney? Dedicated athletes don't usually do things like that without a good reason. Bluejay Young 18:21, 18 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you. I guess unless and until the guy is caught so she can talk about it in more detail, we'll never know for sure. --Bluejay Young 06:04, 20 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I think there is a mistake, she was not living in the olympic village with the french delegation, but she was appart from them in the Mercure hotel of Sidney with her boyfriend. She complained to be harassed by journalists in this hotel. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.181.153.158 (talk) 22:17, August 29, 2007 (UTC) HJG
FWIW. My wife and I are Australians. We were holidaying in France at this time, and the French people we spoke with thought that Perec had invented the episode to avoid competing. She was under great pressure from the French press to win in Sydney. True or not, that’s what some French people believed.
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Yes it is very unusual an experienced athlete would just leave like that. But you know Cathy Freemen winning had a profund effect on Australia and it's correct image around the world.
Maybe Perac did Australia a favour. Or maybe someone asked her to do Australia a favour?
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