SYDNEY -- It was billed as the showdown between Australia's indigenous darling, Cathy Freeman, and U.S. star Marion Jones.
In the end, the women's 200-meter sprint wasn't a clash between rival divas of the track -- the most-loved athlete of the Games, the other dragged into the biggest scandal of the Sydney Olympics.
It was a display of girl power by all eight finalists who took to the starting blocks Thursday night.
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