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Rod Towney’s lasting memory of welcoming the world to the Sydney Olympics

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He has met Nelson Mandela, her majesty Queen Elizabeth, Prince Phillip, and their son Prince Edward, the former Fiji prime minister Sitiveni Rabuka, and many more dignitaries, but one of Rod Towney’s favourite interactions in his life was with a then eight-year-old at the Sydney Olympics. 

He can still clearly recall his chance meeting with the young girl almost 25 years ago.

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