Editing Cathy Freeman (section)

===1987–1989===
In 1987, Freeman moved to [[Kooralbyn International School]] to be coached professionally by Romanian Mike Danila, who later became a key influence throughout her career; he provided a strict training regime for the young athlete.<ref name=Page50/><ref>[http://living.oneindia.in/celebrity/sports/kathy-freeman-profile-olympic-games.html Cathy Freeman: The athletic proud of Australia] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090227084428/http://living.oneindia.in/celebrity/sports/kathy-freeman-profile-olympic-games.html |date=27 February 2009 }}</ref><ref name="telegraph">{{cite news |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/athletics/2996526/Athletics-Making-of-a-legend.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/athletics/2996526/Athletics-Making-of-a-legend.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live
|title=Athletics: Making of a legend |author=Sebastian Coe |author-link=Sebastian Coe |date=14 January 2001 |access-date=21 April 2008| location=London}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name="news">{{cite web |author=Eamonn Condon |url=http://www.mail-archive.com/t-and-f@lists.uoregon.edu/msg10373.html
|title=Freeman, still on the top of the world |work=[[The Electronic Telegraph]] |date=27 May 2001 |access-date=10 March 2008}}</ref>

In 1988, she was awarded a scholarship to an exclusive girls' school, [[Fairholme College]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://aiatsis.gov.au/explore/articles/cathy-freeman |title=Cathy Freeman
|date=3 June 2015 |website=aiatsis.gov.au |access-date=27 March 2018}}</ref> in [[Toowoomba]]. In a competition in 1989, Freeman ran 11.67 s in the 100 metres and Danila began to think about entering her in the Commonwealth Games Trials in Sydney.<ref name=Page50/>