Olympics: Kerri Pottharst remembers her beach volleyball gold medal that changed everything

20/09/2025 15 min
Olympics: Kerri Pottharst remembers her beach volleyball gold medal that changed everything

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25 years on, Kerri Pottharst still visits Bondi Beach every year and enjoys a champagne to toast the gold medal her and Natalie Cook won at the Sydney 2000 Olympics which changed her life and the sport in Australia forever.Reminiscing with Declan Byrne on 'The Saturday Sledge' Pottharst chats about that historic medal and the challenges during the games, what the atmosphere was like at Bondi and what special celebrations there'll be this week when the 25 year anniversary pops up.