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T wenty years ago Dame Kelly Holmes stood at the front of an open-top bus as it made its way from Hildenborough to Tonbridge with her gold medals glinting in the sun. That short route had already encompassed so much childhood trauma for one of the country’s greatest Olympians, long before the harrowing cycle of injuries that had stifled expectations of her before Athens in 2004.
Oct 30, 2012 · 📲 Subscribe to @olympics: http://oly.ch/Subscribe Check out the brandnew Olympic Channel: http://go.olympic.org/watch?p=ytKelly Holmes struggled with injur...
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Double Olympic Champion Col. Dame Kelly Holmes MBE (mil) is one of the UK’s most popular athletes, respected throughout the world as a role model and an inspiration. Setting and still holding the British records in the 800m and 1000m, Kelly is an Olympic, Commonwealth and European champion that has achieved seven Gold, eight Silver and four ...
Dame Kelly Holmes: 'I'm happy for the first time ever'. She's one of Britain's greatest Olympians but there was a fear factor that haunted Kelly Holmes long after her achievements in Athens. As ...
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Jun 18, 2022 · Dame Kelly Holmes has announced that she is gay, saying she “needed to do this now”. Speaking during Pride month, the two-time gold medal winning Olympic champion said she realised she was gay at the age of 17 after kissing a fellow female soldier, and that her family and friends have known since 1997. She told the Sunday Mirror: “I ...
Jun 19, 2022 · Dame Kelly Holmes has announced she is gay, and says she has hidden it for 34 years. Speaking during Pride month, the two-time Olympic gold medallist said she realised she was gay at the age of 17 ...
