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Dame Kelly tells Pride: I’m never going to live behind that curtain again

Dame Kelly Holmes has insisted she will never live “behind that curtain” again as she addressed crowds at Pride in London just a few weeks after publicly coming out. Describing herself as “a gay woman” to people gathered in Trafalgar Square on ...

02 Jul 2022 at 21:22

Health & Wellbeing

Dame Kelly Holmes’ tips for feeling healthier in just 5 minutes

Dame Kelly Holmes has revealed her advice for feeling healthier and happier in just five minutes. The double Olympic champion and Nuffield Health ambassador is backing the charity’s Find 5 campaign to encourage everyone to fit in five extra ...

18 Apr 2023 at 15:42

Team leaders announced for BBC’s all-star Commonwealth Games special

Dame Kelly Holmes and Ellie Simmonds will lead two teams of celebrities and sports stars during an all-star version of the Commonwealth Games. The hour-long BBC special in aid of Sport Relief will be a companion to the actual 2022 Games, ...

30 Jun 2022 at 14:29

Rylan and Dame Kelly Holmes join Samaritans training session for London Marathon

Rylan and Dame Kelly Holmes dropped into a training session to give a boost to runners raising funds for Samaritans by taking part in the TCS London Marathon on April 21. Samaritans is the event’s charity of the year and is using the ...

12 Apr 2024 at 16:00

Athletics

On this day in 2005: Dame Kelly Holmes announces retirement

Double Olympic champion Dame Kelly Holmes announced her retirement from athletics on this day in 2005. Holmes had been a regular medallist at middle distance events, including winning bronze over 800 metres at the Sydney Olympics, ...

06 Dec 2023 at 06:00

Sport

Dame Kelly Holmes says she ‘needed to do this now’ as she announces she is gay

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 ...

19 Jun 2022 at 01:26

Olympians Hoy and Holmes join adventure swimmer for relay around Firth of Forth

Two Olympic legends will join a long-distance adventure swimmer to compete in a relay triathlon along the coast of the Firth of Forth to raise awareness of marine conservation projects. Long-distance swimmer and passionate ...

11 Oct 2023 at 17:00

Dame Kelly Holmes among campaigners welcoming LGBT military treatment apology

Campaigners have welcomed Rishi Sunak’s apology for the “horrific” historical treatment of LGBT people who served in the military under the pre-2000 ban on homosexuality in the armed forces. Olympian Dame Kelly Holmes, ...

19 Jul 2023 at 18:02

Double Olympic champion Dame Kelly Holmes announces she is gay

19 Jun 2022 at 00:43

Starmer, Reeves and Rayner host International Women’s Day event at No 10

Rachel Reeves, Angela Rayner and Sir Keir Starmer have welcomed high-profile women from across the UK to Downing Street to mark International Women’s Day. The day celebrating women’s achievements fell on Saturday, ...

12 Mar 2025 at 12:09

Sport

Dame Kelly Holmes hoping to finally find happiness after coming out as gay

Dame Kelly Holmes hopes being open about her sexuality will bring contentment to her life as she admitted: “I don’t feel I have ever been happy.” Holmes, 52, who won Olympic gold in the women’s 800 and 1500 ...

20 Jun 2022 at 13:56

Widow completes ‘incredible’ 5,000-mile charity trek around British coastline

A retired professor has said it feels “incredible” to have completed a 5,000-mile charity trek around the British coastline in memory of her late wife. Tracey Howe, 61, set off from Glasgow on October 31 ...

31 Oct 2025 at 14:04

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