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”.
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Brits ready to roar as world-class athletics returns to Birmingham
World-class athletics is back in Britain and all four individual Tokyo Olympic medallists are aligned for the Muller Birmingham Diamond League.The stage is a sparkling new Alexander Stadium, a new home for this generation of track and field stars.For some, it has been a particularly rocky road to the start of an unprecedented season that takes in three majors in the space of a month.Keely Hodgkinson crashed through Kelly Holmes's British record on the way to Olympic silver, a stunning entrance onto the big stage.However, March's big comeback ended on a warm-up track in Belgrade as she withdrew from the World Indoor Championships with a thigh injury.«I took six weeks to get healthy and make my quads strong so hopefully it doesn't happen again,» said the 20-year-old.«I do think everything happens for a reason and it's better that it happened then than in June.
Olympic silver medallist Keely Hodgkinson to double up at world indoors
Keely Hodgkinson will double up in the 800m and 4x400m relay at this month’s World Athletics Indoor Championships in Serbia.
Elaine Thompson-Herah has eyes on breaking 100m world record
Sprint queen Elaine Thompson-Herah has reiterated her desire to break Florence Griffith-Joyner’s 34-year-old world record in the 100 metres.
The sportswomen who inspired me by Annelise Gray, author of Circus Maximus: Race to the Death
Today, I hope I wouldn’t have such a childish reaction. But I am still hopelessly addicted to sporting drama of all forms, a passion that began in childhood when I learned that if I wanted to watch TV with my family, I was going to have to get used to a viewing diet rich in cricket, rugby, golf and American football. I’m not and never have been a great sportswoman myself. But I have always been a keen reader and for me, following a tennis match or watching the downhill skiing at the winter Olympics conjures many of the feelings you have when you’re reading a gripping book. You invest in the characters, you get caught up in their quest and you pledge to stay with them to the end of their journey, whatever the outcome may be.