- Former Olympic champion says she ‘needed to do this now’
- Holmes feared she would be court martialed while in army
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. “I needed to do this now, for me,” she told the Sunday Mirror. “It was my decision. I’m nervous about saying it. I feel like I’m going to explode with excitement. Sometimes I cry with relief. The moment this comes out, I’m essentially getting rid of that fear.”
