Britain's double Olympic champion Kelly Holmes has revealed she is gay, saying she was nervous and excited about coming out in a move that could have saved her years of heartache.
Olympic gold medallist Kelly Holmes would visit India for the January 21 Mumbai Marathon.
Images from the Track and Field action at the Parish Olympics on Monday.
The top Indian male and female finishers will now stand to gain $7,500 each.
The key to producing successful athletes lies in providing the right environment and grass root level structure, says Kelly Holmes, a double gold medallist at the Athens Olympics.
Olympic athletes threw their arms in the air in delight and hugged each other in Trafalger Square as they watched the announcement in Singapore on a huge screen.
"I've achieved my dreams so now I'm in a position to say, 'well I can do what I want,'" said the double Olympic champion.
Double Olympic gold medallist Kelly Holmes was voted Britain's sports personality of the year.
Briton Kelly Holmes deposed friend and training partner Maria Mutola as women's 800 metres Olympic champion.
The double Olympic champion pulled out because of an Achilles injury.
The 34-year-old Briton rana well-paced race to win the women's 1500m gold at the Olympics.
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Jamaica's Elaine Thompson-Herah made Olympic history in Tokyo Tuesday, blazing to victory in the 200 metres to complete an unprecedented women's sprinting "double-double".
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday
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