Kelly Holmes quits
06/12/2005 - 10:31:21Double Olympic champion Kelly Holmes today announced her retirement from athletics.
Holmes wanted to bow out in style at next year’s Commonwealth Games but has called time on her career.
The 35-year-old former army sergeant revealed at a press conference she had been badly affected by the death of a man she met while visiting her physiotherapist in Ireland.
She admitted she lacked the motivation to continue in the sport after winning gold in the 800m and 1,500m in Athens last year.
