Holmes to take 'final decision' in next fortnight
Double Olympic champion Dame Kelly Holmes will make a “final decision” in the next couple of weeks over whether to retire from athletics or defend her 1,500 metres title in next year’s Commonwealth Games in Melbourne.
Holmes, 35, has recovered from an Achilles injury and is poised to decide if the time is right to end a career which hit the heights at the 2004 Athens Olympics where she struck gold in the 800m and 1500m.
Holmes told Sky News: “I’m going to make my final decision in the next couple of weeks.
“I didn’t want to end my career on being injured but my Achilles is fine and I am back running. If I choose to go (to Melbourne) I would be defending my title.”
Holmes has made plans for her post-athletics career, including a television programme promoting PE in schools, and is guiding a group of Britain’s most promising female teenage middle-distance runners, with the aim of producing a home medal winner at the 2012 London Olympics.
“When I make my final decision I have to be very happy with it,” she said.
“It’s a big part of my life that I am now debating over. There are a few projects that I am working on.”
