Kelly Holmes was grat at those olympic games. Maria Cioncan of Rumania did a great job to get the bronze too, it´s a shame she died in 2007 due to a car accident.
now THAT is running out of your skin!they are two of the gutsiest performances ive ever seen on a running track. she is a true grit britt. i salute you kelly x
To come back at 34 and do what she did after all he injuries was incredible. I sadly missed this race as I was at the Reading Festival, but saw the first one and was so happy when she won, she has been the most deserved Sports Personality of the year in recent times I think.
Whilst waiting for the bus to school in the morning, we'd see Kelly fly past us on her morning run in Hildenborough. That was the years of 2000 and 2001. As kids we never thought we were witnessing a future double olympic champion. Whilst doing my summer job in pizza express in Tonbridge, I had the pleasure of serving her when she came to eat a couple of times :)
An absolute british LEGEND!!! Its the most inspiring performance Ive ever seen from a british athlete. A true inspirational ambassador. Beautiful running. So strong. You deserve it Kelly!!!!! xxxx
The most glorious moment in british athletics. I cry tears of joy and elation when I see this. True grit, guts and a fierce determination to win. Unmissable and everytime I see it Im so bloody choked up and proud!!!! ALL HAIL KELLY HOLMES!!!!!!!
I remember when I first watched this race. I was confident she would win because of how she ran the 800m. Despite using the same tactics the others could not defeat her.
Absolute inspiration for all generations. To achieve 2 gold medals at 34 is amazing. Also she is helping the next generation in sport. An amazing role model
Laura Muir has just broken Kelly Holmes's British record in the Anniversary Games, I think 3.57.49. The bronze medallist from Romania sadly passed away.
True story , me my mates grew up in tonbridge next town over from where Kelly did , she went to our school left before us being older , one day at a local running track she was practicing on with a lady who was a teacher from our school , my friend Ben decided that she wasn’t that quick and challenged her to a race of 400 metres , Kelly had all ready run 15/20 laps , anyway my mate Ben had to go home to change his top because of the sick over it when he gave up in the first 300 metres , even now we remind him the time he nearly beat her !
There were two athletes in the 2004 Olympic Women's 1500m final that also appeared in the 2009 World Championships, Natalya Yevdokimova of Russia and Natalia Rodriguez of Spain, the latter athlete that originally won the race in Berlin but was disqualified for tripping the Ethiopian athlete Gelete Burka.
Abolutely top quality and insiprational Kelly Holmes is. Better still, everything that happened to me today (1 June 2008) put together allowed me and my little sister to meet her. What an awesome God Jesus is :D
taking nothing away from kelly holmes - it was a great achievement in athletics, but i dont reckon "the greayest achievement in british distance running" is justified if that includes the performances of seb coe - who raised the bar over four different distances, two of which (800 and 1000) where records that have only been beaten by one atlete a piece in nearly 30 years (i think this is true in the 1000m, but i may be wrong), taking nothing away from kelly though - it was a great achievement
@Maxshard You got angry about Foster comparing Kelly Holmes to Howard Hill. He didn't he compared her to Albert Hill. The runner. Howard Hill was an archer. If you're going to spout absolute bullshit at least get your facts straight.
So your saying the only way a 34 year old can win at the Olympics is drugs? Im sure a shit load of training can help you to win, even at 34, Being in your 30's doesnt matter for runners, Im surprised she didnt go into Beijing to be honest
On the contrary she is a very attractive woman with a fine physique. If she is gay my only observation is that she is a terrible loss to the heterosexual gay population. Kelly is a sporting great who stands on a par with Seb Coe and Carl Lewis.
An amazing performance from Kelly. But now that I see this (yet) again, wouldn't you have to criticise - from a purely technical standpoint - her tactics? She's running so wide and therefore having to do more than anyone else on the track.
Foster never fulfilled his true potential and bottled it in the olympics. Don't get me wrong here, I have a tremendous admiration for Kelly Holmes, she made these olymics for me. However Foster seems obsessed with making ridiculous comparisons between men and women (typical BBC). When a female athlete made a great time in a marathon, the idiot Foster went back as far as he could (many decades) to find a male marathon runner and said she would have beat him. Try learning about gender politics.
"come on kelly dont condone this,please kelly dont work for the bbc at the olympics,if you do you are condoning child slavery and murder." Riiiiiiiiiiight...
