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Dame Kelly Holmes is one of Britain鈥檚 most popular double Olympic gold medallists from Athens 2004.

What should have been a time to celebrate was, in fact, done facing fear - a fear that she might be outed as being gay.

Kelly also had a career in the British Army and for much of her working life being gay in the military was illegal.

In 2000, the law was changed but Kelly still lived her life in fear before finally talking about her sexuality publicly in 2022.

She told Sporthour鈥檚 Caroline Barker about those Athens games and living in fear for 34 years.

If you are impacted by Dame Kelly's story, then help is available in the UK at bbc.co.uk/action line and outside of the UK at befreinders.org.

Photo: Dame Kelly Holmes during the Sport Relief All-Star Games: Birmingham 2022. (Credit: Comic Relief via Getty Images)