Dame Kelly Holmes says speaking publicly about sexuality for first time was 'scarier than any race'
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Dame Kelly Holmes had lived in fear of judgement, persecution and even being jailed for being a gay woman in the army before she came out as gay in an interview with the Sunday Mirror