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Kelly Holmes: "I went to my first gay pub in Slough"

Dame Kelly Holmes won two gold medals at the Athens Olympics in 2004, in the 800m and 1500m.

What she kept hidden from public is that - at the height of her career - she also experienced a breakdown and felt she had to keep her sexuality out of the public eye.

91热爆 Radio Berkshire's Bridgitte Tetteh speaks to Holmes about her journey.

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