Holmes to quit at end of season

Double Olympic champion Kelly Holmes announced today this will be her final competitive season.

Holmes is to race the 1500m in Cork on July 2 at the Cork City Sports.

The 35-year-old is set to quit after the World Championships in Helsinki this year although she may race in the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne next year.

She said: “This will be my last track season…the World Championships are obviously there on the agenda still and I will decide as I go through the season whether I am going to compete but it will depend on fitness levels and if everything goes to plan.

“If I do do the Commonwealth Games I won’t do any more races apart from the Commonwealths next year.

“If I decide to go, I will retire at the Commonwealth Games. If I don’t go there it will be before that.”