"Oh my god!" she gasps. "I can't believe I'm standing in the same gym as Kelly Holmes."
The reception that double Olympic champion Dame Kelly Holmes received at an east London school, where she was visiting a sports open day in her role as patron of the Youth Sport Trust, was like that of a Hollywood actress. Wherever she went a cluster of young people formed around her, eager to find out her tips for success, get her to sign their PE kits or just get close enough to take a picture. In a short space of time she seemed to be everywhere - encouraging a young woman up the climbing wall, bouncing around a netball court and taking questions and answers from young people in the school gym.
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