INCREDIBLE COMEBACK! 💨 How Kelly Holmes stunned the 800m field at Athen 2004 🥇 | Athlete Highlights

📺 Re-live ALL the incredible #Paris2024 action: ➡️ https://oly.ch/P24Replays Kelly Holmes started the 800m final at Athens 2004 near the back of the field. At the 400m mark, she was in second-to-last place. But over the final lap, she steadily overtook her competitors and crossed the finish line first with a time of 1:56.38, a personal best at the age of 34. Holmes became the first British woman to win Olympic gold in the 800m and her victory was later voted among Britain’s greatest Olympic moments! 🇬🇧 _____________________________________________________ 🇫🇷 #Paris2024 replays: https://www.olympics.com/en/olympic-g... 🇨🇳 #Beijing2022 replays: https://oly.ch/B22Replays 🇯🇵 #Tokyo2020 replays: https://oly.ch/T20Replays 🗞️ News from the Olympic world: https://oly.ch/News