British records must go insists Dame Kelly Holmes

By George Scott, Sportsbeat

DOUBLE Olympic gold medallist Dame Kelly Holmes insists it's high time her domination of the British record books came to an end. 

GOLDEN DECADE: Dame Kelly Holmes first topped the podium at a major championships at the 1994 Commonwealth Games - before winning double Olympic gold ten years later (Getty Images)

The 39-year-old claimed her first Olympic medal - 800m bronze - in Sydney, before upgrading to 800m and 1500m gold four years later.

British middle-distance running has undergone a revolution in 2009, with Jenny Meadows capturing 800m bronze and Lisa Dobriskey 1500m silver in Berlin.

But Meadows and Dobriskey must knock more than a second off their personal bests to challenge Holmes' outdoor two lap and 1500m marks - which stand at 1:56.21 minutes and 3:57.90 respectively.

And Dame Kelly insists it's time the current crop of stars step up to the mantle.

"Records are there to be broken - when somebody brings home two Olympics gold medals then ask me what I think about that," said Dame Kelly.  

"It would be really bad if somebody didn't start moving up because I have held my 1500m record since 2004 and prior to that I held it since 1997.

"Currently I hold every British record from 800 to 1000m to 1500m, indoors and out, and at some stage somebody is going to break them.