Not sure where Dame Kelly is getting her stats but we thought even more than 6 out of 10 did little more than stroll around Topshop. The Prime Minister agrees with her - read it here.

"Recent research showed that by the age of 18 four out of ten girls in Britain have stopped doing any kind of sport.

Dame Kelly, 37, is determined to do something about it. Since retiring from athletics, she has become National School Sport Champion and has been working with insurance company Norwich Union to promote sport to girls and nurture young female athletes."

(Via Get girls off sofa and into sport | Dame Kelly Holmes | The Sun |HomePage|News: .)

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