Glover won Olympic gold in 2012 and 2016, before narrowly missing out on the podium in Tokyo at her first Games as a mother.
Helen Glover will head to Paris feeling free of the pressure to prove she can balance parenthood with competition after she was named as part of a 42-strong Team GB Olympic rowing squad.
“It was a battle with energy spent not just on the rowing but on motherhood, breastfeeding twins, and getting on to the team. Her return to competition after five years in retirement saw her and Swann claim victory in the coxless pairs at the 2021 European championships in Italy, the first time that Glover had competed since Rio.
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