Alongside partner Polly Swann, she claimed the European women's pair title in Italy in March - her first taste of competitive sport since she stepped away from the sport. Thank you!! Now can we invent a teleport machine to get me straight home to the little ones?? However, Glover was clearly proud of her effort after the race and she thanked people for their support on Twitter. So proud to make the Olympic final and come home with 4th.
Polly Swann has been the most incredible teammate and you've all been amazing support," she wrote. Glover, who turned 35 in June, has not only had to contend with the usual demands of elite sport in an Olympic year but managing her training regime around her family commitments during a global pandemic. Prior to the games, she said her day started at 5am every morning with Logan, her eldest son, waking up. Two and a half hours later she was off to train and said it's a "juggling act" but something she enjoyed.
Well wishers unite! Glover won golds at London and Rio with Heather Stanning but this time she was with Polly Swann, with whom she won the world championships in A back injury ruined Swann's hopes of appearing at the London Games in , where Glover teamed with Stanning to claim the first of what would be two consecutive gold medals.
Swann rebounded as part of the women's eight that won a silver medal on her Games debut in Rio, before her medical course evolved into a role as a junior doctor in Livingston helping to combat the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic.
Swann and Glover will compete in the heats on 24 July and will be among the favourites to win the final, which is scheduled for July 29 at the Sea Forest Waterway in Tokyo Bay. Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies. Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later?
Start your Independent Premium subscription today. Already subscribed? European Champion - Women's Pair. They successfully defended their European Championships title in Brandenburg and reached the final at the World Cup in Lucerne but had to withdraw just before the race due to illness. They returned to the top of the podium at the Poznan World Cup, though, bettering their own world cup best time as they beat New Zealand.
Glover and Stanning then wrote another chapter in the history books by retaining their Olympic title at Rio with an imperious display in the final , underlining their dominance and extending their unbeaten record as a partnership to 39 races.
Glover went into the Olympic year with confidence high after winning a third successive world championship title in emphatic fashion. It capped another unbeaten season for the duo, who started by setting a new championship record as they won European gold in Poznan, Poland. They also claimed the overall world cup trophy after wins in Varese and Lucerne. Glover started the Rio Olympiad with a new partner in Polly Swann after Stanning took time out to fulfill her military commitments.
They quickly forged a successful partnership, winning gold medals at all three world cup regattas in before claiming a first world championship title in Chungju, South Korea. When the pair also won gold at the European Championships in Belgrade, Serbia, Glover became the first woman to hold the Olympic, World and European titles at the same time.
Glover and Stanning resumed their partnership at the second world cup of in Aigubelette, winning gold. She began her international partnership with fellow Bath Start graduate Stanning in and, after making good progress on the world cup circuit, the relative unknowns made a major breakthrough when they won a silver medal at the World Rowing Championships in New Zealand.
They went on to repeat that result at the World Rowing Championships in Bled, after winning two world cup gold medals that year, to confirm their status as medal contenders for London More info
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