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The sporting stars who had their final Olympic Games hurrah in Paris

The Paris Olympics has created new household names but has also seen the final hurrah for a number of stars. Some left with medals around their necks while for others the experience was bittersweet. Here, the PA news agency looks at the big names ...

11 Aug 2024 at 12:00

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Helen Glover says it’s time to be mum and hints brilliant rowing career is over

Helen Glover hinted her glittering rowing career is over after being denied a third Olympic title by the wafer-thin margin of 0.18 seconds. Just 24 hours after Team GB women’s quadruple sculls crew claimed gold by the margin of 0.15secs, Glover, ...

01 Aug 2024 at 13:33

Sport

Helen Glover has to settle for women’s four silver as Netherlands edge out GB

Helen Glover missed out on a third Olympic title as Great Britain were agonisingly edged out in a dramatic women’s four final at Paris 2024. The mum-of-three, who won pairs gold at London 2012 and Rio 2016, took four years out of the sport ...

01 Aug 2024 at 11:45

Sport

Rain puts a dampener on the Paris Olympics opening ceremony down the River Seine

Paris welcomed the Olympic Games with an opening ceremony like no other as athletes sailed down the River Seine to the sound of Lady Gaga and more, but relentless rain put a dampener on the party. Zinedine Zidane starred in a video to tee ...

26 Jul 2024 at 21:33

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Helen Glover out to ‘push boundary further’ as mum of three eyes Paris Olympics

Helen Glover’s unquenchable desire to continue to blaze a trail for future generations of mothers in elite sport has convinced the two-time Olympic rowing champion to target further success in Paris next year. The 36-year-old, who won ...

22 Mar 2023 at 10:10

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Great Britain rowers prove that Tokyo Games were a blip with eight-medal haul in Paris

So, Tokyo 2020 was a blip after all for Great Britain’s rowers. After topping rowing’s medal table at three successive Olympics, British crews – metaphorically if not literally – struggled to keep afloat on Japanese water. One silver ...

11 Aug 2024 at 12:00

Sport

Helen Glover hopes Paris 2024 will be more like her experience in London and Rio

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. The 37-year-old, who finished fourth after ...

05 Jun 2024 at 19:01

Sport

Father ‘still shaking’ after son’s bronze as GB rack up Olympic medals in rowing

A father has said he is “still shaking” after his rower son won an Olympic bronze, as Team GB racked up medals in the sport. Matt Aldridge secured third place on Thursday in the men’s four alongside his teammates David Ambler, ...

01 Aug 2024 at 13:43

Sport

Mathilda Hodgkins Byrne and Becky Wilde comebacks lead to Paris bronze

British rowers Becky Wilde and Mathilda Hodgkins Byrne shared a remarkable comeback story to win Olympic bronze in the women’s doubles sculls. The pair made it on to the podium at Paris 2024 after Hodgkins Byrne had taken ...

01 Aug 2024 at 15:03

Sport

Helen Glover says balancing family life with Olympic ambitions ‘working well’

Two-time Olympic champion Helen Glover says coming out of retirement after the Tokyo Games felt like more of “a natural decision” as she targets further success. The 37-year-old made her comeback to compete at Tokyo just ...

26 Jul 2023 at 00:01

Sport

Sir Steve Redgrave backing GB to top rowing medal table in Paris after Tokyo low

Sir Steve Redgrave expects Team GB to top rowing’s medal table at the Olympic Games in Paris. The five-time Olympic rowing champion believes Great Britain will banish the disappointment of Tokyo three years ago when ...

23 Jul 2024 at 11:01

Lifestyle

Helen Glover on paddleboarding with her family and the joy of exercise when there’s no competition

Helen Glover has finally found balance. And while it is on the water, it’s not in a boat. The double Olympic champion and triple World Champion rower, who is now also a busy mum-of-three, finds moments of peace and ...

21 Sept 2022 at 12:14

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