Helen Glover has emotional message for kids as mum-of-three suffers Tokyo 2020 medal heartbreak on inspirational return
Martin Lipton
Updated: 23:37 ET, Jul 28 2021
HELEN GLOVER had a special message for her kids after her Olympic comeback ended in an agonising fourth place.
The inspirational rower failed to make a medal-winning comeback on her return from becoming a mum.
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Helen Glover and Polly Swann finished fourth in the women s coxless pair final at Tokyo 2020Credit: Getty
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Glover delivered a passionate speech to kids after she and Swann came up short
The 2012 and 2016 pairs champ and new partner Polly Swann have always had their backs against the wall at the Sea Forest Waterway.
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Great Britain s Helen Glover and Polly Swann after the Women s Pair Final (Image: Danny Lawson/PA)
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But they were beaten to the podium positions by gold medallists Grace Prendergast and Kerri Gowler from New Zealand, the Russian Olympic Committee, who won silver, and Canada duo Caileigh Filmer and Hillary Janssens claiming the bronze.
Glover, who won coxless pairs gold in London nine years ago and at Rio 2016, only returned to training in 2020 following almost four years out of the boat after starting a family.
Glover insisted she was pleased with their performance, telling BBC Sport: Right now I m pleased we put everything on the line. We knew it was going to be really big, a big final to be in. Getting here was a tough route and so we knew when we crossed having spent everything.
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James Cracknell has lavished praise on the Irish duo. Paul must ve wanted to finish this with his brother but he had to form a new relationship, he told the BBC. Both crews have raced well because the Italians have been nip and tuck with these three, the Irish and the Germans, all year. I think both the Germans and the Irish stepped up for that final.
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