Mother of three Glover is in the frame for another crack at Olympic glory

Cookham’s Helen Glover is gearing up for another crack at Olympic glory this summer after helping Great Britain’s women’s four to gold at the World Rowing Cup in Italy.

Glover is aiming to become an Olympic champion once again at the age of 38, having become the first mother to row for Team GB at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021. She is aiming to compete for medals in Paris after coming out of retirement for a second time.

She is already a double Olympic champion having won gold in the women’s coxless pairs at London 2012 and Rio 2016 alongside Heather Stanning.

This weekend, Glover, Esme Booth, Samantha Redgrave and Rebeccas

Shorten took the title ahead of another GB team – Heidi Long, Rowan McKellar, Holly Dunford and Emily Ford – demonstrating the strength in depth the country has in the event.

Britain won four golds on the final day of the competition to finish top of the medal table with five golds and four silvers.

Another local rower, Marlow’s Rory Gibbs, helped Great Britain to their final gold medal of the event in the men’s eight. Rowing alongside Sholto Carnegie, Morgan Bolding, Jacob Dawson, Charlie Elwes, Tom Digby,

James Rudkin and Tom Ford, the team also look in very good shape heading into an Olympic summer.

Oliver Wynne-Griffith and Tom George triumphed in the men's pairs, while Emily Craig and Imogen Grant took gold in the lightweight women's double sculls.

Olivia Bates won the lightweight women's single sculls on Saturday.

GB took silver in the men's quadruple sculls, the men's four and the women's eight, while George Bourne finished fourth in the men's single sculls.