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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Sara Keenan

Helen Glover: ‘Having kids just made me realise sports is so much bigger than the moment you cross the line’

Helen Glover explains the differences in training for the Olympics before and after having kids (Helen Glover/Runna) -

After announcing she was coming back to sports after having kids, double Olympic gold medal rower and fitness app Runna ambassador, Helen Glover OBE says it made her realise that “sports is so much bigger than the moment you cross the line on one race”.

Glover, who didn’t pick up rowing until the age of 21, says sports was always her passion growing up. “It was definitely my kind of identity of what I enjoyed and who I was, but I never imagined it becoming my career,” the 39-year-old mum-of-three admits.

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