OLYMPIC HOPEFULS - HELEN GLOVER & POLLY SWANN
July 23rd, 2021
My second posting on athletes I'm looking forward to watch at the Olympics brings a great story.
In the Women's Coxless Pairs, Helen Glover, now a mum of 3, returns after retiring following her second straight title in Rio 2016, where she was partnered by Heather Stanning.
Helen is now partnered by Polly Swann, a junior doctor, who returned to the wards to to help out during coronavirus. Sadly, a back injury scuppered Polly's hope of appearing in London 2012, but she was a member of the Women's Eight that won silver in Rio.
They race in their heat on day one, hoping to qualify for the final.
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In the Women's Coxless Pairs, Helen Glover, now a mum of 3, returns after retiring following her second straight title in Rio 2016, where she was partnered by Heather Stanning.
Helen is now partnered by Polly Swann, a junior doctor, who returned to the wards to to help out during coronavirus. Sadly, a back injury scuppered Polly's hope of appearing in London 2012, but she was a member of the Women's Eight that won silver in Rio.
They race in their heat on day one, hoping to qualify for the final.