Thursday’s action at Vaires-sur-Marne showed beyond doubt that motherhood can coexist with Olympic rowing success. It was not just about Glover’s silver in the women’s four, even though her story – which combines elite sporting performance with her daily commitment to five-year-old Logan and three-year-old twins Kit and Willow – has made her the most visible rowing mother of these …
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 British crew swept past Italy 800 metres from home into third place, eventually settling for bronze with the United States taking gold and New Zealand silver. New Zealand eventually moved into pole position for …
Hodgkins Byrne credits her two-year-old son Freddie with making her a better athlete. “He didn’t understand what was happening but he understood everyone around him was clapping so he clapped.” She trained throughout her pregnancy and fitted in cardio sessions around his naps as a baby. We know that with the noise of the Games, he is literally going to …
A rower who is crowdfunding to bring her baby son to next year’s Paris Olympics has told parliament that pregnancy is being treated like an “illness” in British sport. In evidence that raises fresh questions over whether governing bodies are doing enough to support pregnant athletes, Mathilda Hodgkins Byrne, a European silver medallist, said she had been made to feel …