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Helen Glover insists she will NOT make another rowing comeback for Team GB for 2024 Olympic Games... after defending women's coxless pairs champion missed out on Tokyo medal alongside Polly Swann

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Helen Glover ruled out another rowing return after an agonising fourth place at the Tokyo Olympics.

The defending women's pair champion finished just outside the medals with Polly Swann as New Zealand took the title ahead of the Russian Olympic Committee and Canada.

Glover, who won in 2012 and 2016, only returned to training in March 2020 following four years away after starting a family and insisted she does not expect to make another comeback with Team GB.

Helen Glover ruled out another rowing return after an agonising fourth place at the Tokyo Olympics

Helen Glover ruled out another rowing return after an agonising fourth place at the Tokyo Olympics

The defending women's pair champion finished just outside the medals with Polly Swann

The defending women's pair champion finished just outside the medals with Polly Swann

She said: 'Well do you know what, in Rio I said it was my last one. This time I'm saying that it definitely is and everyone around me keeps saying ''No, no, you'll be back doing the single!''

'I definitely don't see myself doing the single. That's definitely not in the pipeline. I never think beyond the finish line so for me I'm just looking forward to getting home and having some downtime.'

Glover, who had son Logan with TV presenter Steve Backshall in 2019 and twins Kit and Willow in January 2020, believes her and Swann have completed something special.

She

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