Welcome back to Strong Women’s new series ‘Going for Gold’, where we’ll be going behind the scenes with incredible female Olympians and Paralympians in the run-up to Paris 2024. From what their training regimes look like to how they support their hormonal health, consider this your insider guide to what it takes to be one of the best athletes in the world.

This week, we’re chatting with Helen Glover MBE, a two-time Olympic champion and Team GB professional rower. Her first taste of Olympic success dates back to London 2012, where she claimed her first gold medal in the W2 class (aka, a two-person boat). Four years later she claimed another gold in that division at Rio 2016, after which she announced she would be retiring from the sport. But after raising a family, she returned to the waters for Tokyo 2020, claiming fourth place alongside Polly Swann. And now, with just a few months left until Paris 2024, Glover is training hard in a bid to claim her third gold medal.

Team GB rower Helen Glover on balancing motherhood and Olympic training: “It’s a constant struggle”