Tom Daley and Helen Glover have been named as Team GB's flagbearers ahead of Friday's opening ceremony in Paris.
Tom Daley and Helen Glover have been named as Team GB's flagbearers ahead of Friday's opening ceremony at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. They are two of Britain's most experienced Olympians. Glover is a two-time rowing gold medallist poised to take part in her fourth Olympics having come of retirement to compete at Tokyo 2020.
' 'Fairytale endings are so hard to find'Both Daley and Glover are inspired by their families. For Glover her involvement sends a message. 'I'm 37. I've got three kids and I want to show there's no reason I should not be doing this,' she told Sky Sports News. 'I do think sport is a big reflection on society and there is this sense of when women have children, they're kind of different, changed and yes they are but that can be really positive.
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