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As the 2024 Olympics is in full swing in Paris, rower Helen Glover has been making waves for Team GB and her very famous TV husband has been cheering her on. Helen - who is competing with teammates Esme Booth, Sam Redgrave and Rebecca Shorten - was supported by her husband Steve Backshall and her children, five-year-old Logan and three-year-olds Kit and Willow, in an adorable Instagram post as he rounded up some famous faces to motivate the team. British naturalist and explorer Steve, who competed on Strictly Come Dancing in series 12 with Orla Jordan, posted a video on Instagram and captioned it: "For Esma, Rebecca, Sam and Hels, a message of good luck from some of your fans.

With the 2024 Olympics in Paris marking Helen Glover’s fourth time at the Games, the rower is a familiar face to sports fans across the globe. But besides competing in this year’s competition, the two-time Olympic champion has been given a very special role which will see her be one of the flag bearers at the opening ceremony on Friday, 26 July. Joining Tom Daley in the role, 38 year old Helen revealed how carrying the British flag would be “the biggest honour of my life” after previously coming out of retirement to compete in the Olympics in Tokyo in 2021.

Helen Glover made a sensational comeback at the Tokyo Olympic Games in 2021, she blazed a trail not just for women in sport, but for all mothers, by showing it's possible to achieve your biggest goals as a mum of three.And now, the double Olympic champion has made the exciting announcement that she's going for glory at Paris 2024 – and her Bafta-winning wildlife presenter husband Steve Backshall had the sweetest reaction.WATCH: Behind the scenes with Helen Glover "I want to be 38 years old, going into my next Games, being able to say to the world: 'I'm the best I have ever been and I’m a mum of three,'" Helen, 36, told HELLO! in our exclusive interview, one of her first since making her surprise announcement last week."There was a [rowing] trial in November and Steve said to me: 'I really think you should do it.' If he wasn't on board and so invested in and excited by it, it wouldn't be possible," Helen says of her supportive husband, with whom she shares Logan, four, and three-year-old twins Kit and Bo.After winning gold in the women's coxless pairs with Heather Stanning first at London 2012, then again at Rio 2016, she took a step back to start her family with Steve.Her history-making return to competition in Tokyo five years later made Helen the first mum to row in a British Olympic team - and her sights are set even higher for her Paris bid. The Olympic champion is married to Steve Backshall"I'd love to win a medal.

Olympians to win gold in London 2012, Helen Glover and Heather Stanning have united a decade on with their children for an exclusive photoshoot in the new issue of HELLO! magazine, as they share memories of that epic day – and Heather also reveals exciting news that she is expecting her second child, a sibling for her two-year-old son, Magnus, with her husband, army officer Jonny Howse.EXCLUSIVE: Look back at Helen Glover and Steve Backshall's fairytale wedding"Our second child is due in November, which is very exciting. Magnus adores playing with Helen's three children, and I always wanted him to have siblings."WATCH: Helen Glover has emotional reunion with her childrenThe double Olympic champion rowers (who also won Gold in Rio 2016) are the closest of friends and their lives have mirrored one another's over the past ten years.READ: Helen Glover's genius parenting hack to get all kids out the doorREAD: Helen Glover reveals unusual home feature The rowers were joined by their children on the shootHelen, who is mum to Logan, who has just turned four, and two-year-old twins Kit and Bo (her children with her husband, TV wildlife presenter and adventurer Steve Backshall), tells HELLO!: "You know in that moment in the boat together, you have something that connects you, and win or lose we knew we would always be connected by this shared experience.

Steve Backshall, 47 is known for his love of nature and animals and as such has presented on a range of different nature shows including BBC TV's Deadly 60.Tonight on Springwatch he will feature live from his home base alongside fellow hosts Chris Packham, Gillian Burke and Iolo Williams where they will each share the latest from the wildlife cameras.Steve and wife Helen Glover are reported to have met in 2014 during the BBC fundraiser Sport Relief.Helen is an Olympic gold medalist who, with her rowing partner Heather Stanning, won the women's coxless pairs in 2012.