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One to One: Gail Emms talks to Helen Glover

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Life After Gold: Two Olympians discuss what can happen after retiring from top-level sport

Gail Emms talks to Olympic rower Helen Glover of post-retirement difficulties from her world class badminton career. From 2018.

The Olympian, Helen Glover, speaks to world-class badminton player, Gail Emms, about the difficult time she has had since retiring from sport.

Helen Glover is one of our most successful athletes. In a life devoted to rowing, she has won a phenomenal twenty one Olympic, World and European gold medals. But now she is contemplating retirement. And she is discovering that looking to the future - towards a life away from competitive rowing - is as daunting as it is liberating. 

Gail Emms, alongside her doubles partner, Nathan Robertson, won a silver medal at the 2004 Olympics and became World Champion in 2006. But when she retired in 2008, she struggled financially and underestimated how hard it might be to find a new sense of identity and purpose.


Producer: Karen Gregor.

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