Wow! 2024 - What an Olympics!
12th August, 2024
It was so good to see so much rowing – and all in one place on the Seine. Klaus was interviewed on BBC Radio Somerset about his own Olympic experiences in Tokyo in 1964 [listen here].
We had several Minervans on the scene in Paris, playing roving reporters and making sure we knew what we were missing! Sharon Alcock even snuck into the Olympians area to give Becky Wilde a big hug from all of us.
While most people were working (or at least pretending to work and definitely not watching the races with the sound off!) at their offices, other lucky Minervans met up at The Boathouse pub to watch two women’s finals: Becky Wilde and Mathilda Hodgkins-Byrne Doubles and Helen Glover’s Four. ITV West Country were there to witness the cheers and screams of excitement as both achieved amazing medals. If you missed this news report, the video file is available as an MP4 file – we can share it and add it to the website.
And… If you haven’t see it already, here’s Helen Glover saying ‘thanks’ to Minerva for getting her started in rowing:
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