As Adam Peaty stormed to victory in Rio de Janeiro, one fan was stealing the spotlight 6,000 miles away – his grandmother.
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Aged 74, Ms Williams joined Twitter ahead of the Games, labelling herself the #OlympicNan and tweeting her congratulations to the 21-year-old swimming sensation and his GB team-mates.
He made fans ecstatic when he scored Team GB’s first gold at the Rio Olympics, but no one could be prouder than Adam Peaty’s grandmother Mavis Williams.
After he initially broke the world record in the 100m breaststroke heats on Saturday, she showed off some deft emoji use and posted: “What a race ooo I’m so proud”.
“When his mum (Caroline) used to take him to the pool he used to scream there”.
As Peaty cruised through the semifinals, Williams upped her Twitter game, calling her grandson a “gladiator” and saying she’d be “roaring” for him. “It’s given me a new interest and kept my brain working”.
The proud nan even covered her house in bunting.
At the moment her Twitter bio reads: “Proud Nan to a World Champion Breaststroker”. “Hopefully, I’ve done her proud”.
And she took to social media again after watching her grandson clinch gold.
Mavis also revealed the moment she realised Adam had the ability to be an Olympic gold victor after watching him training in Derby for the first time. “I’m exhausted, excited, and I’ll be glad when he comes home now”.
“As a child he was scared of water”.
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“He’s been swimming ever since”, she added.
