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Grandmother of swimmer Adam Peaty stages an Olympic celebration
Many sportsmen say they “can’t believe it” in the moment of achieving their lifetime goal but in the case of Adam Peaty, who posted another world record and won Britain’s Rio first gold on Sunday, it seemed like he really meant it.
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Our junior video producer Cassandra Nelson, together with Derby Telegraph reporter Bethany Knowles, went out to speak to people in Derby city centre to get their thoughts on Peaty’s triumph at the Rio Olympics.
“That swim for me was probably the best executed, the ideal race”.
“When his mum (Caroline) used to take him to the pool he used to scream there”.
But two were won on the second night of swimming finals here, with Peaty leading the way and Jazz Carlin adding silver in the 400m freestyle.
“My Grandson has done it”, she tweeted.
It is one of a number of further medal chances in the pool, but none are as nailed-on as Peaty.
“I know what it’s like on the other side if it doesn’t go well so there was an element of being cautious but in my gut, I knew what he could do”.
“It’s so surreal to get Team GB’s first gold, but this product is seven years of work”.
“I look at those flags and seeing those colours means so much to me”.
With his latest victory, Peaty has beaten his own world record twice in three swims.
He set a new world record of 57.13 seconds in the 100m breaststroke, beating an all-time best he had set himself just a day earlier.
As 21-year-old Peaty smashed his own world record in the heats for the 100-meter breaststroke on Saturday, Williams’ tweets of support started going viral.
“I feel like we’re the ideal partnership and that’s a special and a rare thing”.
Peaty’s old rival, South Africa’s Cameron van der Burgh who he beat by 0.32 seconds in the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, took the silver a full 1.56 seconds behind the new Olympic champion.
“I touched the wall, looked to my left and I was like, ‘Where is everybody?’ That swim for me was probably the best executed, the flawless race”.
He said: “Coming up to the Worlds past year I was a bit anxious and I wasn’t aware what is was going to be like to compete on the world stage”.
Mavis knew her grandson had the ability to be an Olympic gold victor when she first saw him training in Derby.
“But I’m not going to settle for this”.
“You never put a limit on anything”.
“I can’t wait to get home now to my nan and give her a massive hug”.
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He has come a long way since childhood, when he was scared of having a bath.