The 74-year-old stayed up into the early hours of Monday morning to watch her grandson win Britain’s first Olympic gold in men’s swimming for decades and the first Team GB medal of the games.
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Adam Peaty lived up to his billing as the overwhelming favourite for the men’s 100 metre breaststroke at Rio 2016, again lowering his own world record to claim a dominant victory in Sunday’s final.
When Adam Peaty of the United Kingdom powered home to win the finals of the men’s 100m breaststroke final in #Rio, he broke his own record that he set in the semi-finals the previous night.
Day three in Rio will feature James Guy, who hopes to add to Britain’s medal haul in the pool, while Tom Daley will also make his first Rio appearance. If we’re not doing that I don’t really see the point.
“That swim for me was probably the best executed, the flawless race”.
Adam Peaty was stunned after his dominant Olympic gold-winning swim left him wondering where his rivals were and in disbelief at his incredible feat.
“I’m not going to settle for just this”.
“My nan means the world to me”.
Moorhouse’s gold came in Seoul with a come-from-behind win, but Peaty led from the start with a blistering performance.
He said: “I can’t even put into words how much that swim meant to me”.
Peaty, who trains at Loughborough University under the guidance of coach Mel Marshall, had been untouchable in the heats and semi-finals, setting his first world record of 57.55 in the heats.
Peaty’s new record time is a whopping 0.79secs quicker than the mark he set prior to the Games. I’m going to push forward.
The 21-year-old finished a remarkable 1.56 seconds ahead of second-placed South African defending champion Cameron van der Burgh.
“Now that I’ve done it it’s an absolute honour to get that gold for Team GB”.
“Four years ago I was sat in the stand cheering Team GB on but now I’m actually part of the team and to come away with a silver medal is absolutely awesome”.
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Peaty added: “I overcame that fear and there’s nothing more I love than racing the best in the world now”.
