To celebrate the success of local swimmer Adam Peaty at the Rio Olympic Games, Uttoxeter Racecourse will be offering local residents free entry to their Betfred Raceday fixture on Wednesday 7 September.
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Adam Peaty smashed the 100m breaststroke world record to become Olympic champion and secure Great Britain’s first gold at Rio.
“Many congratulations to Adam Peaty and Jazz Carlin for winning Team GB’s first medals at Rio 2016”, May said.
“Going down that last 50 I was aware that I was in front, but not by that much”.
“I can’t believe the time, I’m so happy” she told waiting reporters. “It was insane. It’s awesome and I probably won’t be able to sleep tonight”.
Britain were roundly criticised for winning just three medals at London 2012, none of them gold.
This was her first Olympic medal.
“All you’ve got to do is put 100 per cent effort in each day”. It really inspired me.
It is one of a number of further medal chances in the pool, but none are as nailed-on as Peaty.
“It means so much to me”.
Peaty was clear favourite entering the Games as the world champion and only man in history to swim beneath 58secs.
The 21-year-old swimmer broke a world record by completing the 100-meter race in 57.13 seconds.
And in Sunday’s final, Peaty went even quicker. Then, in the Semi-Final, he didn’t quite meet the World Record but he did come out of the Semi-Final in overall first putting him in a very good position heading to the final.
“The feeling is totally insane”, Sjostrom said.
She was hotly tipped to win gold in the Athens Olympics in 2004, but failed to reach the final.
Adam joked about his grandmother’s soaring popularity, saying: “It took me so long to get 3,000 followers on Twitter and she got it overnight”.
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”. “After my race I needed to slap something and there was just the water right there”.
“You never put a limit on anything”. Eight years ago I dreamt of this and now we’re here.
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Peaty, famously, was scared of water as a child, fighting his mother when she tried to get him near a bath and refusing to countenance a shower. My parents have been there from the start and always push me forward.
