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| Crowds cheer Peaty on open-top bus tour in Uttoxeter | Crowds cheer Peaty on open-top bus tour in Uttoxeter |
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| The success of Olympic gold medallist Adam Peaty has been marked with an open-top bus tour in his home town. | The success of Olympic gold medallist Adam Peaty has been marked with an open-top bus tour in his home town. |
| Peaty, 21, who won Great Britain's first medal of Rio 2016 with gold in the men's 100m breaststroke, toured through Uttoxeter. | Peaty, 21, who won Great Britain's first medal of Rio 2016 with gold in the men's 100m breaststroke, toured through Uttoxeter. |
| Peaty's nan, Mavis Williams, who captured hearts with her social media support of the swimmer, was among family members on the bus with him. | Peaty's nan, Mavis Williams, who captured hearts with her social media support of the swimmer, was among family members on the bus with him. |
| Hundreds of people lined the streets to cheer and applaud him. | Hundreds of people lined the streets to cheer and applaud him. |
| On the steps of Uttoxeter's town hall, he said he would now look "to the future". | |
| Peaty was presented with a "book of pride" which signed people from across the town. | Peaty was presented with a "book of pride" which signed people from across the town. |
| He told BBC reporter Martyn Williams who travelled on the tour: "Uttoxeter has given me so much over the years. It's where I was born, I was born in this house and it is where my first club was. | He told BBC reporter Martyn Williams who travelled on the tour: "Uttoxeter has given me so much over the years. It's where I was born, I was born in this house and it is where my first club was. |
| "It's where is all started so it's important, obviously to recognise that and hopefully inspire the next generation of swimmers." | "It's where is all started so it's important, obviously to recognise that and hopefully inspire the next generation of swimmers." |
| Mrs Williams, 74, expected many of her friends to be there. "It's going to stop a few minutes down the road [from their homes] so they can all see," she said ahead of the event. | Mrs Williams, 74, expected many of her friends to be there. "It's going to stop a few minutes down the road [from their homes] so they can all see," she said ahead of the event. |
| Peaty broke his own world record in Rio by winning in 57.13 seconds, well clear of the field. | Peaty broke his own world record in Rio by winning in 57.13 seconds, well clear of the field. |
| The success in August made him first British man to win an Olympic swimming gold medal since Adrian Moorhouse, who won the same event in Seoul in 1988. | The success in August made him first British man to win an Olympic swimming gold medal since Adrian Moorhouse, who won the same event in Seoul in 1988. |
| Peaty, who also took silver in the men's 4x100m medley relay, displayed both medals. | Peaty, who also took silver in the men's 4x100m medley relay, displayed both medals. |