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Gold medal winner tours home city Gold medal winner tours home city
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Olympic gold medallist Amy Williams has returned home to Bath where she is due to take part in an open top bus tour around the city to celebrate her win. Thousands of people have lined the streets of Bath to see Olympic gold medallist Amy Williams' open top bus tour of the city.
The 27-year-old is the first individual British gold medallist at the Winter Olympics for 30 years after she won the women's skeleton in Vancouver. The 27-year-old is the first individual British gold medallist at the Winter Olympics for 30 years having won the skeleton event in Vancouver.
The bus will leave Hayesfield Girls' School, where she attended, at 1330 GMT and arrive at the Guildhall later. The bus left Hayesfield Girls' School, which she attended, at 1330 GMT and is making its way to the Guildhall.
The tour will be shown live on the BBC website and BBC Radio Bristol. The tour is being broadcast live on the BBC website and BBC Radio Bristol.
Williams told BBC Sport she was not fazed by being in the spotlight.Williams told BBC Sport she was not fazed by being in the spotlight.
I always sleep with the medal under my pillow because I don't really know what else to do with it Amy Williams
She said: "I'm not going to change and I'm still going to be the same person, training to get to to the next Olympics.She said: "I'm not going to change and I'm still going to be the same person, training to get to to the next Olympics.
The bus tour left the athlete's former school at 1330 GMT
When asked how she felt about the bus tour, she said: "It's amazing and a great honour that everyone has organised this for me - to see how many people are out on the streets.When asked how she felt about the bus tour, she said: "It's amazing and a great honour that everyone has organised this for me - to see how many people are out on the streets.
"It's great to bring back the medal and to have the medal next to me."It's great to bring back the medal and to have the medal next to me.
"I always sleep with it under my pillow now because I don't really know what else to do with it.""I always sleep with it under my pillow now because I don't really know what else to do with it."
Williams is Britain's first individual winter Olympic gold medallist since the skater Robin Cousins triumphed at Lake Placid in 1980.Williams is Britain's first individual winter Olympic gold medallist since the skater Robin Cousins triumphed at Lake Placid in 1980.
She won the skeleton competition by being more than half a second quicker than the rest of the field after the fourth and final heat. She won the skeleton competition by more than half a second.