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Gold medal winner tours home city Gold medal winner tours home city
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Thousands of people have lined the streets of Bath to see Olympic gold medallist Amy Williams' open top bus tour of the city. Thousands of people lined the streets of Bath to welcome back Olympic gold medallist Amy Williams as she toured the city on an open-top bus.
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 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 left Hayesfield Girls' School, which she attended, at 1330 GMT and is making its way to the Guildhall. The bus took her from Hayesfield Girls' School, where she was a pupil, to a civic reception at the Guildhall.
The tour is being broadcast live on the BBC website and BBC Radio Bristol. More than 1,000 flag-waving pupils cheered as she left the school.
Williams told BBC Sport she was not fazed by being in the spotlight. Earlier she had spoken at a special assembly and been asked to come back to open a new sports facility.
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 was also told she still held the school's 200m record.
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. I always sleep with [the medal] under my pillow now because I don't really know what else to do with it. Amy Williams
"It's great to bring back the medal and to have the medal next to me. She said: "I love my city. Whenever I'm away and come back I feel such a relief to be back home.
"It's crazy, just mad. I have come home and everyone knows who I am.
"Our sport wasn't really in the spotlight before, even though we had great results in competitions."
She added: "I'm not going to change and I'm still going to be the same person, training to get to to the next Olympics.
Williams was joined on the bus by her parents Ian and Jan, her brother Simon and his wife Sarah.
She added: "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 more than half a second.She won the skeleton competition by more than half a second.