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| Gold medal winner tours home city | Gold medal winner tours home city |
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| 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. | 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 took her from Hayesfield Girls' School, where she was a pupil, to a civic reception at the Guildhall. | The bus took her from Hayesfield Girls' School, where she was a pupil, to a civic reception at the Guildhall. |
| More than 1,000 flag-waving pupils cheered as she left the school. | More than 1,000 flag-waving pupils cheered as she left the school. |
| Earlier she had spoken at a special assembly and been asked to come back to open a new sports facility. | Earlier she had spoken at a special assembly and been asked to come back to open a new sports facility. |
| She was also told she still held the school's 200m record. | She was also told she still held the school's 200m record. |
| I always sleep with [the medal] under my pillow now because I don't really know what else to do with it. Amy Williams | I always sleep with [the medal] under my pillow now because I don't really know what else to do with it. Amy Williams |
| She said: "I love my city. Whenever I'm away and come back I feel such a relief to be back home. | 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. | "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." | "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. | 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. | 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. | She added: "It's great to bring back the medal and to have the medal next to me. |
| Amy parents' pride for daughter | |
| "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. |