Adam Peaty has won Team GB its first gold medal at this year’s Rio 2016 Olympics, while also earning himself a World Record (beating his own previous PB). However, it's his Nan who has really won the show.
Mavis Williams, who has labelled herself the #OlympicNan, has been tweeting her pride over her grandson competing in swimming.
The grandmother stayed up to watch her 21-year-old grandson win the first Olympic gold medal in swimming for decades – quite the achievement. So you can image she was pretty proud...
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She immediately took to Twitter to share her joy, telling her followers, ‘My Grandson has done it.’
Mavis added her congratulations to Adam and his coach: ‘Well you have done it @adam_peaty you have made it, your hard work paid off. Congratulations to you and @massivemel. So proud love Nan x’.
Her reaction was recorded and shared worldwide, while Google shared the news that ‘the love from Adam Peaty’s grandma makes her the world’s #1 searched nan’.
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