Swimmer may have won Olympic gold, but his grandmother won Twitter
Mavis even has her own hashtag.
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LONDON -- There is more than one superstar in the extended Peaty family.
On Sunday, British swimmer Adam Peaty took gold in the 100 metre breaststroke final. He finished in a time of 57.13 seconds, which was over a second-and-a-half quicker than South Africa's Cameron van der Burgh, who came in second. Peaty set a new world record, casually beating the previous world record that he himself had set a few days before in the heat.
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Meanwhile, his grandmother Mavis was absolutely killing it on Twitter.
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Her Twitter fame began building in the run-up to the first heat.
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Then the heat rolled round, and Adam notched up his first world record.
Mavis had the following response.
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Her support continued as Adam breezed through the semis.
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As the final neared, the tension grew.
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Meanwhile, Mavis' own celebrity status was growing, and the hashtage #OlympicNan began to trend.
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Then, at last, the final rolled round. And Adam took the gold.
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As always, Mavis' emoji game was on point.
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Here's a clip of her reacting to his win.
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Congratulations to the whole Peaty family!
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