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Scotland welcomes Olympic heroes

Triple gold medallist Chris Hoy was the star of an open-top bus parade for Scotland's Olympic heroes. Hoy joined silver medallists Katherine Grainger, Ross Edgar and David Florence on a triumphant journey along the Royal Mile in Edinburgh. The city's Lord Provost George Grubb told the cyclist the city was "proud and inspired" by his achievements in Beijing. He said: "Chris Hoy is now Scotland's most successful ever Olympian and everyone in Edinburgh is immensely proud of him. "Watching him power to victory three times in Beijing was truly inspirational and the city's open-top bus parade gives as many people as possible the chance to join in the celebrations. "I'm sure that Edinburgh will give all of the winning medallists a fantastic welcome home." Grainger won a silver in the quadruple sculls rowing, while Edgar was second in the keirin cycling event and Florence was runner-up in the slalom canoeing.

ITN | August 27, 2008Watch more videos from ITN

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