Team GB's Hannah Scott gets a heroes homecoming while bralet-clad Nicole Yeargin reunites with her dog as the Olympians get back to normality 

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Team GB stars were continuing to get back to normal this week as they reunited with pets and hit the hair salons after returning to British soil - but one Olympian had an extra special homecoming.

The 327-strong group of athletes managed to surpass Team GB's total medal haul from the Tokyo Olympics by claiming 65 medals in total. 

And fresh from their success in the French capital, the sports stars were quick to settle back into everyday life, documenting their exploits on social media. 

However, rower Hannah's return was somewhat more eventful to say the least as she received a hero's welcome after making her way back to her hometown of Coleraine, Northern Ireland.

As the country's first female Olympic gold medallist in 50 years, it was little wonder they were in the mood to celebrate, with Hannah, 25, greeted with cheers and applause as she arrived at Bann Rowing Club, where she has been a long-term member.

Team GB stars were continuing to get back to normal this week as they reunited with pets and hit the hair salons after returning to British soil - but one Olympian had an extra special homecoming [Hannah Scoot pictured]

Fresh from their success in the French capital, the sports stars were quick to settle back into everyday life , documenting their exploits on social media [Nicole Yeargin pictured]

In clips shared to her Instagram, Hannah - who won gold as part of Team GB’s quadruple sculls - was seen walking through an arch of oars held up by club members.

She was then given an astonishing welcome by locals who had lined the streets of streets Co Londonderry town as she made her way to the Diamond town centre.

Hannah then took to the stage wearing her gold medal, where she posed with former athlete and 1972 Olympian Mary Peters, 85, before joining others for a screening of her Olympic race.

Commenting on the homecoming on her Instagram, Hannah gushed: 'Coleraine does it best.

'A dream come true to fly back home yesterday to this reception. Thank you to everyone for organising and making the effort to come out!'

Meanwhile, in a simpler but nonetheless special welcome home, athlete Nicole Yeargin enjoyed a cuddle with her pet dog, having clearly missed her pooch during her time in Paris.

Kicking back on her bed in a sports bra, Nicole, 27, filmed herself with her adorable puppy laying across her toned stomach.

The beauty - who won a bronze medal in the 400 meters relay final alongside Amber Anning, Victoria Ohuruogu and Laviai Nielsen - also showed a snap of her plants, commenting that her all 'babies survived' while she was away.

Rower Hannah's return was somewhat more eventful to say the least as she received a hero's welcome after making her way back to her hometown of Coleraine, Northern Ireland .

As the country's first female Olympic gold medallist in 50 years, it was little wonder they were in the mood to celebrate, with Hannah, 25, greeted with cheers and applause as she arrived at Bann Rowing Club, where she has been a long-term member.

In clips shared to her Instagram, Hannah - who won gold as part of Team GB’s quadruple sculls - was seen walking through an arch of oars held up by club members.

She was then given an astonishing welcome by locals who had lined the streets of streets Co Londonderry town as she made her way to the Diamond town centre.

Hannah then took to the stage wearing her gold medal, where she posed with former athlete and 1972 Olympian Mary Peters, 85, before joining others for a screening of her Olympic race

Elsewhere, Emily Campbell - who secured Britain's final medal of the games thanks to her bronze in the women's +81kg weightlifting - hit the hair salon.

Sharing a selfie of herself under the dyer, the 30-year-old thanks her salon for 'saving' her curls.

Nicole's teammate Laviai Nielsen meanwhile also reunited with her dogs, sharing a snap of herself on the floor with her pets.

While fellow athlete Amber Anning managed to chill out on her return home as she enjoyed an al fresco brunch with friends.

Welsh track cyclist Emma Finucane, who won bronze in the individual sprint, also enjoyed a meal at a restaurant, posing with fellow cyclist Matthew Richardson.

She was then seen have some much needed downtime with a pal as they took a turn on a giant slide.

Meanwhile, in a simpler but nonetheless special welcome home, athlete Nicole Yeargin enjoyed a cuddle with her pet dog, having clearly missed her pooch during her time in Paris.

The beauty - who won a bronze medal in the 400 meters relay final alongside Amber Anning, Victoria Ohuruogu and Laviai Nielsen - also showed a snap of her plants, commenting that her all 'babies survived' while she was away.

Elsewhere, Emily Campbell - who secured Britain's final medal of the games thanks to her bronze in the women's +81kg weightlifting - hit the hair salon

Nicole's teammate Laviai Nielsen meanwhile also reunited with her dogs, sharing a snap of herself on the floor with her pets

While fellow athlete Amber Anning managed to chill out on her return home as she enjoyed an al fresco brunch with friends

Welsh track cyclist Emma Finucane, who won bronze in the individual sprint, also enjoyed a meal at a restaurant, posing with fellow cyclist Matthew Richardson

She was then seen have some much needed downtime with a pal as they took a turn on a giant slide

Also documenting her time after the Olympics was diver Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix, who shared a snap of herself on a plane after recently sharing she was planning a holiday before resuming training in October.

Bronze medal winning Track & Duathlete Georgia Bell also had fun as she enjoyed a night out with her medal, while gold medal swimmer James Guy relaxed with a round of gold with his pals. 

Georgia picked up a brilliant bronze in the 1500 metres, smashing Laura Muir’s British record with a time of 3min 52.61sec to finish third in a thrilling final in Paris.

It was made all the more impressive, given Georgia had to take a sabbatical from her full-time job in cyber security to fulfil her Olympic dream, having only returned to athletics two years ago after running a fast Parkrun.

Yet the 30-year-old took another day off work on Monday to enjoy a well deserved glass of wine before appearing on Tuesday's episode of This Morning. 

Also documenting her time after the Olympics was diver Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix, who shared a snap of herself on a plane after recently sharing she was planning a holiday before resuming training in October

Bronze medal winning Track & Duathlete Georgia Bell also had fun as she enjoyed a night out with her medal

Runner Georgia Bell picked up a brilliant bronze in the 1500 metres and the 30-year-old took another day off work on Monday to enjoy a well deserved glass of wine

Georgia also appeared on Tuesday's episode of This Morning alongside climbing gold medallist Toby Roberts, silver-winning artistic swimming duo Izzy Thorpe and Kate Shortman

Gold medal swimmer James Guy relaxed with a round of gold with his pals.

Meanwhile, there appeared to be no rest for Imogen Ward as she swiftly returned to her job as an NHS doctor just three days after the end of the Paris games. 

The rower, 27, who won gold in the lightweight double sculls, told Good Morning Britain she was 'excited' to start work in Slough on Wednesday, and that she'd be taking her medal with her to show patients and colleagues.

And Imogen was true to her word as she took to Instagram to show off her medal and her work pass as she got back to the hospital ward. 

Alongside partner Emily Craig, Imogen claimed the gold medal at the The Vaires-sur-Marne nautical stadium on August 2, adding the title to their back-to-back world championship victories and European championship wins between 2022 and 2023.

Meanwhile, there appeared to be no rest for Imogen Ward as she swiftly returned to her job as an NHS doctor just three days after the end of the Paris games

The rower, 27, who won gold in the lightweight double sculls, told Good Morning Britain she was 'excited' to start work in Slough on Wednesday, and that she'd be taking her medal with her to show patients and colleagues.

And Imogen was true to her word as she took to Instagram to show off her medal and her work pass as she got back to the hospital ward

Speaking to Good Morning Britain this week, Imogen said: 'I'm really excited to start work. My trust has already put out an email to the co-workers and things. I'm probably going to have to take my medal to work for a bit until things die down.'

Team GB's Olympians have also enjoyed enjoy celebratory lunches, cakes and pamper sessions as they returned to normality in the UK this week after their success in Paris. 

Sharing updates to Instagram, the competitors spent sometime with their family and friends after a jam-packed competition. 

Tom Dean, who took the spotlight alongside his teammates after winning gold in the Men's Freestyle Relay last week, made the most of his downtime. 

The athlete, 24, who is also known by fans as 'Deano', kicked back at home in Maidenhead and headed out for brunch after celebrating his win with a cake.

Team GB's Olympians enjoyed celebratory lunches, cakes and pamper sessions as they returned to normality in the UK this week after their success in Paris (Tom Dean pictured)

Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix, 19, uploaded a snap of fellow athlete Desharne Bent-Ashmeil (pictured) as they went for a pamper session ahead of their holiday

'The calm after the storm,' he captioned his update. 

Elsewhere, Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix, 19, uploaded a snap of fellow athlete Desharne Bent-Ashmeil as they went for a pamper session ahead of their holiday. 

Daughter of First Dates star Fred won a bronze in the 10m synchronised dive last week, alongside her partner Lois Toulson. 

Daryll Neita, who missed out on a gold Olympic medal in the women's 200m final by just 0.03 seconds, was seen buying new furniture for her home. 

Team GB shooter Amber Rutter spent some time with her four-month-old son Tommy, after she came home with a silver medal. 

She narrowly missed out on gold she was ruled to have missed a crucial shot in the women’s skeet final even though television replays showed her clipping the target. 

Amber, 26, was tied with Chile's Francisca Crovetto Chadid finished level on 55 shots from 60 targets in the final, resulting in a shoot-off to decide the Olympic champion.

The pair were level after three rounds of the four-round shoot-off only for Rutter’s final shot to be ruled out despite slow-motion replays showing a fragment of the target flying off after being hit.

The 327 group of athletes managed to surpass Team GB's total medal haul from the Tokyo Olympics by claiming 65 medals in total with Tom winning gold in the Men's Freestyle Relay

Tom, who is also known by fans as 'Deano', kicked back at home in Maidenhead and headed out for brunch after celebrating his win with a cake

Daughter of First Dates star Fred won a bronze in the 10m synchronised dive last week, alongside her partner Lois Toulson

Team GB shooter Amber Rutter, 26, spent some time with her four-month-old son Tommy, after she came home with a silver medal

She narrowly missed out on gold she was ruled to have missed a crucial shot in the women’s skeet final even though television replays showed her clipping the target 

Tom McEwen helped Team GB secure their first gold medal of Paris 2024 as he, Ros Canter and Laura Collett were crowned team eventing champions at the Chateau de Versailles. 

Team GB finished with a winning score of 91.30, with a strong margin of victory over France who ended on 103.60 as the runner-up.

And after his unbelievable feat, Tom decided to watch other athletes at the top of their game as he headed to the circus to watch the acrobats with his friends. 

Swimmer Tom Dean took the spotlight alongside his teammates at the Olympics after winning gold in the Men's Freestyle Relay.

And the athlete, 24, already his eyes on the next challenge as he has reportedly signed up to Strictly Come Dancing. 

Yet it wasn't the dance studio that Tom was rushing off to on Monday but the golf course, as he snapped a picture enjoying a game with friends at Harleyford Golf Club. 

Daryll Neita, who missed out on a gold Olympic medal in the women's 200m final by just 0.03 seconds, was seen buying new furniture for her home 

She took home silver for Team GB

Eventing star Tom decided to watch other athletes at the top of their game as he headed to the circus to watch the acrobats with his friends.

Swimmer Tom Dean took the spotlight alongside his teammates at the Olympics after winning gold in the Men's Freestyle Relay

Returning home Tom snapped a picture enjoying a game with friends at Harleyford Golf Club

Hannah won GB’s first ever Olympic gold medal in the Women’s quadruple sculls – with crewmates Georgie Brayshaw, Lola Anderson and Lauren Henry and celebrated the win at home with her beloved cat Marmite 

Adam Peaty was billed as one of Team GB's biggest medal hopes heading into Paris 2024, however only finished second in the 100m breaststroke event that he has been nigh on invincible in for years.

After missing out by two hundredths of a second he admitted in his post-race interview that he had been struggling with soreness in his throat, and lo and behold he tested positive for Covid the following day.

Having shaken off the virus to an extent that he was able to compete in the men's 4x100m medley relay at the weekend, he was then dealt another blow with Team GB finishing fourth, and he is still thought to be on a a potent cocktail of antibiotics.

Adam, 29 - who had previously stepped away from swimming over mental health battles - admitted he would have to take another break after the pain of his loss in Paris. 

However, that didn't stop him working out upon his return to the UK, taking to Instagram on Tuesday to share a snap on his exercise bike.  

Duncan Scott became Scotland's most decorated Olympic athlete at Paris 2024, adding a further two medals to take his tally to eight. 

Having swum to gold with the British 4x200 metre relay team he then nabbed a silver medal 48 hours later after he went head-to head with France's Léon Marchand  in the Olympic 200m individual medley final.

Yet there was no time to sit and reflect on making history because Monday night was spent at a friend's wedding in his native Scotland.  

Adam Peaty was billed as one of Team GB's biggest medal hopes heading into Paris 2024, however only finished second in the 100m breaststroke event

Adam admitted he would have to take another break  from swimming after the pain of his loss in Paris. However, that didn't stop him working out upon his return to the UK

Duncan Scott became Scotland's most decorated Olympic athlete at Paris 2024, adding a further two medals to take his tally to eight 

Yet there was no time to sit and reflect on making history because Monday night was spent at a friend's wedding in his native Scotland

Amber Anning secured a bronze medal in the 400 meters relay final along with Victoria Ohuruogu, Laviai Nielsen and Nicole Yeargin.

The British athletes came third as team USA won the gold medal by a huge margin followed by the Netherlands securing the silver medal.

Amber also came fifth in the 400 metres Olympic final and set a new British record.

Her performance in the final saw her eclipse Christine Ohuruogu’s British record, which had stood for 11 years. 

So it was only right that Amber celebrated with her loved ones upon her time, sharing snaps enjoying a family barbecue. 

Cyclist Elinor Barker picked up silver in the Women's Madison and bronze in Team Pursuit in order to make history. 

The sporting star, 29, has now won more Olympic medals than any other Welsh woman and it was made all the more special as her first games since welcoming son Nico in 2022. 

Elinor was just glad to be back in her hometown on Monday, sharing a snap driving home with the Welsh flag and heart emoji. 

Amber Anning secured a bronze medal in the 400 meters relay final along with Nicole Yeargin, Laviai Nielsen and Victoria Ohuruogu

So it was only right that Amber celebrated with her loved ones upon her time, sharing snaps enjoying a family barbecue

She was surrounded by her loved ones and good food upon her return to the UK 

Britain's performance at this year's games secured more 'great investment' for athletes looking to compete at Los Angeles 2028, UK Sport has confirmed.

Sally Munday, chief executive of UK Sport, said: 'This is the absolute joy of our system. Because we've become so good at it [Olympics and Paralympics]... we have a consistency of investment, [and that means] the majority of these athletes are able to train full-time.

'We're able to give them a grant to contribute towards living costs and the national governing bodies [of the sports] are able to put programmes together that allow them to train every single day.

'We've already been speaking to the sports about investment for the LA [2028] cycle, so some of the athletes will get some down time, then they will start looking forward to what they've got coming up in the next year, like championships, and beyond that to LA.'

Bosses have also vowed to launch a review to work out why Team GB had so many 'near misses,' as they struggled to convert bronzes and silvers into gold medals.

The 65 medals they did win gave them a haul bettered only by table-toppers USA and China, but their 14 gold medals saw them slip below Japan, Australia, France, and the Netherlands as well.

Cyclist Elinor Barker picked up silver in the Women's Madison and bronze in Team Pursuit in order to make history

Elinor was just glad to be back in her hometown on Monday, sharing a snap driving home with the Welsh flag and heart emoji

Tom Ford (pictured with his sister Emily) won Gold in the Men's Eight rowing Final while Emily won Bronze in the Women's Eight Final

Tom was delighted to be reunited with his pet pooch when he returned to the UK 

Katy Marchant won gold during the Women's Team Sprint finals in a world record time

The Leeds cyclist, 31, lives with her husband Robert and two-year-old son Arthur on a farm and was delighted to return home 

'It’s frustrating to be seventh in the medal table. This has been an unbelievably competitive Olympic Games. The middle bit of the medal table below the United States and China feels incredibly competitive,' said Andy Anson, chief executive of the British Olympic Association.

'There were near misses. We’ve got to celebrate the medals. We’ve got to do that first, and then, as UK Sport, the national governing bodies, ourselves, we’ve got to sit back when we get home and just say, "Was there something? Is it sport by sport? Individual issues? Was there something more systematic?" Let’s look across the whole scene… but in a controlled way.

'I think the breadth of success is incredibly important in terms of the resonance it has around the country – 65 medals is a brilliant achievement.

'I, for one, can’t wait for Los Angeles, because I think it [the Olympics] is going to become even bigger by then. Bring on LA because we’re going to get back at the Aussies and get back up that medal table.'