Aylesbury Olympic stars get buses named after them
Jessica and Jennifer Gadirova say they're proud and honoured
The achievements of the Aylesbury Gadirova twin sisters who triumphed at this year's Olympics are being celebrated with two special double-decker buses.
Jessica and Jennifer Gadirova managed to bring back Bronze from the Tokyo Olympics with a thrilling women's artistic gymnastics final.
Shaun Bloxam, the General Manager for Buckinghamshire: “We were so extremely proud to have two local Olympic heroes that we decided Arriva needed to show our appreciation. We’ve named a bus after Jennifer and another bus after Jessica. You’ll spot their names and bronze medals proudly on all 4 sides of the specially designed Arriva buses.”
When asked about how it felt to come back home and to have their own buses named after them, the Gadirova sisters were – of course - thrilled:
“It’s crazy! The support we’ve had from the people of Aylesbury has been amazing and to now see my name up on the side of a local bus is incredible. We’re very grateful to Arriva for arranging this and we will definitely be looking out for our names on busses around town!”
Jennifer also shared her sister’s excitement: “We’re proud to have represented Aylesbury at the Olympic Games and feel very honoured to have been recognised in this way - I never ever thought I’d have a bus named after me! The encouragement and messages we’ve had all year have been incredible and we’re so grateful to everyone”
Arriva customers and residents of Aylesbury will see the two dedicated double decker buses out and about on routes across the region from this week.
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