Ryan Lochte may be going for the gold, but the swimmer's 95-year-old grandmother is the big winner of the internet.
My grandma at age 95 carrying the #olympictorch at her nursing home. Representing #USA pic.twitter.com/RrVe7h0WH3
— Ryan Lochte (@RyanLochte) August 8, 2016
The workers at Lochte's grandmother's nursing home put together a video of her being pushed in a wheelchair carrying a homemade Olympic torch.
The five-time gold medalist tweeted out the video saying she was representing the USA.
>> Click here to watch the viral video
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