Ryan Lochte may be going for the gold, but the swimmer's 95-year-old grandmother is the big winner of the internet.

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.

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The five-time gold medalist tweeted out the video saying she was representing the USA.

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South Carolina State University head football coach Chennis Berry joined the team in 2023 after coaching at Benedict College, a historically Black college in Columbia, South Carolina. Last year, Berry's team saw its season end in heartbreak in the Celebration Bowl and this time, it ended in triumph with a 40-38 win. (Courtesy of South Carolina State Athletics)

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Students line up after school for school buses at Sequoyah Middle School in Doraville on Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025. The school’s principal told teachers not to talk to students about ICE, and teachers and activists are pushing back. (Arvin Temkar/AJC)

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