WATCH: Ryan Lochte's grandmother shows off Olympic pride

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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