British Olympic swimmer Adam Peaty has plenty of fans supporting him from the stands, but his biggest fan of all— his grandmother — is cheering him on over Twitter.
Mavis Williams, Peaty's 74-year-old grandmother, has dubbed herself #OlympicNan and has been tweeting emoji-laden messages of encouragement to her grandson as he competes in the Rio games from her home in Staffordshire, England.
It seems that her cheerleading has helped. Peaty, 21, broke his own world record in the men's 100-meter breaststroke on Sunday, snagging the gold medal in the process. It was Great Britain's first medal of the games and the country's first swimming medal since 1988.
#OlympicNan couldn't have been prouder. Here's a look at some of the tweets she's posted so far:
#OlympicNan#TeamPeatypic.twitter.com/mnpGoqsbzO
— Mavis (@Mavise42Mavis) July 21, 2016
Well done Adam on your world record love NaN👏👏🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧👍👍
— Mavis (@Mavise42Mavis) August 6, 2016
What race oooo I'm so proud he ,s a gladiator well done @adam_peaty@cazliz123@britishswimming👏👏👏🍀🍀🇬🇧🇬🇧
— Mavis (@Mavise42Mavis) August 7, 2016
My Grandson has done it 👏👏🏊🏻🏊🏻👍@adam_peaty@britishswimming@adam_peaty
— Mavis (@Mavise42Mavis) August 8, 2016People on Twitter are loving her level of support:
@adam_peaty your nan just made my morning! What a lady @Mavise42Mavis is. Behind every athlete is a dedicated and loving family #olympicnan
— Laura Bailey (@LuffLaura) August 7, 2016
I am in love with #OlympicNanhttps://t.co/yDusBolzdW
— Kelly Goff (@kellygoffLA) August 6, 2016
I didn't know I needed #OlympicNan in my life this much
— Ben Norris (@BenNorris7) August 8, 2016And in case you can't get enough of this proud grandma, the BBC caught up with #OlympicNan and shared a video of her watching her grandson compete:
Is there a prouder grandparent on earth? #OlympicNan watches @Adam_Peaty win Gold #TeamGBhttps://t.co/CWCzkSYK53https://t.co/XxHe7JYKmk
— BBC Radio 5 live (@bbc5live) August 8, 2016