When swimmer Jay Litherland traveled to Japan with the rest of Team USA, it was not just to come to the Tokyo Olympics.
Litherland was also coming home.
The former University of Georgia swimmer won a silver medal in the men's 400-meter individual medley on the first day of swimming finals at the Tokyo Games on Sunday. In addition to being cheered on by his teammates in the stands and Americans in the United States, there was probably some loud cheering at his grandparents' home in Osaka.