After winning the 100-meter backstroke in Olympic record time, Tucsonan Matt Grevers high fives teammate Nick Thoman, who was second.
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Matt Grevers, who's spent the last five years training in Tucson and who took home Olympic gold yesterday in the 100-meter backstroke is described as "a combo platter of the kid next door, old-style warrior and Marmaduke," in a Chicago Sun-Times article.
Read more about the not-so-average guy here.
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