Tucsonan Matt Grevers won gold at the London Olympics this afternoon in the 100-meter backstroke. Former University of Arizona swimmer Nick Thoman earned the silver.
Grevers swam 52.16 seconds for an Olympic record. Thoman, from Cincinnati, swam 52.92.
Grevers, a Northwestern grad, who lives and trains here, also earned a silver medal on Sunday by swimming in the preliminaries of the 4x100 relay.
The 27-year-old is an Illinois native.
Read more about Tucsonans in the Games in Tuesday's Arizona Daily Star.
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