Last year at the Indianapolis Grand Prix, I pulled 2008 Olympic gold medalist Matt Grevers aside for a quick interview. I wanted to ask him a very important question. I wanted the inside scoop, the insider information. Being Matt’s personal friend since

Fans in attendance at the Missouri Grand Prix swimming event over the weekend got a special treat following the men's 100-meter backstroke event. Two-time Olympic gold medal winner Matt Grevers' heart was racing as he needed to find himself atop the podi

His plan was to win a medal and then propose. U.S. Olympian Matt Grevers, 26, originally from Lake Forest, won the 100-meter backstroke Saturday at the Missouri Grand Prix, and pulled off a surprise proposal to his girlfriend and teammate, Annie Chandler

As a 2008 Olympic gold medalist in relay swimming, Matt Grevers knows a bit about poolside pressure—which no doubt thickened the chlorinated air on Saturday before Grevers proposed to his girlfriend and USA national swimming teammate, Annie Chandler. "If

Swimmer Annie Chandler can't contain her excitement as Olympian Matt Grevers pops the question at a swim meet in Missouri. Olympian Matt Grevers earned a victory in and out of the swimming pool, scoring a Valentine and a first-place finish at a recent co

A little motivation never hurt anyone. Matt Grevers, who won two gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, had plenty of it on Saturday at the Missouri Grand Prix swimming event, one of the lead-ups to the 2012 London Games. Grevers, 26, proposed to long

U.S. Olympic Swimmer Matt Grevers pulled off a surprise proposal to his girlfriend, fellow swimmer Annie Chandler, at the 2012 Missouri Grand Prix. "CBS This Morning" co-host Gayle King reports. Read the full story at CBS News

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U.S. Olympic swimmer Matt Grevers proposed to girlfriend, U.S. National Team swimmer Annie Chandler, at the 2012 Missouri Grand Prix this weekend. In order for his proposal to work, the 26-year-old Grevers’ plan required him to secure a top spot at

Olympic swimming hopeful Matt Grevers has won a gold medal in the hearts of romantics everywhere with a medal stand proposal that almost wasn't this weekend. The 26-year-old Grevers and his girlfriend, fellow Olympic swimming hopeful Annie Chandler, were

U.S. Olympic swimmer Matt Grevers probably never had more incentive to win a race than he did on Saturday. But he was hoping for the top spot for his plan to work. He ended up swimming to gold in the 100-meter backstroke during the Missouri Grand Prix. H

A US Olympic swimmer stunned his girlfriend when he dropped to his knee on the medal stand and proposed to her just moments after he won gold at a swim meet. Matt Grevers — best known for winning a silver medal at the 2008 Olympics — proposed to his US n

COLUMBIA: Cesar Cielo and Amanda Weir each earned a second gold medal at the Missouri Grand Prix, winning in the 100-metre freestyle one night after taking first in the 50 free. Cielo, from Brazil, surged past Richard Hortness of Canada after the turn to

Annie Chandler had no idea what was coming. When Matt Grevers got onto the medal stand, she was expecting to take a look at his gold win, not at her own diamond ring. Annie Chandler was proposed to last weekend by Olympic-swimmer boyfriend Grevers after

Swimmer Matt Grevers proposed to girlfriend Annie Chandler as she presented a medal to him at the Missouri Grand Prix. Matt Grevers has already won two gold medals for swimming in the 2008 Olympic games. But when he participated in the Missouri Grand Pri

His plan was to win a medal and then propose. U.S. Olympian Matt Grevers, 26, won the 100-meter backstroke Saturday at the Missouri Grand Prix, and pulled off a surprise proposal to his girlfriend and teammate, Annie Chandler, on the medal stand. Almost

Talk about pressure to perform. For Matt Grevers, a top finish in the 100-meter backstroke Saturday night at the Missouri Grand Prix was a virtual necessity to pull off a surprise medal-stand marriage proposal to his girlfriend and USA national swimming

Matt Grevers celebrates on the podium after fellow swimmer Annie Chandler accepted his wedding proposal Saturday. When a meet official at the Missouri Grand Prix asked Annie Chandler if she would present the awards after the men’s 100-meter backstroke Sa

Rarely has so much depended on U.S. Olympic swimmer Matt Grevers earning spot on the medal stand. Thankfully, everything went according to plan for Grevers on Saturday. After winning the gold in the 100-meter backstroke at the Missouri Grand Prix on Satu