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VIDEO: Patch Chats With Olympic Medalist, University Place Native Adrienne Martelli (Pt. 2)

The Curtis grad and University of Washington product talks about the final race in the quadruple sculls event that earned her bronze at the London 2012 Summer Games.

Patch got the honor of chatting with Olympic bronze medalist and University Place native Adrienne Martelli this week.

Martelli - back in town to visit family, help with homecoming week at Curtis High and catch up after a whirlwind summer - talked about everything from being an Olympian to her final race to her future in rowing.

We'll be bringing you our interview with her in installments.

On Friday, she described the exerience of being in London for the 2012 Summer Games, watching athlets such as Kobe Bryant walk through the lunch room.

Today, she describes the finals race in the quadruple sculls event that made her a bronze medalist at the games.

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