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Watch Now: Gym Class Heroes' "The Fighter" Music Video Premiere Goes for Olympic Gold!

Check out the group's latest, featuring OneRepublic's Ryan Tedder and a superbuff Olympic hopeful

By Natalie Finn May 24, 2012 12:00 AMTags
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Chalk it up to the upcoming Olympics—Gym Class Heroes are banging the drum for sportsmanship, athletic prowess and relentless determination.

And the online premiere of the rap-rock quartet's brand-new video for "The Fighter," the third single off The Papercut Chronicles II, is right here!

GCH's sweaty homage to toughness—in sports and in life, natch—features OneRepublic's Ryan Tedder on the piano and a seriously buff Olympic hopeful from the Bronx who you assume is prepping for the boxing ring.

But despite all the Rockyesque running and fans miming boxing moves as he goes by, John Orozco is a champion gymnast training for his shot at the gold at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo.

From the home-movie-style shots of Orozco competing as a child, to him meeting with youngsters who want to be just like him when they grow up, "The Fighter" is feel-good all over.

Nothing like a summer anthem to pick you up just when you think you're down for the count, right?