Skeet Shooting

Track and field medals will be handed out on Saturday and two North Texas natives are hoping to bring home gold, while a teacher and his student take aim at medals and a TCU star athlete keeps charging toward victory.

More than 500 athletes will represent Team USA in the 2024 Paris Olympics, and nearly two dozen are from right here in North Texas. Here are the Hometown Hopefuls to watch.

In just 17 days, the Paris Olympics will begin, and it’s worth noting that three out of the four U.S. Skeet shooting team athletes hail from North Texas. Laura Harris of NBC 5 continues our Hometown Hopefuls series, featuring two of them, Austin Smith and Conner Prince.

It may be hard to believe, but three out of the four athletes representing Team USA’s skeet shooting team are from North Texas. Vincent Hancock, who has won three Olympic gold medals and is headed to his fifth Games and two of his students: Austen Smith and Conner Prince.

NBC 5 is your Olympic station with the Opening Ceremony starting off the 2024 summer classic from Paris on July 26.

You would be hard-pressed to find an Olympian who has earned the chance to compete in five Olympic games. NBC 5’s Laura Harris is speaking to one man who has made it his reality. We’re headed to Northlake in Denton County with hometown hopeful and three-time Olympic gold medalist Vincent Hancock.

Vincent Hancock is going for another gold in skeet shooting at the 204 Olympics in Paris.

Wednesday, April 17 marks 100 days until the 2024 Paris Olympics. NBC 5’s Laura Harris has a sneak peek of our hometown hopefuls series.