Special Edition: Today At the Olympics: Vincent Hancock Takes Gold in Skeet Shooting

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Event Location(s): London, United Kingdom | Description: EJ 09:21:27 EXT DAY LONDON, ENGLAND AT THE ROYAL ARTILLERY BARRACKS MS: Team USA Olympic skeet shooter Vincent Hancock with shotgun. MS: Hancock shoots a clay disc. MS: Hancock pumps his fist and shakes hands with the referee. MS: The spectators applaud. MS: Hancock hugs a coach. EJ 09:22:01 EXT DAY LONDON AT THE ROYAL ARTILLERY BARRACKS MS: Hancock shoots clay discs. MS: Hancock with shotgun. MS: Clay disk explodes. MS: Hancock with shotgun. MS: Hancock shoots clay disc. MS: Hancock with shotgun. MS: Clay disk explodes. MS: Hancock loads shotgun. MS: Hancock shoots clay discs. 09:22:41 STILLS Photo of Hancock with gold medal Photo of Hancock, Denmark's Anders Golding and Qatar's Nasser Al-Attiyah (with gold, silver and bronze medals) 09:22:58 STILLS Photo of Hancock holding his 5-month-old daughter Vincent Hancock joins Savannah Guthrie, Natalie Morales, and Al Roker live in Olympic Park in London, England. Hancock says there was a lot of prayer to get to London, last year was the bottom of his shooting career, he had some of the worst finishes he had ever come across, he wasn’t enjoying himself anymore, his wife said if you’re not enjoying it than you shouldn’t be doing it, they thought and prayed about it, it took a couple of months, but this is what he loves to do, he re-set his goals and coming here was the first step to building his legacy and trying to pass on the knowledge he’s built on for 13 years, one of the great things about his sport is they have a pretty long tenure, his first Olympics was when he was 19, this is his second at 23, doing this in 2020 is doable, the average age is 35, he’s got plenty of time left in him, he was able to bring his wife and youngest child along (his wife Rebeka, holding Brenlyn is seen), Brenlyn did really well, she slept almost the entire flight, she’s a great baby, he speaks to his 2-year-old daughter Bailey who is at home with his grandparents, he notes his gold medal will be passed onto her too.