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Olympic skeet shooter Vincent Hancock uses his sport as "a platform to introduce people to Christ." Photo courtesy of USA Shooting

OLYMPICS: Nightly prayers keep skeet shooter’s focus on God

August 10, 2016

By Tim Ellsworth, Baptist Press

RIO DE JANEIRO (BP) – Vincent Hancock was so fed up with skeet shooting in 2011 that he almost quit.

Despite winning gold in skeet shooting in the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Hancock had lost his love for the sport. After a horrible World Cup competition in Slovenia – his worst finish ever – he called his wife Rebekah to tell her he wanted to quit.

“No, don’t do that,” Rebekah told him. “Just get home. Let’s talk about it. Let’s pray about it.”

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