After he failed to make it onto the team heading to the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, athlete Matt Antoine said he set out to work even harder, and it paid off when he won bronze in the skeleton event at Sochi.
“It’s just been a process getting up to this point,” Antoine told TODAY's Lester Holt and Natalie Morales.
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The Wisconsin native said he couldn't have made it across the line at Sochi without the support of his family and friends.
"I couldn't be here today without the support I've had from everyone," he said. "It meant so much to cross the line and see them all down at the bottom."