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U.S. Air Force 2nd Lt. Patrick Hoopes won bronze in pommel horse at the World Gymnastics Championships in Indonesia last week. It was a lifelong dream that he had been working toward, alongside his military service contributions, since he began the sport at just 2 years old.

“It was so amazing. There’s kind of three big things a gymnast growing up in the U.S. wants to compete in; U.S. championships, the Olympics and then World Championships. So it was kind of a big dream come true,” Hoopes told Fox News Digital.

“I remember the whole time thinking there were a couple of small errors that I could feel already, that I know I did, but when I made it through the whole routine, I came down, saluted the judges, hit routine, and was really excited …

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