Texans in spotlight as first official day of Olympics begins

Gymnastics, archery begin Saturday

Chris Brooks performs during Olympic trials. (Getty Images)

RIO DE JANEIRO – The Team USA men's gymnastics team comes to Rio with a whole lot of experience, and they are hungry for revenge.

Houston's own Chris Brooks was an alternate at the London Olympic Games in 2012. That team finished in a disappointing fifth place.

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This time around, things are different. Brooks returned to the 2016 Olympics as team captain and will compete in all six all-around events. The five-member squad includes three other Olympic veterans. They've been to this show before, but this time, they're determined to bring home a medal in men's gymnastics for the first time since 2008.

Women's qualification begins Sunday.

It's also a huge day for the men of Team USA archery as they go for gold in Rio.

Their teammate, the only female in the archery group, Texan Mackenzie Brown, took a break from competition to put on her super fan hat and cheer on the guys Saturday.

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Brown finished in the top 20 in the women's recurve qualifying round.

"I feel really good," Brown said. "It's my first Olympic games, so I was going in with expectations of doing my best, and that's what I did.  I actually had a funny mishap. I broke my sling on one of my shots, but it was still a 10, so we just adjusted and kept going."

Brown is back on the competition field Monday looking to better her standings.


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