Holly Springs native Andrew Capobianco won a silver medal in the diving competition at the Tokyo Olympics.
TAKING IT DAY BY DAY. THE OLYMPIAN POSTED, WE ARE WITH YOU, SIMONE. >>> DYER SPRINGS. MADE HIS WAY TO THE MEDAL STAND. SINCE THEN, WE TALKED TO HIS FAMILY. WRAL'S NYAH HARDEN HAS MORE ON THIS. >> Reporter: THEY HAVEN'T EVEN BEEN TO SLEEP YET, JEFF. THAT'S HOW EXCITED THEY ARE. AND REALLY JUST ALL-AROUND HAPPY FOR THEIR SON WHO THEY KNOW HAS BEEN PREPARING THIS HIS ENTIRE LIFE. ANDREW CAPO BIANCO, WON A SILVER MEDAL HIXON. I TALKED TO HIS MOTHER AND FATHER, AND THEY SAID THEIR SON FACE-TIMED THEM. AND HE WAS JUST SO EXCITED. TAKE A LISTEN. >> WE WERE LIKE SCREAMING. WE WERE SO EXCITED. AND WE WERE LIKE, I KNOW. AND HE PUT HIS COACH ON AND MICHAEL ON AS WELL. SO WE COULD CONGRATULATE THEM. IT TRULY IS A TEAM EFFORT. >> THIS IS HIS TIME AND HIS GAME. AND WE JUST PRAY THAT HE CAN USE WHAT THIS GIFT IS THAT HAS BEEN GIVEN TO HIM, HE CAN USE THIS TO INSPIRE OTHERS. >> THE OLYMPIC MEDALIST WILL NOW GO TO THE PRELIMINARY EVENT, WHICH WILL HAPPEN MONDAY, AUGUST 7th.