Mid-Michigan Welcomes Jordyn Wieber Home - WLNS TV 6 Lansing - Jackson | Your Local News Leader

With their signs and T-shirts ready to go, the excitement was palpable at the airport in Lansing as fans of all ages waited to see Jordyn Wieber come home.

They waited for more than an hour until their hometown hero finally took the stage to massive cheers.

Standing before her crowd of loyal supporters, Wieber acknowledged just how much they've given her.

Jordyn Wieber: "it's amazing, I definitely think I would never be where I am today in my gymnastics career if it weren't for all these people back home supporting me so I appreciate every single on of you guys being here."

Some fans even traveled from other states just to be here tonight.

Kristin Carpenter, Fan: "we drove 5 hours to get here today."

But Carpenter says it's worth it because Wieber is such a good role model for her daughter.

Carpenter: I've watched her in the past few days with interviews in New York and different places and every time I walk away just saying 'wow'."

As for her daughter Emily, she wants to be just like Jordyn.

Emily: "I was just so happy and I couldn't sit still during breakfast so I didn't eat anything."

Andrea Garza, Fan: I love her intensity, the level she goes at and she never gave up and she was always supporting her teammates even when she wasn't in the all around."

Susan Failing, Fan: "I just wanted to show some support, she did such a wonderful job representing Michigan."

Garza: "I feel like she won gold in my heat."

And many hope to see Jordyn go back to the Olympics in 2016 with another shot at gold.