Matt Emmons sat in a beer garden near the shooting range trying to wash away one of the biggest gaffes in Olympic history when he felt a tap on the shoulder.
Looking up, he saw Czech shooter Katerina Kurkova and her father, there to offer condolences and express admiration for how he handled himself after failing on sport's biggest stage. They gave him a four-leaf clover keychain, wished him luck in the future and walked away.
The pair ran into each other a few more times over the next year or so, their interactions expanding, the relationship growing.