RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Chloe Esposito emerged from the tunnel into Deodoro Stadium, her bright, white teeth sparkling in the lights.
The smile stuck with her on the long walk to the medal stand, through presentations of bronze and silver, and onto the top step.
Esposito had just claimed Australia's first medal in modern pentathlon and added the first Olympic gold to her family's decorated athletic history.
That smile isn't going away anytime soon.
"I knew this day was going to come when everything came together," Esposito said after capturing gold in an Olympic record of 1,372 points Friday at the Rio de Janeiro Games.