In just one performance, Singapore's Joseph Schooling beat swimming great Michael Phelps, took home his city state's first Olympic gold medal and became an instant millionaire.
Known at home for smashing national records and taking multiple titles in regional competitions, Schooling had held the hopes of Singapore, a Southeast Asian island nation of less than six million, which had only won two silvers and two bronzes since it joined the Olympic fold in 1948.
"Its been a hard road, I've done something that no one in our country has done before. I've received a lot of support and that's phenomenal," Schooling told reporters.
"It's been a tough road, I'm not going to lie, the first guy through the wall, it's always bloody," he said.