Swimmer goes viral with brilliant reaction to winning gold
Updated 16/07/2015 at 09:49 GMT
Brazil's Leonardo de Deus was so busy swimming a close race in the 200m butterfly at the Pan-Am Games that he had no idea who'd actually won.
When he found out, however, his reaction was absolutely priceless: a wonderful, eye-popping moment of disbelief that is so clearly heartfelt and sincere that it's touched the hearts of fans across the world.
This clip says it all...
But as well as the TV cameras, AFP photographer Tim Clary was also on hand to record the moment, and got these absolutely brilliant photos which sum up the ecstasy of competition:
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