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Ariarne Titmus of Team Australia embraces Coach Dean Boxall after the medal ceremony for the Women's 400m Freestyle Final on day three of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Tokyo Aquatics Centre on July 26, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images)

20-year-old Australian swimmer Ariarne Titmus is making her mark at her first ever Olympics on Monday, beating out American champ Katie Ledecky to take gold in the women's 400 metre freestyle final.

Titmus, whose nickname is "Arnie", smashed her personal best time in the race, at 3:56.69, ahead of Ledecky's 3:57.36. Ledecky put up a real fight, with the final lap a genuinely thrilling neck-and-neck push towards the wall.

But Titmus' incredible win also gave viewers — and the internet — another indelible moment: the sight of her coach, Dean Boxall, going positively hog wild with GIFable joy up in the stands.

Absolutely hooting and hollering.

NBC's commentary team noted a resemblance to Back to the Future's Doc Brown.

This moment of joy and vindication is an clear instant classic reaction that will live on on the internet for years to come. It distils the essence of so many iconic sports GIFs: Vince McMahon leaning back in his chair (yes, WWE counts, don't @ me), Rob Ryan fist-pumping, the Buckle Up Baby hockey kid. It's all of those in one. Boxall is clearly ready to tear the stadium to pieces with his bare hands, fuelled only by pure adrenaline and pride.

While we cannot endorse ripping your mask off to scream very much outside your heart in the middle of a pandemic, violently air-humping barriers, or terrifying poor facilities staffers who were clearly not warned about how Australian men react to winning at sport, we can all recognise and relate to a moment of long-fought-for triumph.

Hail to the camera operators who spotted and recorded this moment for posterity. And here's hoping Boxall shouts that poor usher a drink once he's out of Ultimate Warrior mode.

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