Kristen Faulkner, nicknamed "Fox", is the women's Olympic road race champion after beating better-credentialled riders with a cunning and brave solo attack.
The American cyclist won at the Trocadero on Sunday ahead of Dutch icon Marianne Vos and reigning Belgian world champion Lotte Kopecky.
Along with Hungarian Blanka Vas, those four were set to decide the medals with 3.5km left when Faulkner did the only thing that would give her the gold - go solo.