Bec Rippon remembers it as if it were yesterday, sitting in the stands of the Sydney Olympic Aquatic Centre as a young water polo wannabe, watching the game that changed her life.
Bronte Halligan recalls it too, a funny photo of the excited four-year-old dreamer standing outside the Olympic opening ceremony still there as her reminder of what she always wanted to achieve.
And now their chance to make their own history, achieve their own legacy, has finally arrived in Paris.