Sunday, February 6 will live long in the memory for Australia's winter sport athletes.
First up, Tess Coady secured an exceptional bronze medal in the snowboard slopestyle competition.
Then, that evening, Jakara Anthony stormed to moguls gold in what Australian chef de mission Geoff Lipshut described as one of Australia's greatest Olympic performances of all time.
That meant Australia won two Winter Olympic medals on the same day for the first time and sits in sixth place on the medal table at this admittedly early stage of competition.
The medals might have been won in different sports, but such is the camaraderie in this entire Australia team that it felt like a victory for the collective — something both winning athletes emphasised at their press conference on Monday.
"I just remember from my first Games something that I just found so addictive was the team culture," Coady said.
"I just thought it was incredible, I knew it was gonna be really cool and really fun to be a part of the team, but it's just so unmatched."
The Olympic bronze medallist said the support she received during the finals from her fellow competitors was "insane", including the "really, really special moment" when Scotty James came over to congratulate her with a hug.
"Everyone in the Australian team, they're such a great bunch of humans," she said.
"I honestly think it's my favourite part about the Games.
"[Going to watch] the moguls the other night with Cam [Bolton], Josie [Baff] and Em [Arthur] was probably one of the highlights of this whole time that I've been here.
"So much fun, so much camaraderie and it just reminds you what winter sports is all about and how much everyone just loves the sport and just loves getting around everyone.
"It was just so special."
Olympic champion Anthony agreed, saying that despite competing in an individual sport, the support of the team was strong.
"The Aussie winter sport community is just a tight-knit community," Anthony said.
"I spend more time with those guys [in the mogul team] than my family and to be able to have such a great team culture in what is essentially all individual sports is something really unique and special.
"It's so awesome to be able to share the wins and the whole journey with so many people.
"In an individual sport to have that team culture is just incredible."
Anthony said it was a testament to the Australian Olympic Committee that they had been able to create an environment where such high levels of team bonding can be achieved.
Lipshut threw that straight back on the athletes, who he said were probably the most "spirited" group he could remember at a Winter Games.
However, he added that the AOC learned a lot from their Tokyo experience about how to conduct an Olympics while inside a COVID-safe bubble, which had helped to foster that environment.
"The learning out of Tokyo for us was that Tokyo was very much a Games about village, venue, village and really not mixing with other countries or other athletes — and that's a big part of the Olympic Games," he said.
"That has been our experience here too.
"Taking some lessons out of Tokyo was setting up our village here in Zhangjiakou the way we have, doing our own cooking, having the barista doing everything so we can keep our athletes safe and keep everything in-house.
"As Tess was talking about, there's been some great quality interactions between the athletes, between the groups.
He said, thanks to the Winter Sports Institute, a lot of the athletes share strength and conditioning coaches and psychologists, creating a strong bond between the different athletes, despite their disparate locations across the globe.
Keeping everything within the athletes village in-house also translates to how the Aussie athletes celebrated yesterday's historic achievement, which might not be the traditional way of doing things, but Anthony said it was in keeping with the team's strong bonds.
"It was really special to get to celebrate last night with Tess and our team around us," Anthony said.
"It's not what your usual Olympic celebration would be but it was kinda almost more special that we just got to share it with the people that were closest to us and most involved.
"The medal is as much the team's as mine, so it was special to share with them."
