Surely a film has to follow. Léon Marchand on Friday night won the 200m individual medley to add a fourth Olympic gold medal to his trophy cabinet.
The 22-year-old Frenchman claimed the race in one minute, 54.06 seconds as 15,000 mostly partisans roared on his success.
Duncan Scott from Britain won the silver and Shun Wang from China took the bronze medal.
France's President Emmanuel Macron, who had earlier watched the equestrian team's ultimately failed bid for gold in the jumping event at Versailles, was among the crowd at the Paris La Défense Arena.
"You never forget a moment like that," Marchand told France Télévisions after the race. "It was incredible, it was magical.
"Winning four medals in five days, I don't know what to say. After the semi-finals on Thursday night I was really tired but it was a great race. I'm so happy."
On Sunday, Marchand won the 400m individual medley. And within two hours on Wednesday night he had added the 200m butterfly and 200m backstroke to the haul.
He is the first Frenchman to win four medals at a single summer or winter Olympic Games.
In other events in the swimming pool, Cameron McEvoy and Kaylee McKeown won more golds for Australia.
McEvoy took the 50 freestyle and 23-year-old McKeown followed with a victory in the 200m backstroke to become the first female swimmer to retain her crown in the event.
