Fencer May Tieu lent one of her foil weapons to an opponent at the Youth Olympics, then beat her (twice) en route to the first U.S. medal of the Buenos Aires Games (a bronze) on Sunday.
Tieu, 17, gave Togo’s Grace Senyo her extra weapon after learning that Senyo didn’t have any that passed weapons check, according to TeamUSA.org and U.S. Fencing.
“There are too many times that I had to borrow something and someone always stepped up to help,” Tieu said, according to U.S. Fencing. “It only made sense and it really didn’t pose a problem in my mind.