Olympians are accustomed to performing extraordinary feats of endurance, pushing through weariness and insurmountable mental hurdles in order to compete. So, no one is better prepared to endure an all-nighter with a newborn or a difficult diaper change.

Parenthood at the Olympics has become more of a topic than ever before, especially since Allyson Felix collaborated with Pampers to design the first-ever family space in the Athletes’ Village for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, providing Olympians who traveled with their children with a comfortable, kid-friendly environment.

And it was all worthwhile to witness these Olympic medalists celebrate the pinnacle of their sports careers with their children. Check out some of the most wonderful and heartbreaking moments when Olympic parents share their medal moments with their children.

Clarisse Agbegnenou practices Judo.

Clarisse Agbegnenou accepted France’s bronze medal with tears in her eyes, holding infant Athéna.

“I want women athletes who follow me to feel free and legitimate, to break codes, shift mindsets, and change the rules. “We can have a life as a woman, mother, and champion at the same time,” she told Le Parisien, according to The Guardian.

Abegnenou was also a strong advocate for nursing parents’ accommodations before to the Games, and her efforts prompted the Paris Olympics organizers to arrange hotel rooms near the stadiums for competitors to feed or pump.

Caeleb Dressel: Swimming.

Caeleb Dressel (named a “proud papa” by Beyoncé, the world’s greatest accolade) welcomed August with his wife Meghan in February 2024, and while the baby slept through much of his father’s exhilarating 4×100 relay triumph for the United States, he awoke in time to get an emotional hug from his parents.

“My son getting to watch me win a gold medal is everything,” Dressel told reporters.

Adam Peaty: Swimming.

Adam Peaty of the United Kingdom missed out on gold in his 100M freestyle race by fractions of a second, but he said seeing his 3-year-old son George in the audience helped him move on, according to The Daily Mail.

“He normally says, ‘Daddy, are you the fastest boy?'” I would have answered, ‘Not today.’ But he simply said, ‘I love you, Daddy,’ and that’s all I care about,” he told the outlet. When I touched George and saw his curly hair, I was overcome with tears. My face is so swollen from sobbing that it feels like a bee stung me.”

Victor Koretzky, Cross-Country Mountain Bike

Despite narrowly missing the podium while cycling for France, Victor Koretzky found joy in sharing his silver medal with his family, including his wife Lea and son.

Paulin Riva: Rugby.

In 2044, Paulin Riva, a member of France’s gold medal-winning rugby sevens squad, shows off the pitch to a potential future member of France’s women’s rugby team.

Auriane Mallo-Breton discusses fencing.

Little Mathis admires his mother Auriane Mallo-Breton’s silver medal for France in the epée individual competition.

Tom Daley: Diving

Tom Daley’s children, Robbie and Phoenix, applauded their father (wearing shirts with his face on them) when he won his sixth Olympic gold in diving for the United Kingdom. “They got to see him dive today, which was already very special,” Dustin Lance Black said. “And the fact that he just won a medal he’d never won before…” It’s incredibly touching for the family because we can see the hard work and devotion that goes into making it appear effortless, which is exactly what he and [diving partner Noah Williams] accomplished today. So we’re quite proud.