At the moment, Tara Davis-Woodhall and Hunter Woodhall are ecstatic. Her husband equaled her success in the Paralympics in the men’s T62 400m sprint, just one month after the Texas Longhorns alumnus won gold in the women’s long jump at the 2024 Paris Games. Thus, after getting married in 2022, they have coincidentally reached their greatest milestone as a pair. However, the track power couple most likely anticipated this.

Before the big rumble, the two were in full preparation mode, and the City of Love didn’t leave them without anything. It was a collaborative endeavor, and they couldn’t have hoped for a more fitting conclusion to their separate careers on the biggest platform of all. The 2024 World Indoor Championships gold medallist also delayed celebrating her victory so she could join her husband in celebrating, demonstrating their undying faith in one another’s skills.

In a September 9 interview with PEOPLE, Tara Davis-Woodhall and Hunter Woodhall shared how they set out on this journey together and the overwhelming joy they felt winning the ultimate prize with the Eiffel Tower as their backdrop. Reflecting on the emotions she experienced watching Hunter race, long jumper Tara Davis-Woodhall expressed, “We’ve just been thinking about this moment for so long, so like, for it to be playing out in front of me, I was like, ‘oh my gosh, there’s no going back now.’ I didn’t really want to process [my win] a month ago because I wanted to do it together.”

Her husband joined in, affirming that their achievements felt inevitable, particularly with their unwavering support for each other’s dreams at every stage. The Paralympian revealed that they had “blind faith” that this Parisian summer would be unforgettable. He added that they came to the French capital fully intent on seizing the opportunity before them.