Sha'Carri Richardson made her comeback over the weekend and, well, it didn't exactly go to plan.
The American sprinter was returning to the track having served her one-month ban for marijuana use which kept her out of the Tokyo Olympics.
And it was her post-race actions which stole the headlines - not her actual performance.
For her second-coming, Richardson certainly faced a tough task in coming up against Olympic megastars Elaine Thompson-Herah and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce at the Diamond League.
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That said, the star-studded race was billed as a Richardson's shot at redemption and many tipped her to upset the odds and cross the line first.
But it didn't take long for the hype train to derail - 10.54 seconds, to be exact.
Olympic gold medallist Thompson-Herah powered home to clock an impressive time of 10.54 seconds - the second fastest time in 100m women's history.
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Her fellow compatriot Fraser-Pryce finished in second, while Richardson came ninth with 11.14 seconds.
Speaking shortly after the race, Richardson conducted the sort of interview you wouldn't expect from someone who just finished last.
"It was a great return back to the sport," she told NBC.
"I wanted to be able to come and perform. Having the month off, dealing with all I had to deal with, I'm not upset with myself at all.
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"This is one race, I'm not done. You know what I'm capable of. Count me out if you want to, talk all the s**t you want, because I'm here to stay.
"I'm the sixth fastest woman in this game - ever. No one can take that away from me. Congratulations to the women that won, but they're not done seeing me yet, period."
Thompson-Herah's lightning-fast time saw her shatter her Olympic record of 10.61 seconds by 0.07 seconds.
The world record of 10.49 seconds, held by the late great Florence Griffith Joyner, still stands to this day having been set back in 1988.
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