Australian sprinter Matthew Glaetzer's World Cup bronze medal in the keirin was the best third place of his career.
Despite usually being well in gold medal contention, Glaezter is happy just to be riding, after undergoing surgery for throat cancer just two-and-a-half weeks ago.
Determined not to let that get in his way, he immediately returned to the bike and won bronze in the keirin at the Cambridge on Saturday night.
"I've exceeded my expectations by about six positions with this third place," Glaetzer said after the race. "It's very special, considering what I've been through.
"I knew, in the bigger picture, there's worse things that could happen and so I'm fortunate that it's a manageable type of cancer."
Glaetzer says the recent diagnosis has put everything into perspective for him. Winning is no longer his only goal - Just being able to ride is enough for now.
"I'm able to still do what I do, and so I'm making the most of it and not letting it stop me," he says.
"At the end of the day, we're just riding round in circles and there's more to life than riding a bike, so I may as well enjoy it while I'm doing it."
Next year's Tokyo Olympics are still his ultimate goal, but the road to get there will be increasingly turbulent.
Glaetzer will race next weekend's World Cup in Brisbane and the morning after competition finishes, he flies to Adelaide to begin radiotherapy.
"That will give me a good picture of what we're dealing with and from there, assess how many treatments I'll need."
Glaezter completed his return to the bike in the individual sprint on Sunday afternoon.
Medal or not, he won't be taking any race for granted.
