Athletics: Disgraced British sprinter Dwain Chambers failed to win the world indoor 60 metres title by just 0.03 seconds as Nigerian favourite Olusoji Fasuba took the title in Valencia, Spain.
All eyes in the Palau Velodromo stadium were on the controversial former drug cheat who has showed brilliant form after returning to athletics following a brief dalliance with American football.
But Fasuba's powerful finish helped him clock a time of 6.51secs with Chambers equalling his lifetime best in second.
Chambers had to wait for almost five minutes before learning he had edged Kim Collins, of St Kitts and Nevis, out of second place as the two athletes were both credited with the same time.
Chambers insisted afterwards he wanted to "relax" before considering whether to follow up his success with an appeal against his lifetime Olympic ban.
The race may be his only one of the year, with European meeting organisers snubbing the drugs cheat and British Olympic Association (BOA) rules barring him from competing in Beijing this summer.
He told the BBC: "I was under a lot of pressure. I wanted to go and win and I can't complain with a PB. I would like to have won but the better man won on the day."
Asked how his comeback would continue, he added: "There may not be a comeback. As I said earlier this is my Olympic Games, I've got my medal, I'm happy and let's hope there's a chance for me to move forward. If not, then I'll pursue a career elsewhere."
A BOA bylaw bans athletes who have served doping offences from competing in future Games but speculation persists that Chambers may challenge the rules.
But tonight Chambers said: "I just want to relax from here first, check my situation and check if it's worth appealing and if there's a chance of me winning then it's something I'd consider but for now I just want to celebrate with my team-mates and go and have some fun.
"Rules are the rules and I'm no exception from that. I failed to follow the rules and I've been punished and it's something I've got to deal with.
"Hopefully things will change, if not for me then for people in the future."
Fellow Briton Kelly Sotherton lost the pentathlon gold medal by just 15 points tonight after a dramatic finale to the event.