A disappointing Commonwealth Games outing has put Australian weightlifting veteran Deborah Acason on the warpath for the world championships in Kazakhstan.
The two-time Olympian is one of eight Australians competing at the world titles, with fellow Glasgow competitors Tegan Napper and Erika Ropati-Frost first up for the team on Monday night.
For Acason, the event will be a chance to banish bad memories of a sub-par Scottish performance.
"I'm still pretty down about my performance over at the Games," she told AAP.
"I was one kilo off getting a medal and I missed two lifts.
"I'm just very disappointed."
The 31-year-old swatted away suggestions the World championships would definitely be her last appearance for Australia, saying Glasgow had inflamed her competitive spirit.
"(It) really put the fire in me," she said.
"Every competition could be my last (and) I really want to make the most of it."
Acason said she'd thrown herself back into training after Glasgow, cheered on by her three-year-old daughter Eva.
Her somewhat unorthodox preparations include training on an open concrete slab behind her pastor husband's church in Queensland's west.
However, the former discus thrower said she had no interest in the 2016 Rio Games and would rather focus on securing two qualification spots for her female compatriots at the Kazakhstan competition.
The four-time Commonwealth Games said Ropati-Frost (53kg) had improved "out of sight" and was a strong chance of representing Australia in Brazil as well as London Olympian Seen Lee (58kg).
In the meantime, a home soil Commonwealth Games could be an option - if little Eva's got anything to say on the matter.
"I always joke and say, `Do you want mummy to stop lifting?'" Acason said.
"She always goes, `No, I want to watch you lift!'"
