Former discus world champion Dani Samuels admits it's high time to make some big changes after another major-event letdown.
Since winning the 2009 world title at the tender age of 21, Samuels has bowed out of the London Olympics and two more world championships, each time without firing a shot in the final.
The 2013 world titles decider was the most gut-wrenching of the lot, as she could do no better than 10th with 62.42m after feeling in great shape coming into the competition.
Samuels insisted she was well-prepared to throw a personal best in Moscow, making the below-par effort even more disappointing.
"Everything went to plan, but I need to be able to convert that to competition," she said.
"I don't know how to do that at the moment and it needs to change.
"It has something to do with my psychology out there for sure.
"I have proven that I can get through qualifying but I need to work on taking the next step like I did in Berlin.
"I am sick of being the 9th, 10th or 11th placed athlete.
"Some say 10th in the world is still pretty good but I am not happy with that and things have to improve."
There was some good news in the men's discus qualifying round, although Julian Wruck left it late before sneaking into Tuesday night's final with an effort of 62.48m with his final throw.
Fellow Australian and 2010 Commonwealth Games champion Benn Harradine, who has been hampered by a lower back injury, managed only one legal throw of 59.68m.
Wruck has admitted that his biggest problem is conquering his nerves on the big occasion, meaning he was able to take a positive out of stepping up in the last round, even if was still nearly 6m shy of the PB he set in California in June.
"It shows that I'm able keep calm under pressure and still make improvements and that for me is a really meaningful improvement," he said.
"For the final it's definitely going to be valuable, knowing that regardless of how many throws I have left, that I'm capable of a bigger throw."
Lauren Boden ran her fourth fastest time ever of 55.37 seconds to move through to the semis of the women's 400m hurdles.
Boden was drawn in a tough heat, with three gun hurdlers on her inside including reigning Olympic champion Natalya Antyukh from Russia and defending world champ Lashinda Demus from the US.
"But it didn't change my race plan, I just stuck with the stride pattern that my coach Matt Beckenham and I had decided I would do," said Boden, who was fourth in the heat.
"It's all about execution for me and then the times come.
"To get through to the top 16 is pretty awesome.
"There's a lot more to come tomorrow in the semi."
Fellow Australian Tristan Thomas also advanced to the semis of the men's 400m hurdles, although it was much more of a close-run thing after he was sixth in 49.80 in what turned out to be the fastest of the five heats.
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