Julian Wruck is a much bigger man than he was at the London Olympics.
And he could well have a much bigger role to play in the men's discus at the world athletics championships.
The US-based Wruck was struck down by glandular fever midway through last year and weighed in at just 100kg by the time he got to London - a genuine lightweight by the hefty standards of his chosen discipline.
He was unable to get out of the qualifying round.
This year has panned out much better.
The 22-year-old has been one of the stars of the US collegiate season, lifting his PB to 66.32m in the progress.
It's no coincidence that it has happened after he bulked up again, now tipping the scales at 135kg.
Some sessions with a sports psychologist have also helped.
"I want to make the top eight here," said Wruck.
"Last year I had the same goal and I was almost on target before the glandular.
"This year I think I'm more than on track and my season's average will put me in the final for sure.
"It's just a matter of competing under nerves.
"I'm not necessarily the best competitor when it comes time to throw big."
That lack of self-belief hindered Wruck earlier in the year when he went to the NCAA finals as the raging favourite, only to be taken down by outsider Chad Wright.
"I didn't know what it was like being the guy that everyone was trying to beat and it put the pressure on me," he said.
"I read in one of the local papers that was predicting the results for all of the events and for the discus it said 'should Julian Wruck of UCLA not win it would be the single biggest disappointment of the NCAA championships'.
"A comment like that has got nothing positive in it whatsoever.
"It's really hard to bounce back from that. So I went into the competition thinking 'don't screw up'."
Wruck feels much more comfortable with the situation at the world championships, where he will once again be an outsider, albeit one who sits in ninth spot on the world rankings.
Fellow Australian Benn Harradine has thrown even further than Wruck in 2013 - having bettered the Australian record with 68.20m in Townsville in May.
But the reigning Commonwealth champion is unsure how he will go in Moscow, having been troubled by a lower back injury.
The discus qualifying round is on Monday.
