Eden Francis was left downbeat in Glasgow after failing to deliver on her medal promise at the Commonwealth Games.
The 25-year old from Leicester was ranked fourth coming into the women's shot final.
And while gold was always likely to go to two-time Olympic champion, New Zealand's Valerie Adams, Francis was confident of forcing herself on to the podium.
But her best effort of 16.57m, exactly one-and-a-half metres down on her season's best, was only good enough for sixth.
"I'm just really sorry for my Mum," she said.
"After my injury, we've worked really hard since April just to get here.
"I hoped that I could come here and make her proud but it just didn't go to plan.
"The injury wasn't there. I was just really trying hard and, in technical events like the shot, when you try too hard it messes everything up and that's what happened.
"The crowd was good but it was just a shame I couldn't put on a show for them."
However, the emotions were very different for Alison Rodger, competing for Scotland in front of a partisan home crowd.
Rodger's best effort was her first round throw of 14.76m, which secured her 10th place in the final.
"I loved it out there – the atmosphere is absolutely brilliant. If you had told me before that I would get 10th in the Commonwealth Games I would have bitten your hand off," said Rodger, who works in Leicester for Intertek.
"I gave it my all in the first round but my knee kind of buckled after that – it was just a little niggle but I didn't want to push it.
"The atmosphere and watching all the girls was amazing. We are never going to get anything like this in Glasgow again, so it was really great."
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