Ekaterini Stefanidi tonight wrote her way into the history of the European Athletics Championships with a thrilling performance to win pole vault gold.
The Greek star was dancing around the track here in Amsterdam to celebrate as she propelled and twisted her way over 4.81m to break the Championship record mark of 4.80m which Russian Yelena Isinbayeva set in Gothenburg 10 years ago.
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All things considered, it is not bad for a woman who is frightened of heights!
'I am still scared of them, I just get dizzy,' said Stefanidi in the moments after her victory.
'My husband (American pole vaulter Mitchell Krier) does a lot of construction and I won't get over the third step of the ladder. But (I am not scared) for the pole vault - it is something I have done since I was 10 and maybe it is because I am in control.'
She was certainly in control tonight to land gold having won silver at the previous two European Athletics Championships - outdoors in Zurich 2014 and indoors in Prague 2015.
Athens-born, Stefanidi, 26, is now based in Ohio in the USA having originally been a student at Stanford University, developing a career which brought world junior and European under-23 medals and has now taken her to the summit of her career.
She entered the event flowing with confidence after her European lead and national record of 4.86m this summer and did not begin in the competition until 4.55m.
She sailed over that height and 4.65m and 4.70m with her first vaults as the event looked set to be a duel between her and Germany's Lisa Ryzih who had reached 4.70m after Sweden's Angelica Bengtsson finished on 4.65m for bronze.
But then suddenly Ryzih put her arm on Stefanidi's shoulder, the pair went over to the officials' table and they both started celebrating.
It quickly emerged Ryzih was suffering from injury and had retired from the event, delighted with her silver and leaving Stefanidi with gold and the chance to attack the record.
She knocked the bar down with her opening two efforts but not the third time, making it over to the delight of the crowd.
What a night! Thank you for all your support!! https://t.co/TJNcPusv1t
— Katerina Stefanidi (@KatStefanidi) July 9, 2016
She could not manage 4.94m, which would have put her second on the all-time list behind Isinbayeva, but that did not matter.
Stefanidi said: 'Lisa was hurting a little bit, she had the silver medal and she did not want to push it.
'I am so excited with gold. We came here with the goal to win and the second was to break the record - it was in our minds.'
And now it is in the history books.