No sooner had world champion Cameron Crombie landed than he was thinking of taking off again.
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He felt like he'd been slacking off over in Dubai while his mates had been doing it tough fighting fires in northern NSW.
The F38 shot put world champion might join them up there shortly - after he's spent a bit of time with his pregnant partner, Canberra Capitals great Carly Wilson.
They're preparing for the perfect present on Christmas Day.
It could also depend on his surgery schedule, with the 33-year-old due to get bone spurs removed from his elbow.
The expected recovery is six to eight weeks so it shouldn't impact too much on his summer and a massive 2020.
Then it will be all systems go looking to qualify for the Paralympic Games in Tokyo, which start in August.
Crombie and Sarah Walsh, who won bronze in the T64 long jump, were given a hero's welcome at Canberra airport on Sunday, arriving back from the Dubai worlds as part of Australia's contingent.
Bit it might only be a short stay for Crombie.
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"A lot of the guys have been shipped up there, fighting fires up there, so they're doing a really good job," the firefighter said.
"If I can come back and lend a hand too that'd put me at ease I think. I've felt a bit useless over there in Dubai."
Like Crombie, the main sporting goal for Walsh this summer will be qualifying for Tokyo.
With the Paralympics only nine months away there's no need to peak that early.
All that needs to happen is reach the qualifying marks to ensure they're on the plane to Japan.
Walsh's goal if she gets there? Getting back on the podium after her 5.20-metre jump earned her her first one at the worlds.
She doesn't care what colour the medal is.
"The first few days every time I thought about the fact I'd won a bronze medal I just cried," Walsh said.
"I've gone past that. I don't cry as much now ... they were happy tears though.
"I'd like to be on the podium again in Tokyo. Hopefully jump a little bit further than what I did in Dubai, but it would be amazing to stand on the podium again."
For Crombie the Paralympics are a bit more complicated.
His pet event, the shot put, isn't part of the Tokyo program.
It's a shame given Crombie's a two-time world champion in the event, plus won gold at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games last year.
Instead, he'll have to compete in the javelin, in which he finished seventh at the worlds with 45.87m.
Fellow Aussie Corey Anderson took out the gold with his throw of 56.28m, while Canberra's Jayden Sawyer finished fifth.
Crombie hoped the shot put could work its way into the fold for the 2024 Olympics in Paris, but until then he'll focus on his javelin.
"I do have to switch back to javelin ... a big part of that for me is about throwing pain free, which for the past two years has been really tough," he said.
"In two days, I'm about to have an operation on my right elbow. Hopefully that alleviates that."