When Churandy Martina grew his goatee beard, he probably never expected it would bring him a gold medal. Or at least that could be the story that he always tells about the amazing night he became the European 100 metres champion in front of his adoring home fans.
In a spectacular finale to a sensational second evening at the European Athletics Championships in Amsterdam, Martina brought the host nation their first title of the week by a margin so slim it could have been decided by, literally, the hairs protruding from his chin.
Last at 50 metres, in the mix at 95 metres, champion at 100 metres, Martina won in 10.07, a time that could not be separated from Türkiye's Jak Ali Harvey with France's European No. 1 Jimmy Vicaut in third in 10.08. That is how close they were.
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Victory for Martina saw him become the first Dutchman to triumph at this event since 1938 and the 2nd European Athletics Championships in Paris when Tinus Osendarp won gold and he still has the 200m and 4x100m relay to go.
Back in Helsinki 2012 he won the European 200m and such will now be his confidence and excitement that he will be eyeing a golden double.
Martina was born in Willemstad, the capital city of Curaçao, the Dutch Caribbean island which was formerly the Netherlands Antilles, and orange was everywhere tonight.
It was some race. Just four days after turning 32, Martina was out in lane eight and caught everyone by surprise as he came storming through.
Vicaut revealed afterwards that he never saw him, such was the intensity of the finish, as the Frenchman, in lane six, looked to be battling for gold with Harvey in lane five.
They had control of the race at the second time of asking after the field had been reduced by one after Great Britain's Richard Kilty had been disqualified for a false start.
That looked to have worked against Martina who said: 'First time I had a brilliant start and on the second, I was a little safer but it worked.'
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In the semi-finals he did not have a great start either but came through to finish second to Harvey, yet in the end one of the great heroes of Dutch athletics and these championships had the final say when it really mattered.
Martina produced such a blistering finish that it was almost a shock when his name came flashing up on the scoreboard because few could have expected it from where he had been.
But it sparked delirium among the 17,000 crowd at the Olympic Stadium who will be hoping for a Dutch 100m double tomorrow night with the appearance of defending women's champion Dafne Schippers.
That is then. For now, it is all about Churandy Martina, the beard to be feared.