It was just a month ago Australian cyclist Cure won gold in the Women's team pursuit at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships.

The team of Cure, Annette Edmondson, Ashlee Ankudinoff and Georgia Baker beat Olympic Champions Great Britain with a time of 4:14.333 in the final.

It was a great win for Australia, having brought home a silver in 2017 after the United States took gold.

"It was an amazing feeling to get the gold," Cure said.

"We went in there and we had a time we wanted to achieve so went over there and achieved that time in qualifying.

"We were pretty happy about that and we realised that we were in with a chance for the gold medal.

"I wouldn't say we believed we couldn't do that because we knew we would be right up there, but it was a great feeling to bring home that gold medal."

It was a great result from the side just over a year out from the Olympics in Tokyo and getting a win over the World Record holders. 

However, 26-year-old Cure is fuelled to go one better at Tokyo 2020 after a high-speed crash involving the purist team happened just three days out from the competition in 2016.

The 60km/h crash left three of the team battling from hematomas, bruises and a lot of missing skin. 

The team finished qualifying in third place, giving them a much-needed rest day before they would be denied a medal opportunity after a loss to the United States.

It was a heartbreaking moment for all members of the team with the Olympics being the pinnacle of the sport. The result also came after the pursuit team just missed out on a bronze medal to Canada at London 2012.

However, with spirits low amongst the team in Brazil and with Cure being one of the leaders of the side, she felt as though she had to help change the mindsets of her team members.

"Mentally it puts everyone in a different mindset, obviously everyone was hurting and leading into the biggest race of your life and I felt it was up to me, at the time, to change the mindset around," she said.

"It was tough but we had to look at it that we were given this opportunity because not everyone gets this opportunity and we had to give it the best crack."

However, Cure is also using the crash as motivation to go further come Tokyo July next year.

"We definitely want to do more," she said.

"We wouldn't be going there if we didn't want to obviously get that gold medal so we really have that dream and that ambition and we're all going there to not just take part but to hopefully win a gold medal."

Australia's cyclists have also been helped by a completely new program structure, which was implemented after the Rio Olympics, where the team in green and gold only picked up a bronze and silver medal.

"It's been great for us but it's always hard when you have a complete change of structure, learning and getting into a new rhythm of training,"

"I think it's great to look forward and know that obviously, we're going in the right direction from our results at the World Championships."

Ahead of Tokyo, there will be a lot of training in Adelaide to prepare as they are set to face the worlds best. 

If Cure can secure a spot, it will be her third Australian Olympic Team.