SHE’s got two rainbow jerseys and plenty with the green and gold bands of an Australian champion, but does a Paralympic Games uniform lie in wait for Emilie Miller?
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The Bathurst handcyclist is the world’s best for her H1 classification in the road race and time trial, tackling courses that other women who are eligible for the category do not.
That lack of rivals meant women’s H1 events have not featured on past Paralympic Games programs.
However, officials reconsidered that stance last year which created an opening for Miller to gain selection for Tokyo 2020.
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She was added to Cycling Australia’s Podium program – one designed to help the nation’s best succeed at the highest level – but Miller says a Paralympic Games debut next year is anything but certain.
“My category is included, but it’s a factored event which means I would be competing against the H2 women and the H3 women and the results come from a factored time,” she explained.
“At this stage I don’t know what the likelihood of being able to go to Tokyo is, it depends on what they do with that, but you can only really take it a year at a time.
“Two years in advance is a long time away, it’s quite tricky, so I’ll just take it one event at a time.
“At this stage if it is something that happens it would be nice, but I am just going to focus on worlds every year and try and put in a good performance and go from there, the rest will sort itself out.”
This year’s world road championships will be held in the Netherlands.
