SHE is a multiple national and world champion, a world cup victor and has been crowned Cycling Australia's elite road Para-cycling female of the year, but now Emilie Miller has another highlight for her resume.
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The Bathurst handcyclist not only competed in the inaugural Para-cycling Wheel Race staged at the Santos Tour Down Under in Adelaide, but snared a silver medal as well.
It was a proud moment for Miller on a personal level, but also as it highlighted the growing profile of Para-cycling in Australia.
"It was the first inclusion of a Para event in a WorldTour event in the southern hemisphere, so that's a pretty massive thing for Santos to take on board," Miller enthused.
"It was phenomenal to have so many people there watching, we were on before the women's and men's [Tour Down Under] stages, but there were quite a lot of people who came out early to watch the Para racing.
"It was the first year of it, they'd never seen it before, and I think it drew a lot of public interest. For us that was really exciting as well as we are obviously developing this interest in Para-cycling in Australia with the inclusion at road nats and now at Santos.
"We are really hoping for it to be included in it again next year, we won't know for a little while."
The format of the wheel race saw both male and female Para-cyclists across a range of classes pitted against each other. They were given a handicap - the stronger competitors required to cover a greater distance - and sent off in waves.
While Miller is well versed in road races and time trials and predominantly is battling the clock given the lack of rivals in her women's H1 class, the wheel race was a new concept for her.
"It was actually a really unexpected outcome given the format of the racing, I've never actually done a race in that format before and I didn't know what to expect," she said.
"It was actually quite interesting, it made for quite an interesting race as I constantly had people passing me from some of those top classes.
"I was trying to count the laps when they were going past me, like 'Okay, they've gone past me three times'," Miller laughed as she continued.
"You are obviously trying to keep an eye on where everyone in the field is. Then when I hit the finishing straight I had to put the pedal down in case there was someone behind me because it's quite a long finishing straight on that crit course.
"You're use to racing for a minimum of an hour and a half distance in your time trial pace, but with this it's let's lift the pace a bit and make it a half-hour, 20 minute race. It tested the body a little bit."
Given the competitors - who included fellow Bathurst resident David Nicholas - were doing laps of a fixed course, as Miller approached the finish line she was not initially aware that she had claimed the silver medal.
"I had absolutely no idea when I came across the line. Having never done that format before I didn't know," she said.
"I was quite surprised when I crossed the line that Dave McKenzie has called out that I got silver for the race. I was quite shocked actually."
As Miller indicated McKenzie, a noted cycling commentator, gave a voice to the action which unfolded in the Adelaide CBD.
It further added to the already special atmosphere of the event.
"We had high profile commentators there, Matt Keenan and Dave McKenzie were there, it was fantastic for us and the crowd. Obviously they bring a lot of expertise to the event as well and they commentate on our races at road nationals now too," she said.
"It makes it better for the crowd as well as they are well versed on what is going on with each of the Para classes and some of the athletes as well."