BMX: The first turn at the BMX world championships is called Buchanan Bend and its namesake aims to own this crucial part of the course.
Australian cycling star Caroline Buchanan is ranked third in the world and will be one of the favourites for the world titles this week in Zolder, Belgium.
In BMX jargon, the rider who leads after the first turn has the holeshot.
He or she usually wins.
"My goal is to get the holeshot out of Buchanan Bend this weekend," Buchanan said of Saturday's final.
The five-time world champion across BMX and mountain bike is enjoying another solid season.
She won the opening round of the BMX Supercross World Cup series and was fourth in the second.
The Rio Olympics loom large for Buchanan, especially after she finished a disappointing fifth three years ago at the London Games.
But the world championships are big in their own right for her.
Buchanan won the BMX time trial in 2012 and the match race world title a year later.
"This year I could potentially get the time trial and the BMX, which is something I've never done," she said.
"I'd love to be able to link that together."
Buchanan also wants to bounce back from last year's worlds, where she crashed out of the match racing before the final and was second in the time trial.
"Last year, I made a few little mistakes ... I want to have a little bit of redemption for myself," she said.
"Every race in BMX can be a little bit unpredictable - there can be some landmines on the track.
"I'd love to be able to step away from these world championships and say that I had the best race that I could."
One of her mentors is seven-time world surfing champion Layne Beachley, whose success has set Buchanan a target.
"She (once) said 'Caroline, you'll be up there one day - you're going to have seven world titles as well'," Buchanan said.
"I didn't believe her at the time.
"When I got to five world titles, I realised this could be in reach.
"I definitely have a lot of goals and the world titles is a special one."
Lauren Reynolds and Melinda McLeod are also in a strong Australian worlds team that aims to help qualify a second start in the women's field at the Rio Games.
AAP
