After placing 25th, 25th and 28th in her three previous Olympics in London, Rio and Tokyo, Rebecca produced a stellar ride to finish 13th in the cross country mountain bike race at Elancourt Hill in the time of 1hr 32mins 44secs.

The race was won by French rider Pauline Ferrand Prevot who was almost three minutes faster than her nearest rivals. American Hayley Batten and Sweden's Jenny Rissveds who completed the podium.

Rebecca, 32, from Canberra, was proud of her performance on the international stage.

“I was fighting in the top 10 more or less the whole race which isn’t bad at the Olympics,” she said.

“I had a flat tyre with one-and-a-half laps to go which was not ideal, and I know there were a lot of those, but I’m happy with how I felt.

“The season has been pretty rough but just perseverance and keeping on and training consistently. 

“Doing all the things off the bike that we can, listening to my body, re-adjusting the plans, eventually if you keep putting in the work it’s got to come around.”

Reece Homfray