While an eighth straight world titles was no surprise for dual world champion and London Olympian Cure, Baker’s selection extended a remarkable run for the Perth 21-year-old.

After several victories in the National Road Series last year, Baker turned her attention to the track, claiming two gold and two silver medals at the Oceania championships and adding a silver at last week’s national titles.

Selection for the world titles in London was the next major hurdle and Baker was delighted to hear from head women’s track endurance coach Gary Sutton that she had made the team along with individual pursuit world champ Rebecca Wiasak (ACT) and reigning team pursuit world champions Cure, Ashlee Ankudinoff (New South Wales) and Annette Edmondson (South Australia).

‘‘I’m really happy,’’ Baker said.

‘‘It’s something I’ve been waiting a long time for so it’s nice to know all the training is paying off.

‘‘It’s really cool to know it’s another step towards Rio which is my major goal. I would like to be on that start line in the team pursuit at the Olympics.

‘‘It’s always awesome to race in Australian colours but especially so in an Olympic year.’’

Baker, who won the world cup team pursuit in New Zealand with Cure, Ankudinoff and Isabella King, went to two junior world championships, winning two team pursuit and a scratch race world title.

‘‘This is my first senior world championship. It’s a really big step up.

‘‘It’s taken me a few years to get the hang of it and I’ve had a bit of bad luck along the way with my health but I feel like I have really stepped up to where I need to be to make the Olympic team.’’

Baker will remain in Adelaide until the team leaves for London on February 22 with the championships running from March 2 to 6.

Australia will be targeting the three rounds of the team pursuit as the sole Olympic endurance discipline apart from the omnium which Edmondson would be expected to contest as the reigning world champion.

Baker will be watched by her mum Dearne, sister Phoebe and grandparents Helen and Michael who will all be making the trip from Perth to London.

‘‘It will be awesome to ride on such a new velodrome. The others have had experience on that track and it’s meant to be really cool.

‘‘Everything seems to be going in the right direction. I’ve got to keep doing what I am and hope everything falls in line and I make the Olympic team.’’

For Cure, 23, it is a return to the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome where she was a member of the Australian 2012 Olympic team but did not get to ride.

A total of 19 events will be decided at the championships which Cycling Australia’s national performance director and former Tasmanian Institute of Sport coach Kevin Tabotta said represented the final dress rehearsal before August’s Olympic Games.

‘‘The world championships are our last qualification event for Rio as well as the final big race opportunity to fine tune our team toward the Rio Olympics,’’ Tabotta said.

‘‘While the world championships are certainly important, Rio is naturally the ultimate goal. Our eyes are firmly set on August.

‘‘The London velodrome is a super venue, a real cauldron packed with vocal parochial crowds and this will provide the perfect stage to rehearse and refine our strategies in high pressure conditions. That’s great practice for Rio.’’

AUSTRALIAN TEAM: Sprint — Patrick Constable (SA), Matthew Glaetzer (SA), Nathan Hart (ACT), Jacob Schmid (VIC), Kaarle McCulloch (NSW), Anna Meares (SA/QLD), Stephanie Morton (SA). Endurance — Ashlee Ankudinoff (NSW), Amy Cure (TAS), Annette Edmondson (SA), Georgia Baker (TAS), Rebecca Wiasak (ACT), Luke Davison (SA/NSW), Michael Hepburn (QLD), Cameron Meyer (WA), Glenn O’Shea (SA/VIC), Alexander Porter (SA), Callum Scotson (SA), Miles Scotson (SA), Samuel Welsford (WA).