Speaking to Fairfax Media on Monday, the day after she completed her golden double by crossing the finish line first in Sunday’s 10km scratch race, she admitted those post-race moments with her mother Delwyn and sister Sarah were the ones she would saviour.

“It is all crazy, and I don’t think it has all really sunk in just yet,’’ said West Pine’s Cure, who was also part of Australia’s winning team pursuit line-up on Thursday.

“It is so nice to not only win these golds, but to have my family here as well does mean the world. 

“It was really special on Sunday to come across that finish line, as I was bit in shock, and I wasn’t really taking it in until I saw my name up on the board, and that’s when I thought ‘I’ve won”.

“So to do that with my sister, my mum and my dad (Graeme, who was one of the commissaires) here was really special, and it is hard to really describe that feeling, as it is such a great feeling.

“Sharing it with my family, they are the really special moments. The world only sees you win and your victories, so to share them with the people that see your highs and see your lows and they see you at your best and at your worst, that is really special to share this part of the journey with them.”

A rather large entourage of family and friends there there in the velodrome, but another person that was missing was her fiancee  Anthony Pauwels, a physiotherapist and osteopath for the Belgian Cycling Team and Etixx-Quick Step.

The need to see him again means she will bypass the closing ceremony, having jumped on a plane on Monday to return to Europe.