Shane Kelly is buoyant about the Paris Olympics, saying the signs of life in Australian track cycling are sustainable and real.
Australia has not won gold at an Olympic velodrome since Anna Meares' sprint heroics at London 2012, while the Tokyo Games two years ago was a disaster.
The track team, long touted as an abundant source of Olympic podium places, could only manage a solitary bronze medal in Tokyo - their worst Games return since 1980.