Caroline Buchanan earlier this year. Source: Darren England / News Limited
CAROLINE Buchanan has been recognised as Australia's best and most popular cyclist, male or female.
The versatile 24-year-old from Canberra, who won world titles this year in mountain biking and BMX, was rewarded with the Sir Hubert Opperman Medal at the Cycling Australia awards in Melbourne last night.
She also won the people's choice award and the gongs for the best female rider in each of her disciplines.
Among those applauding loudly was the Sports Commission chairman John Wylie, who recently pointed out that female performers were leading the way in Australian sport and deserved more recognition and support.
Also yesterday, the International Rowing Federation named Melbourne's Kim Crow as its female athlete of the year for her single sculls world championship in Korea in August.
Buchanan is only the third woman, behind track star Anna Meares in 2008 and last year and road racer Anna Wilson in 1999, to win the Oppy and the first Australian to win world titles in different disciplines in the same season.
"It's been the most successful year in my career and I put it down to setting my goals higher than I believed I could actually reach," she said.
"I guess if you aim for the stars you will land on the moon."
Among those Buchanan upstaged were male road racers Simon Gerrans, who won two stages and spent two days in the Maillot Jaune at the Tour de France, and Richie Porte, who won the award for male road cyclist of the year.
Shara Gillow won the women's road award, Annette Edmondson and Michael Hepburn won the track awards and Daniel McConnell and Sam Willoughby won the male mountain bike and BMX awards.
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