HAMILTON export, Tahlia Clayton-Goodie has taken a big step in her cycling goal, collecting four gold medals and breaking an Australian record by seven seconds at the AusCycling Para Track Nationals in Brisbane last week.

The 36-year-old competed in the time trial, pursuit, scratch race and omnium in the C1 class, topping the podium in all four events.

Clayton-Goodie said she was happy with her performance, giving her plenty of confidence for the future.

“I think it was a good outing, to get the time I did in the pursuit was great,” she said.

“I was three seconds faster than I did at state titles and officially broke the Australian record by seven seconds, so I was happy and felt a lot of relief.

“I was hopeful of posting good times, but of course anything can happen on the day, so it was a relief to get up there and get the times I did.”

Clayton-Goodie competes in the Para C1 class, the most impaired of any for cycling, following a mountain biking accident in 2011.

“It happened January 2011, I was 23 and was mountain biking in the You Yangs and hit a tree root,” she said.

“I flipped my bike, hit my head on another tree root and ended up in the Alfred Hospital.

“I spent three months at Caulfield rehab learning to walk and talk again.”

Following the accident, the former Baimbridge College student eventually got back on the bike and will compete again in the coming days at the Oceania Cycling Championships in Brisbane.

It is a necessary event and box for Clayton-Goodie to tick to continue her progression in the sport to the next level.

“I made the qualifying time for Worlds by 22 seconds, so I am ticking all the boxes I need to do to be named,” she said.

“Hopefully it will be a repeat performance, then I can come back home for a bit of downtime.

“It is a tick the box situation, I have to race an international event to be invited to Para Worlds.”

The world championships will be in Glasgow in August.