"As Australians, we're extremely lucky to have the tennis history and the rich history that we do, particularly here at the Australian Open," Barty said.
For a country that does not even boast a skeleton track, Britain's record at producing Olympic medal winners in the high-speed sliding sport is phenomenal.
The build-up to the Winter Games has been largely muted, with an absence of the ubiquitous slogans, extravagant floral arrangements and flags from last time.
The conspiracy theory that athletes are collapsing or dying after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine has resurfaced after two prominent voices advanced the idea.