Kristy Pond can be found at the top of the hill in Parramatta Park at 5.20am waiting for the first sign of light to race headlong down the hill in her wheelchair, reaching breakneck speeds of up to 36kmh — "faster than the cars in the park are allowed to go," she said with a laugh.

The Australian para-athlete from Baulkham Hills also trains at Homebush Bay.

"London would be the ultimate but my goal right now is just a qualifier in the 100 metres," Kristy told the News on Wednesday.

For her, it's all about having fun with it and enjoying the ride.

Kristy has already clocked three London Paralympics qualifiers in the 200m but fell 0.01 seconds short of a qualifying time in the 100m at the 2011 IWAS World Games, which drew athletes from 49 countries to the United Arab Emirates where they were contested in December.

At the games she dominated her elder opponents to win a gold medal in the 800m with a time of 2:39, 75 minutes in the open division, i.e. against adults.

She also won bronze in the 100 m clocking 23.43 seconds, a new Oceanian record, and placed fourth in the 200m and 400m.

Unsurprisingly, especially after winning seven gold medals at the Arafura Games in 2011, Kristy is in the provisional squad for the London Paralympics.

But this does not guarantee she will be on the plane in August, according to her mum and coach, Jenny Pond.

"The final team announcement isn't until May," Jenny said.

Kristy competes in the T34 Paralympics disability classification.

In athletics, classes 32-38 cover athletes with different levels of cerebral palsy, both wheelchair (32-34) and ambulant (35-38).

Her next competition is the Summer Down Under wheelchair track meet, a three-part international event in Canberra and Sydney culminating in the Oz Day 10km wheelchair race around The Rocks on Australia Day.

She attends a training camp at the Australian Institute of Sport today (Tuesday), and she is also a finalist in the NSW Sports Federation Awards dinner on February 18.