One of New Zealand's leading Olympic cyclists is offering to help lead his sport's embattled elite programme into the future.
On Monday, Cycling NZ and NZ High Performance Sport officials released the findings of their enquiry prompted by the sudden death of Olivia Podmore last year.
Among the findings were that athlete voices are being ignored, amid poor relationships and a focus on winning over welfare.
But current high performance riders - including Olympics sprinter Sam Dakin - insist they've already seen positive change.
"We've got to move forward," Dakin told Newshub. "We've got to learn from those past experiences."
The Tokyo Olympian knows all too well how grueling a high performance environment can be and he's determined to help make cycling's a positive one.
Is it going to be difficult to change?
"For sure," replied Dakin. "But if everyone can work together, then I think it's an exciting future, and that's how we have to look at it."
It's a programme which in the last five years has delivered as many Olympic medals as it has reviews.
The latest one identified several issues and failings, including a lack of athlete voice and trust, and a power imbalance with officials.
High Performance Sport New Zealand will now implement an independent athlete body to help change that.
But it hasn't been through lack of trying which has stopped athletes speaking out - legally binding non disclosure agreements have halted that.
"I think we've got to rebuild the model from a trust and confidence perspective where we don’t need that sort of thing," said Cycling NZ board chairperson Phil Holden.
Dakin hopes change is on the way. He's determined to help lead it and has already noticed progress within the sprint programme.
"People are excited," said Dakin. "People are smiling at training and people love riding our bikes. We've got a new coach, and Comm Games is coming up and Paris is on the horizon.
"There is this real feeling of hope."
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