She returned home on Monday night with her coach Garry Dawson and later this week will come back to earth, returning to her Year-12 studies at Dubbo Senior College.

Three gold medals in the World Junior Cycle Championships on the track in Moscow didn’t really surprise those who know how good she is. Just 12 months ago she went to South Africa and won three gold medals.

No other Australian junior or senior cyclist has ever won six world championship gold medals.

It is an honour richly deserved.

“It was the most unbelievable trip. Our boys and girls track and road riders went to Moscow intent on winning every race. We came home with eight and everyone was very, very happy,” Megan said yesterday.

“The interaction between all the riders was superb and everyone just lifted off the enthusiasm that was evident. It was infectious.

“Everyone did their best and the coaches and team management said they were really proud of our efforts.

“I think that was particularly obvious when one of the boys fell in the team pursuit. Obviously everyone was bitterly disappointed with what had happened but what it did was make the boys more determined and they came out and won the maddison.

“It would have been so easy for everyone to be down after such a mishap instead it made us all stronger.”

Megan had no hesitation in nominating her ride in the pointscore as her best ride, after all it is her pet event.

She also won gold in the team pursuit (with Michaela Anderson and Melissa Hoskins) and blew everyone away in the new event at the world juniors, the omnium.

Conducted over race different races, Megan won the sprint, scratch and points race events and was second in the pursuit and 1km time trial.

In her other race, Megan and Annette Edmonson were fifth in the team sprint.

Despite winning the individual scratch title in South Africa last year, Megan didn’t defend her title in Moscow, instead concentrating on juggling her events to achieve the best possible result.

“I knew I wouldn’t be riding in the scratch race but I wasn’t all that concerned as really it is a lottery race and we (Australia) did win it anyway when Amy Cure got up, so that was a bonus,” she said.

Megan also contested the girls road race and although she finished 15th, it was a blanket finish and only a metre or two separated the top 20 riders.

Probably the most important aspect of Megan’s second world championship domination was having her parents Neil and Joy Dunn in the crowd.

“Although you don’t feel their presence when you are riding it was great to see their faces at the finish, it was the best,” she said.

“They didn’t get to South Africa but it means a lot to me to have them there this time.”

Joy and Neil won’t be back in Dubbo until today but they will undoubtedly bring back fond memories of seeing their girl made cycling history.

Moscow was Megan’s last world juniors event as she turns 18 next Thursday, August 27.

Of more importance for Megan in the next couple of years will be graduating to the senior ranks and aiming for the Commonwealth Games in India next year and the 2012 Olympics in London.