Cyclist Anna Meares is the only Australian to return from four consecutive Olympic Games with medals.
But the country's most successful track cyclist ever has run her last race in Rio de Janeiro, and it was not what she had hoped.
Meares went to Rio looking to defend her sprint title, but, instead, she has had to settle for 10th.
She is disappointed but says she wants people to remember her as someone who did not always come out on top.
"I hope that people, when they look at my career as a whole, take (note) from the fact that I haven't always been successful. I've lost more races than I've won in my time, but I have become the most successful person in my sport in the world because I've used, looked at, turned inside out those moments of loss."
She describes an Olympic culture driven by winning gold but says, for her, coming to Rio was more about improving herself.
"The Olympic cycle is obviously four years long. It's a rare experience to be at an Olympic Games, let alone medal at an Olympic Games. And I'm very proud -- even though tonight was a rough night -- I'm very proud of the longevity and the consistency that I've been able to show and build over a time frame, a long time frame."
Meares says she will take time to consider her future in the sport but is proud of her legacy.
Also in the velodrome, fellow cyclist Glenn O'Shea has crashed in the men's omnium final.
O'Shea could not avoid a crash in the middle of the race and, although he got back on his bike, he was unable to get into a medal position and finished seventh.
In swimming, in the women's 10-kilometre open-water swim, 17-year-old Chelsea Gubecka has finished 15th.
Gubecka went out strong at the beginning of the race and was sitting in fourth after the first couple of laps.
"I did have that tactic of just being a little bit more aggressive. I'm really stoked with how that played out for the first couple of laps. I think I was really up there and put myself in a really good position, and the last two laps just got real quick and real fast -- like it just got so quick, really quick -- and I just struggled to hold on at the end. But I was really happy with the way I put it together."
Gubecka says she is already keen to get back in the water to prepare for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
"I'll be 21 at the next one, so, hopefully, I can creep my way up a little bit further and perhaps crack top 10, top five, perhaps a medal. Who knows? I'm very excited just to get back to training and put in some hard yards,* and I guess the journey starts next year at World Championships."
The women's hockey team has had a heartbreaking end to its Olympic campaign, losing 4-2 to New Zealand in the quarterfinals.
Midfielder Jane Claxton says the loss shattered the team and it has not met its own expectations leading into the tournament.
"Quarterfinals hockey is the hardest game to play in, because it is a knockout, and you could win all the games leading up and just fall at that last hurdle. So I think that's what we have to remind ourselves of. We did have a solid performance the most part of this tournament, and it's unfortunate how it ended today."
Claxton says the team will focus on celebrating with coach Adam Commens, who is leaving the position after six years.
She says then the team can dissect its performance.
"Maybe down the track in a few months' time, we'll discuss where we did go wrong. I think it's a bit too raw at the moment to really dwell on what we've done and rewatch footage."
The women's water-polo team is also out.
It lost to Hungary 13-11 in a shootout after being tied at 8-all at full-time.
Meanwhile, Australia is in a strong position elsewhere heading into Day 11 of the competition.
In sailing, Tom Burton will head into the Laser medal race in second place after the event was postponed today due to a lack of wind.
And discus thrower Dani Samuels has booked a spot in the women's discuss after throwing 64.46 metres in her qualifying round.
