When the Ukrainian city of Ivano-Frankivsk stages the European Cup Race Walking in May, Lyudmyla Olyanovska knows she will have the spotlight on her - and her countdown could not have started better.
Olyanovska, 21, who had the finest summer of her career as she won silver in the 20km walk at the European Athletics Championships, has followed that up by taking the national 10km record to 41:42.5 at the Ukrainian Race Walk Cup at the start of this month in Mukachevo.
Now she is looking beyond for more glory.
In May, Olyanovska will be among the favourites at the 11th European Cup Race Walking as Ukraine hosts the event for the first time and she is determined to ensure it is a competition to remember for the home fans.
'This winter should be rich for training camps as we started preparation for Ivano-Frankivsk,' said Olyanovska. 'It’s very important for us to make strong team and individual performances at a major event in our native country.'
Olyanovska took silver by a second in a thrilling race in the 20km walk at the European Athletics Championships in Zurich in August as she crossed the line in 1:28:07 from Anezka Drahotova, who broke the Czech Republic national record for bronze, as Russia's Elmira Alembekova won in 1:27:56.
She was already top of the European Athletics rankings for the 10km walk after her 42:30 in Moscow in August, a time she has now eclipsed with her Mukachevo performance, as she looks to gain as much as possible from her winter's training.
Olyanovska, speaking to uaf.org.ua, said: 'I feel very good, I am satisfied with the result in Zurich, and indeed last season. But now all thoughts are focused on next year and preparing for it. I will try to develop the success which came in 2014.'
The IAAF World Championships in Beijing in August is one of her big targets but she has not ruled out competing in the European Athletics Under-23 Championships in Tallinn in July where she could face Drahotova once again, in what would be a thrilling race.