This ended Martin's career but the following year Lucy took up Australian residency and in the 1993 national championships in Alice Springs represented the state winning the sprint and 10 km scratch race.
[citation needed] In 1994 she won an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship as a sprinter and represented Australia in the World Championships in Sicily finishing fourth.
[citation needed] Shortly after, Watt was given a guarantee that she would ride in the Atlanta Olympics, with a proviso that the selection would be reviewed if another Australian rider posted a world-class time in the lead-up.
At the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, she was beaten in her individual pursuit semi-final ride after which she launched a public verbal tirade against team management and Charlie Walsh, suggesting that her prospects had been sabotaged by being forced to use unfamiliar pedals.
[2] In the lead-up to the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, the Australian Sports Commission controversially funded her return to competition to compete at the National Track Titles.