BMX champ Sarah Walker has eye on the track

Sarah Walker is planning to try her luck on the track. Photo / Jason Dorday

Kiwi BMX rider Sarah Walker has a long-term goal of competing on the track at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.

The 2012 Olympic BMX silver medallist is training at the Velodrome for the track nationals in Invercargill in February after a six-month injury-enforced layoff, Newshub reports.

BMX is not a Commonwealth Games sport, and Walker found the temptation of the track cycling too much to resist.

"I'm not saying that I'm going to be any good at track cycling and I have no idea if I even have a chance or not," she said.

"I'm not going to say it's easy at all, but I just know that I'll give it a hundred per cent over the next two months, race the national champs, and see if there's any potential whatsoever."

It doesn't mean she's giving up BMX. After the track nationals Walker will return to BMX to ride in two World Cups ahead of the World Championships in July. In August she'll be back at the Velodrome.

Walker's first foray on the track will be this weekend, when she races in the 500m time trial at the Waikato Regional Championships.