Georgia Baker & Felicity Wilson-Haffenden at the Australian training camp in Wales

Multiple defending champion Georgia Baker could be facing her most daunting major championship schedule ever at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.

The 31-year-old, who won three gold medals in Birmingham four years ago, may be competing in as many as four events when the track cycling program gets underway at the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome on Thursday.

“I’m hoping to race every endurance event apart from the individual pursuit,” Baker said on arrival in Glasgow on Monday.

This would mean she would be defending her points race title while also contesting the scratch race and elimination race.

The three-time Olympian, who is also gracing her third Commonwealth Games, should also help Australia defend its 4000m team pursuit title and said she is happy with the workload.

“I really like the schedule. Racing at the Commonwealth Games is different because we actually get three starters in each bunch race and endurance event. It’s quite different to a world championships or Olympic Games where you’re only allowed one starter, so you want to race together as a team and use your numbers well.

“It makes it really tactical team racing, so we will need to nail our strategy.”

Fellow Tasmanian Felicity Wilson-Haffenden, who turned 21 earlier this month, has also indicated which events she expects to race in Scotland.

“The schedule is still to be confirmed but it can be expected I will participate in the individual and team pursuits with bunch events yet to be selected,” she said earlier this week.

Baker is the most experienced and decorated member of Australia’s cycling team having also won the road race in 2022, but is unable to defend that gold medal due to road cycling being cut from the Commonwealth program.

The two Tasmanians are part of Australia’s women’s track endurance team along with South Australian Sophie Edwards, 26, Alyssa Polites, 23, of Victoria, and Claudia Marcks, 22, of ACT.

The team pursuit is the first women’s endurance event on the program with qualification from 7.15pm on Thursday evening (Tas time) and the final at 1.36am on Friday morning.

Qualification and finals for the 4000m individual pursuit and 10km scratch race follow a day later with the Saturday night program featuring the 25km points race before the elimination race on Sunday night.