Hunt and Hodgkinson inspire Finucane's gold hunt - watch World Championships on BBC

Keely Hodgkinson, Amy Hunt and Emma Finucane, all born in the same year, already boast a remarkable 17 Olympic, world and European titles.

Finucane can also add the four Commonwealth Games golds she won for Wales in Glasgow over the summer.

Afterwards she said how much she loved watching sprinter Amy Hunt's glamorous nails and historic golds at the European Athletics Championships.

Then Keely Hodgkinson powered to first place in the 800m at Athlos in a specially-designed suit that combined fashion, speed and science.

Finucane is taking a similar approach in her bid for more golds at this week's World Track Championships, live on the BBC.

"Ultimately when I feel confident and unstoppable on the track, I feel like I can do anything," 23-year-old Finucane told BBC Sport.

"Like Keely [Hodgkinson] having her nails done and wearing her suit, which I thought was iconic, and then Amy Hunt, she gets her nails done and people do their make-up routines before racing because at the end of the day you're going out to perform.

"We perform on the track and I think it's pretty cool that I feel empowered when I do it."

Hodgkinson's ethos of combining "fashion, speed and science" is backed by Finucane.

Speed comes from the hours spent in the gym and on the track at Manchester's velodrome.

Science comes from the British team continually investing in the best kit and bikes, tested meticulously in the wind tunnel and on the track, to inch the team forwards.

Ahead of her historic clean sweep at the Commonwealth Games for Wales, Finucane got a brand new custom-built bike and specially-designed helmet.

Fashion is all about the finishing touches to inspire a winning performance.

"Leading up to a comp you're physically pushing yourself to a limit in the gym and on the track," continued Finucane.

"You're absolutely going to breaking point because you want to get physically the best you can be.

"But then why not, in the final stages, feel confident about yourself on the track? When I get my nails done or my hair done, little things like that are the final touches."

It is as much about the psychology as the physiology for the Welsh rider.

"It's not really spoken about how you're feeling and how confident you need to be.," she added.

"How you want to express the way you look by doing different make-up or having different hair or things like that. It's really cool that sport allows you to do that.

"You can be muscly but you can also wear make-up and do really cool things with your body."

Finucane will now be putting together the final touches before this week's World Championships, which are in Shanghai, China, from Wednesday to Sunday and are live on the BBC.

She is part of a 19-strong British team for the first event to count towards qualifying for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.

Although there has been disruption in the build-up after Finucane's partner Matt Richardson was withdrawn amid reports he is under investigation for misconduct.

At her fifth World Championships, Finucane will ride in the team sprint, individual sprint and keirin.

The 23-year-old, speaking before Richardson's departure, says she is desperate to regain the world champion's rainbow stripes after two disappointing silvers last year.

It says a lot about the high bar she has set that two world silvers can even be seen as "disappointing", but Finucane has a new outlook on that now.

"It's something I learned last year actually," she said. "I came fifth or sixth in the sprint competition and I felt I failed.

"It's how you pick yourself up from that. I went into the keirin and I got second, which is the best keirin result I've ever had, so I was able to turn that around.

"Essentially, Worlds is a stepping stone to get to LA. I spoke to Scott (Pollock, her coach) and he said we either go there to win or we learn. I like that approach.

"I don't fail. I win or learn something about myself."

The preparation for the next Olympics has already long begun. Earlier this year Finucane and her teammate Sophie Capewell travelled to Los Angeles to get their first taste of the velodrome.

The World Championships might only be a stepping stone to there, but it is a vital one.

And Finucane wants to end them with the rainbow stripes back on her jersey.