'A big dream': Canberra Capitals MVP Maddison Rocci chases Olympic berth

The opening ceremony, the moment she pulls on an Opals uniform, the exhilarating pursuit of a gold medal that comes around just once every four years.

But now athletes face an anxious wait with the COVID-19 pandemic threatening to see the Tokyo edition scrapped.

Even so the Capitals' newly-minted most valuable player is leaving no stone unturned to be ready following her first taste of life as an Opal in team camps on the road to Tokyo.

"Obviously it's a big dream for a lot of people, to go to the Olympics. It's been a dream of mine since I was a young kid," Rocci said.

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"To go to these camps and try out for this team, for me I'm thinking 'yes the Olympics are going to go ahead and I'm going to do everything I can to make the team'.

"It won't be the end of the world if I don't see myself there because I know I've got years ahead of me, but I want to put my best foot forward and make that team this year.

"The first [camp] obviously was a little bit different because not everyone was there, the Perth girls got sent home and it was cut short.

"It was really cool to be in that environment, training alongside people I probably wouldn't even pay with, to be in that environment and experience what it's like to go through an Opals camp was really cool.

"To have [Capitals teammate Marianna] Tolo there as well and some of the older girls leading the way was really cool."

Rocci's signature is in the sights of Capitals coach Paul Goriss after she was crowned the club's MVP in the wake of a hit and run season played in north Queensland.

The young gun is keen to return but clubs are stuck in a holding pattern as they edge closer to the free agency period given officials are yet to determine the make-up of the season.