Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A shekara mai zuwa, ta fara gudu da gaske, tare da babban nasara. Ta lashe lambar yabo ta kasa a tseren mita 80 a shekarar 1948 kuma tana cikin tawagar 'yan Australia zuwa wasannin Olympics na 1948 a London. A can, Strickland ya gama na uku a duka tseren mita 100
da 80 m shinge kuma ya lashe lambar azurfa a cikin 4 × 100 m relay. Duk da cewa an ba ta matsayi na 4 a wasan karshe na mita 200, hoton kammala tseren wanda ba a tuntube shi ba a lokacin, lokacin da aka bincika a 1975, ya nuna cewa ta doke Ba'amurke Audrey Patterson zuwa matsayi na uku, rashin daidaituwa wanda yawancin masana tarihi na Olympics suka yarda da shi.