The Wanaka triathlete has nabbed a crucial start at next weekend's world series event on the Gold Coast.
He needs a good performance to cement any future world series starts, and is chasing two top-eight finishes to stamp his ticket to the Olympics.
However, Currie, who only switched his focus to on-road competition in an attempt to qualify for Rio last November, is not getting carried away.
‘‘To be honest, I can't see it happening,'' he told the Otago Daily Times yesterday.
‘‘But at the same time, only Ryan Sissons is pretty much a definite. He's the only guy that has had some good performances.
‘‘What are the selectors going to do when it comes to April and May and they still don't have someone to fill that second spot?
‘‘Are they potentially going to look my way if I have got enough placings?''
Currie is in a battle with fellow Wanaka triathlete Tony Dodds, who was hindered by injuries last year, to make the New Zealand team for Rio.
Less than a fortnight ago, Currie had all but given up on his Olympic dream after finishing 11th at the Oceania championships in Gisborne.
Despite being the first Kiwi home, he finished more than 3min off the pace and came to the ‘‘ugly conclusion'' that he was not good enough to compete against the best in the world.
He realised that he needed to chop about 4min off his 10km run time to be a medal contender at Rio, and about 2min to get down to a 32min 10km split.
Currie was struck with another setback after competing in Gisborne when he was told he did not have a chance of gaining a start in the Gold Coast next weekend.
He all but convinced himself that Sunday's world cup leg in New Plymouth would be his last race, before he received an email informing him he had been granted a spot in Australia.
Currie was going to go ahead and compete in both races, but he has pulled out of New Plymouth after being struck down by the flu last week.
Now that Currie has dug himself out of a ‘‘dark and black hole'', the plan is to put it all out there next weekend, when he will come up against triathletes such as England's Alistair and Jonathan Brownlee.
‘‘I've never had the chance to see those guys race before,'' Currie said.
‘‘They are just incredible athletes.
‘‘You put them down to running sub-30min 10km. No track runner in New Zealand is running that fast. It's pretty incredible that they link it in with a bike and run.
‘‘Hopefully, I will get my chance to be there with them and see if I can hang on to them.''
Currie, who won the Coast to Coast race from 2013 to 2015, insists he has not been caught out by the challenge of qualifying for Rio.
‘‘It was kind of what I expected, to be honest,'' he said.
‘‘I knew it was going to be a hard challenge. I definitely think the depth in the racing is probably more than I expected it to be.
‘‘There are so many guys running below 32min for 10km, when I kind of thought there was maybe only 10 guys doing it.
‘‘I think if I had dedicated myself for another few years, then of course I could get faster and faster. But where I'm at at the moment, I'm pretty happy with it.''
Currie also insists he will be content with his effort to qualify for Rio if he does not qualify for the Games.
The elite women's race starts at 11.36pm on Saturday week, while the elite men's race starts at 2.36pm.
