Australian Kurtis Marschall has bounced back superbly from a shaky start to book his spot in the men's pole vault final at the world athletics championships.
The 20-year-old South Australian was on the brink of elimination on Sunday after missing his first two attempts at 5.45m.
But he got over the bar at the third and final attempt and followed that with a big clearance at 5.60m.
Despite three misses at 5.70m, Marschall advanced in 11th place, on countback, to the 12-man final on Tuesday night (Wednesday morning AEST).
Luck was on Marschall's side this time around, as he had cleared the same height at last year's Rio Olympics, only to just miss out on a berth in the final.
"I missed the first bar today (at 5.70m) which was very close and I was like `I've got this, no worries at all'," said Marschall.
"And then the second attempt was a headwind and I just lost my confidence. That was a shocking jump so it was all down to the third attempt.
"I knew I'd probably have to jump 5.70 to get in. I had a really good attempt at it and just scraped it off.
"But the gods were with me today so I'm very happy."
World record holder and 2012 Olympic champ Renaud Lavillenie from France and Poland's Piotr Lisek were the leading qualifiers.
In other action on Sunday, Australian Nick Hough was eliminated in the opening round of the 100m hurdles.
Hough was fifth in his heat in 13.61 seconds.
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