Australian Brett Robinson has been rewarded for a brave - if unplanned - display of front-running with a berth in the men's 5000m final at the world athletics championships in Moscow.
Robinson, making his major championships debut, went to the front with two laps to go in his heat on Tuesday.
He was eventually passed 300 metres from the line and finished seventh in 13 minutes 25.38 seconds but got through to Friday's final by ensuring the heat was fast enough.
"The pace out there was good and I felt really comfortable," said the 22-year-old Robinson.
"I didn't actually mean to go to the front, I was following Bernard Lagat but I noticed I'd be out in lane three so I decided to have a dip and just go to the front to avoid the really wide run around the bend.
"This race was a little different because a few people had agreed to take the pace to make sure some of us got through, and that definitely won't happen in the final."
Countryman Ben St Lawrence missed out on a berth in the final after running 13:33.64 in the other heat.
St Lawrence had withdrawn from the 10,000m due to illness earlier in the championships, allowing him to focus on the shorter event.
British superstar Mo Farah remained on track to repeat his 5000-10,000m double from the London Olympics by cruising through to the final.
Australian teenager Brandon Starc's only clearance in high jump qualifying was at the opening height of 2.17m.
He missed three times at 2.22m to bow out of the competition.
Australian duo Tanya Holliday and Jess Rothwell were 45th and 54th respectively in the women's 20km walk.
The gold medal went to reigning Olympic champion Elena Lashmanova of Russia in 1:25:49.
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