Four Australians have advanced to the finals of their events at the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon.
Eleanor Patterson and Olympic silver medallist Nicola Olyslagers will contest the women's high jump final, while Jess Hull and Georgia Griffith reached the decider of the women's 1,500 metres.
In the high jump qualification stage, Patterson cleared all four of her qualifying heights at the first time of asking to advance to the final on Tuesday AEST.
"It took me a while to warm up and it wasn't until 1.93 metres that I actually ran through properly," said Patterson, who was fifth in the event at last year's Tokyo Olympics.
Patterson was eighth at the 2015 world titles in Beijing. She claimed silver at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Belgrade last March and also won the recent Stockholm Diamond League title.
Olyslagers endured a tougher qualification process in Eugene, but still progressed and promptly burst into tears of relief when she confirmed her spot in the final.
She needed two attempts to get over at 1.90m and a clutch clearance at 1.93m to stay alive in the competition.
"Before that third attempt at 1.93 I thought, 'You're not in the final if you don't get this'," Olyslagers said.
"I'm the most colourful athlete I know and when there are no shouts, no claps and just silence, I felt in that moment that whatever happens I just have to put all my energy into getting my body over that bar.
"Then I got over it and I just started crying."
Hull does it easy in semifinal
Hull cruised into the 1,500m final on a banner day for Australian middle-distance running.
Competing on what was her home track while representing the University of Oregon, Hull thrived on the familiar surroundings to finish third in her semifinal in 4:01.81.
Fellow Australian Linden Hall did not qualify for the final, finishing ninth via a time of 4:04.65.
Hull will be joined on the start line in Tuesday's final by Griffith, who fought her way through a rugged second semifinal to finish fourth in 4:05.16.
"Now I just recover as best I can and give myself a real shot," Hull said.
"Previously I was hanging on and now it's like, 'Hey, I can be a player in this game'.
"The training that I have banked in June has just been remarkable and I'm really excited to get to see that come to fruition."
The news was promising for Australia in the opening round of the men's 1,500m, with Olli Hoare and Stewart McSweyn both winning their heats.
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