Australia's first track and field medal has come in the men's 20km walk from Queenslander Dane Bird-Smith after he walked away with the bronze medal behind the Chinese. Rhydian Cowley placed 33rd in a time of 1:23:33, just outside his personal best of 1:22:07.
Men's 800m
Jeff Riseley, Luke Mathews and Peter Bol each missed a place in the men's 800m semi-finals. Riseley was the best of the Australians, finishing fourth in his heat in 1.46.93. Bol finished sixth in his heat in a time of 1.49.36, while Mathews finished seventh in his heat in a time of 1:50.17.
Women's 1500m
Zoe Buckman pushed the pace toward the front in heat 3 to be well placed hugging the rail across the first three laps. Buckman got caught up in athletes jostling for position with 200m remaining, fortunately it did not phase her as she finished strongly to place 6th and automatically progress to the semi-finals.
Women's 3000m Steeplechase
Seven consecutive personal bests this year has kick started what has been a phenomenal season to date, Genevieve LaCaze ran from heat 3 in her second Olympic Games. Cool, calm and collected; LaCaze bide her time early on in the race, making her move to the front of the field with four laps remaining. A strong move down the back straight on the final lap ensured LaCaze automatically qualified (9:26.25) in second place for the final on Tuesday 16 August at 12:15am AEST.
Women's 400m
Morgan Mitchell burst onto the scene at the Birmingham Diamond League, running 51.25 and in the process catapulting herself to 8th all-time on the Australian rankings. Lining up against a quality field including 2016's fastest women, Shaunae Miller (BAH).
From lane 7 Mitchell set the pace down the back straight with a fast start, she remained composed through the third bend ready to attack down the home straight, which was executed superbly. Mitchell placed second to automatically qualify (51.30) for the semi-final on Monday 16 August at 9:35am AEST
