GB's Lizzie Bird finished ninth in that final, in a new British record of 9:19.68.

Great work Lizzie!

American Courtney Frerichs leads the steeplechase at the 2km mark, with Peruth Chemutai just behind her.

The field starts to massively disperse and it will be a battle between the two for gold.

Britain's Shauna Coxsey has pulled it out of the bag.

She produces an impressive score of 4.00 to finish the bouldering discipline in fourth place.

That moves her up to eighth overall and into the final qualification spot for the final.

It's some return after ending the speed discipline in 16th.

All eyes now on the lead, which is the last event in qualifying.

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At the 1,000m mark, it's Uganda's Peruth Chemutai out in front, with Beatrice Chepkoech second.

Lizzie Bird of Team GB is down in 13th.

Here comes Scott Brash on board Hello Jefferson, the second of GB's interest in this event...

Agonising! He's one of only five riders to actually complete the course with no penalties for knocking off poles, but he was just over the time limit by fractions of a second which puts him out of the competition.

Ben Maher is up last, can the last remaining Brit put himself into medal contention?

It's time for the first final of this session and it comes in the women's 3,000m steeplechase.

GB's Lizzie Bird, the 2021 British champion, is among the field for this one.

Kenya's reigning world champion Beatrice Chepkoech is one of the favourites. Kenyans have won three of the last four world titles but have yet to win Olympic gold. Can they scratch that itch now?

Thanks JJ - let me know what's on the menu...

Hello everyone. Let's get cracking, shall we?

After all that athletics action, I'm going to replenish the carb load with some beige food from the BBC canteen.

The baton goes to Katie Falkingham...

GB's riders are underway in the jumping where 22-year-old Harry Charles, the first of three British riders in this final, took the decision to retire from his run on his horse Romeo 88 after a series of penalties. Hard luck for the young Brit - but it's his first Olympics and he'll be involved with the team event later in the week.

It's a really tricky course this and a lot of the riders are finding it pretty difficult with obstacle poles dropping like flies - most seem pretty happy just to get round with minimal mistakes.

As it stands three riders will enter the jump off - that means they've had no faults, two Swedes and a Japanese rider - there's a way to go yet.

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Honestly it is what I came here to do. I've let myself down the last couple of years, didn't make the Doha final.

Can't let myself down anymore, that was me showing what I can do.

I saw the first semi and though 'Girl you'd better run 49 right now!'

I came here to medal. I came here to win. At this stage in my career I've learned my lesson. It's taken me some time to get here... I want to do myself proud.

Cuba's Roxana Gomez and Quanera Hayes - Felix's aforementioned team-mate - look to be assured of their places in the final.

The pair finished third and fourth in the first semi-final, but are the two fastest losers after running under 50 seconds.

Allyson Felix - the other of the two American 'super-mums' - eases through to the final with a second-place finish in the third and last semi-final.

Jamaica's Stephenie Ann McPherson crosses the line first, with her and Felix taking the two automatic spots in Friday's final.

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I think she opened up well and they're both going into the 200m. Johnson-Thompson is a great 200m runner, but Thiam is not as strong.

She's still in the mix.

1. Nafissatou Thiam (Bel) 3025

2. Anouk Vetter (Net) 2969

3. Noor Vidts (Bel) 2931

4. Annie Kunz (US) 2901

5. Katarina Johnson-Thompson (GB) 2886

6. Odile Ahouanwanou (Ben) 2872

Katarina Johnson-Thompson is right in the mix after throwing over 13m in the shot put.

Watch how she did it below...

The answer to that previous question is... YES!

Terrific run from Jodie Williams, who clocks a personal best of 49.97 to finish second.

And you know what that means? The Commonwealth and European silver medallist is automatically through to Friday's final. Superb stuff.

Another British runner goes in the second 400m semi-final - Jodie Williams. Can she make the final?

The third and final attempt for KJT in the shot put. It lands 12.86m away, short of her second attempt.

KJT's previous throw of 13.31m is 15th best, keeping her fifth in the overall standings after three events.

America’s Quanera Hayes is one of two American super-mums in this event, alongside Allyson Felix. They finished 1-2 at the US trials but Hayes can only finish fourth - despite finishing under the 50-second mark.

Dominican Republic's Marileidy Paulino wins in 49.38 seconds, with Jamaica's Candice McLoed grabbing the second automatic spot in the final.

Cuba's Roxana Gomez and Hayes face an anxious wait to see if they go through as a fastest loser.

GB's Ama Pipi fades to finishes seventh in a quick semi-final.