Jess Hull and Ky Robinson have won bronze medals for Australia in the respective women's and men's 3,000 metres at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing, China.
As Ethiopian Freweyni Hailu (8:37.21) swept to victory in the women's final on Saturday, Olympic 1,500m silver medallist Hull (8:38.28) looked set for another second-place finish until she was pipped by American Shelby Houlihan (8:38.26).
Robinson completed the race of his life in the equivalent men's race to grab his first major bronze with a time of 7:47.09, finishing behind Norwegian star Jakob Ingebrigtsen (7:46.09) and Ethiopia's Berihu Aregawi (7:46.25).
Hull and Robinson's medals came a day after Lachlan Kennedy won silver in the men's 60m.
"Watching Lachie [Kennedy] last night just started us on such a high and meant none of us were chasing that first medal," Hull said.
Fourth at the Glasgow world titles last year, Hull took the race to Hailu, who stormed away over the last 220m.
Hull held on strongly down the home straight, but Houlihan (8:38.26) edged past to grab the silver.
"I'll just continue to improve on my best, I have to run for gold now," Hull said.
Robinson, who has been impressing in the US at Stanford University, got a pre-race pep talk from Hull before shocking even himself with a first major medal.
"It's my first year as a professional runner, and a big jump from the collegiate scene in America to the world stage," Robinson said.
"With 800m to go, I saw a gap and thought, 'Why not?'.
"We're here on the world stage, we're here to win. I had to give it my best crack because you never know if you get that opportunity again.
"I don't want to look back in 30 years' time and think, 'What if?'."
Hopes of a third Australian medal sank when Kurtis Marschall (5.80m) finish fifth in the men's pole vault final, which was won by Swedish Olympic champion Armand 'Mondo' Duplantis (6:15m).
Torrie Lewis failed to qualify for the women's 60m final after finishing fourth in her semi in 7.23.
Switzerland's Mujinga Kambundji won gold with a time of 7.04.
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