New Zealand athletics veteran Nick Willis will compete in a record fifth Olympic Games after making the cut for his event by the slimmest possible margin.
The 38-year-old Willis, a silver medallist in Beijing 2008 and a bronze medallist in Rio 2016, qualified as the lowest-ranked competitor in the 1500m after two higher-ranking runners opted to compete in different distances in Tokyo.
Despite being previously named in the New Zealand Olympic team, only the fastest 45 runners in his event in the world are able to take part in Tokyo and Willis, before this week, was ranked 47th and not fast enough to automatically qualify.
However, with a little help from those abstaining competitors, Willis will now become the first male New Zealand track and field athlete to compete in five Olympic Games. Willis' first Olympics was at Athens 2004.
Dame Valerie Adams will also be attending her fifth Olympics, competing in the shot put.