Defending champion Greg Rutherford squeezed into the final of the long jump at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

Rutherford is hoping to be part of another 'Super Saturday' after he, Mo Farah and Jessica Ennis-Hill all won gold medals on the same day at London 2012.

But the Olympic, World and European champion almost failed to make it into Saturday's final after a pair of fouls, with his third effort of 7.90m some way off his best and only good enough for the 10th qualifying berth.

"You guys were probably a bit more stressed than I was. It was a funny one, the second one was a really good jump," Rutherford said.

"I thought, 'I was pleased with that, and I thought as I got out of the pit, 'A nice big distance' and then I saw the red flag go up. It was more frustration than anything else.

"But equally going into the final round I definitely wasn't as stressed as my family were at home."

China's Jianan Wang and Jeff Henderson of the United States were the only jumpers to pass the 8.15m automatic qualifying mark.

Laura Muir, fresh from breaking Kelly Holmes' British record on her last appearance, breezed into the 1500m semi finals, taking her heat easily to go through in third place in 4:06.53.

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