Australia's big five on day 11 in Rio

FIVE KEY EVENTS FOR AUSTRALIA ON DAY 11 IN RIO:

SAILING

Laser medal race (1405 local time, 0305 AEST Wednesday)

Tom Burton is guaranteed a medal but has had to wait a day to find out which colour after the final race was cancelled on Monday due to a lack of winds.

After 10 preliminary races, he's in second place but needs to finish five places ahead of Croatian Tonci Stipanovic to take the top prize.

CANOEING

Men's K1 1000m final. (1012, 2312 AEST)

Murray Stewart won gold in the K4 in London, but missed selection in the big boat after a disrupted preparation, allowing him to focus on the K1. He qualified fastest for the final.

CANOEING

Women's K2 500m final. (0923, 2223 AEST)

Games debutantes Alyssa Bull and Alyce Burnett finished third in their semi-final of the women's K1 500m. An outside chance of a medal.

BASKETBALL

Women's basketball quarter-final, Australia v Serbia. (1100, 0000 Wednesday AEST).

The undefeated Australians take on world No.14 Serbia for a place in the semi-finals.

ATHLETICS

Men's high jump final. (2000, 0900 AEST Wednesday)

Brandon Starc cleared 2.29m on the last jump of Sunday night (Monday AEST) to qualify for the final. Big brother and Australian cricket pace spearhead Mitchell Starc will be watching from Australia's tour in Sri Lanka.