Oh this is very messy.

There's a recall, a false start - but half the field did not realise!

Italy's Matteo Melluzzo, pumped up in front of a home crowd, streaked all the way to the end - then realised it wouldn't count.

He's not a happy bunny.

Up first in the men's 100m semi-finals, Briton Romell Glave takes to the track.

The 24-year-old became world’s fastest 17-year-old in 2017 when he clocked 10.21secs, but this is his debut appearance at a major senior championship.

Only Italy's reigning Olympic champion Lamont Marcell Jacobs has gone faster than Glave in 2024 among those on the start list at these championship, after the British sprinter ran 10.05 seconds in May.

He also has the fastest personal best in this first semi-final, a time of 10.02 set last year, and he'll hope for a top-two finish to confirm his place in the final in Rome.

Time for the first semi in the men's 100m.

GB's Romell Glave, given a bye to this stage, competes in this race and will expect to make the final.

It's very early stages, but Scott Lincoln has just taken the lead in the shot put final!

His first throw of 20.51m is longer than Leonardo Fabbri's opening effort of 20.42m.

Miltiadis Tentoglou jumps 8.45m on his fourth effort, which is further than anyone else has jumped in the world this year.

But because it wasn't as long as his third jump, he has a face like his dog just died.

Mattia Furlani also faults on jump number four. It's spreading.

I'm calling it now - no-one is catching Miltiadis Tentoglou in this final.

Prove me wrong, guys.

Jacob Fincham-Dukes just failed in his fourth jump of six.

He will really have to go some to crack the medal places.

Huge cheers as Lorenzo Ndele Simonelli comes home first, we have Italian representation in the men's hurdles final in Rome.

Enrique Llopis takes full advantage of his let-off, the Spaniard comes second and qualifies for the medal race.

Ooh, it's a messy start. Some were at the first hurdle while others were still in their blocks.

It looks like Spain's Enrique Llopis might be in trouble? No, he gets a warning rather than a disqualification. Lucky boy, he definitely twitched before the gun.

Time for the third and final semi in the men's hurdles.

Italian athlete Lorenzo Ndele Simonelli gets a huge reception from the crowd.

The crowd is significantly larger than last night. The stadium is still only half full, but there is a lot more noise. Good to see and hear.

We are now being introduced to the finalists in the men's shot put.

Italy's Leonardo Fabbri is the favourite for gold, and got an immense reception from the home crowd.

Scott Lincoln of GB & NI qualified in sixth for this final.

Image source, Reuters

Here's your top four after three jumps out of six...

1. Miltiadis Tentoglou (Greece) 8.49 metres (WL)

2. Mattia Furlani (Italy) 8.38m (World under-20 record)

3. Simon Ehammer (Switzerland) 8.31m

4. Jacob Fincham-Dukes (Britain) 8.12m

Fincham-Dukes on the coat tails of some quality competition.

Away cleanly this time.

And it is Raphael Momhamed of France and Switzerland's Jason Joseph who secure the two automatic qualification places for the final later tonight.

Belgium's Elie Bacari is given a warning for a dodgy start, but is allowed to race again.

Take two...

Some drama in the second semi-final in the men's 100m hurdles.

The runners are recalled late, after going over the first hurdle.

Someone may have false started here...

Jazmin Sawyers
European indoor long jump champion on BBC iPlayer

That looks more like the athlete we saw yesterday.

That looks to me to be pushing Simon Ehammer comfortably into a medal position which is exactly where he wants to be.

Jazmin Sawyers
European indoor long jump champion on BBC iPlayer

With a personal best of 8.20m jump from this year, Jacob will be wanting to push further.

Miltiadis Tentoglou is a Greek god.

He has just jumped 8.49m, a new longest jump by a European this year - beating the previous record set by Tentoglou with his first jump of this final.

Extraordinary.

Now Simon Ehammer has arrived in this final.

With his third jump - the last before the bottom four athletes are cut from the final - he puts in a mammoth 8.31 metres.

That lifts him to third, above GB's Jacob Fincham-Dukes.

Asier Martinez of Spain won the first semi, in a season best equalling time of 13.29 seconds. Belgium's Michael Obasuyi qualifies in second.

Tade Ojora finished seventh and is eliminated.