Jazmin Sawyers
European indoor long jump champion on BBC iPlayer

It’s about Simon Ehammer, Miltiadis Tentoglou and Mattia Furlani. I am sure Jacob Fincham-Dukes doesn’t want to be left out of that.

However, the sort of distances those three men have jumped and in recent days, do have them standing out as the top three.

While we wait for the first hurdles semi, Miltiadis Tentoglou has just jumped 8.42m in the long jump final - the longest anyone has jumped in the world this year.

Talk about timing.

While the high jump continues, we will have the semi-finals in the women's 100m hurdles.

This features European leader Ditaji Kambundji of Switzerland, and also Klaudia Wojtunik of Poland - who you may remember had to run on her own yesterday evening, after being wrongly disqualified for a false start in the morning.

She set a qualification time, and is here with company tonight.

Few men have dominated a sport like Jakob Ingebrigtsen and middle distance running. The Norwegian is Olympic champion at 1500m - and in recent Europeans has ruled that event, and the 5000m, with an iron fist.

After winning 1500m and 5000m gold at the last two Europeans - Berlin 2018 and Munich 2022 - Ingebrigtsen is aiming for another double in Rome.

He will be looking to complete the first chapter tonight, when he starts as favourite in the men's 5000m.

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It has been three years since unfancied Lamont Marcell Jacobs shocked the world with Olympic gold in the men's 100m final in Tokyo.

Now, Italian Jacobs will hope to take another positive step as he prepares to defend his title after running a season's best 10.03 in late May.

After getting a bye through the heats, he will begin his bid for glory on home soil in the 100m semis from 20:10 BST.

We are heading for the sharp end of tonight's action - gold rush incoming.

Who and what should we be looking out for? Here's a taster...

The finalists in the men's long jump, our second medal event of the evening, are being introduced to the crowd now.

It's a stacked field, including European record holder Miltiadis Tentoglou of Greece, season leader Simon Ehammer of Switzerland, and Italian hero Mattia Furlani who got a huge reception from the crowd.

There is also British representation, in Jacob Fincham-Dukes.

Alex Seftel
Athletics commentator on BBC iPlayer

As far as British javelin throwers competing in the heptathlon go, Jade O’Dowda is one of the best.

It was never the strongest event for Jessica Ennis-Hill or Katarina Johnson-Thompson at present, even though KJT had that PB in Budapest.

Back on the heptathlon, here's the standings going into the 800m later tonight - the final of the seven disciplines.

Nafi Thiam on course for gold, Jade O'Dowda on course for a good position.

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Tim Hutchings
Former middle and long-distance runner on BBC iPlayer

Tom Randolph legs just giving up on him down the home straight there.

He's living the dream and learning. He'll be back for better in years to come.

Adrian Ben, the favourite for that semi, ended up fourth. A little disappointing, but he will go through to the final as a fastest non-top three finisher.

Gabriel Tual of France won the second semi, and looked good in doing so.

Unfortunately for Thomas Randolph, he went too hard, too soon.

He falls to the back and ends up dead last.

Randolph is falling through the field now...

But is third into the final bend..

Thomas Randolph hits the front early, clearly trying to drag the field with him.

Sweden's Andreas Kramer is on his shoulder.

There is British interest in the second semi-final as well. Thomas Randolph will aim to reach the final. He's ranked 23rd in Europe so it's a long shot, but you never know.

The favourite in this semi is Adrian Ben of Spain, who is ranked third on the continent.

Phil Minshull
Athletics commentator on BBC iPlayer

Elliot Giles worked himself out of a difficult position. Interesting to see him coming down to 800m in these championships after quite a lot of outings over 1500m this winter.

He is looking very adept.

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A great run by Elliot Giles of Britain - he didn't panic when stick down the field into the final 200m, he found a gap down the inside and pushed into the automatic qualifiers.

Giles finished second, while the winner - Italy's Catalin Tecuceanu - and Spain's Alvaro De Arriba are also through to tomorrow night's final.

Giles gets free and moves into the top three!

De Arriba is moving away and picking up the pace.

Elliot Giles is boxed in, back in fifth.

The first three in each semi go through to the final by right, plus the two other quickest runners.

Alvaro De Arriba of Spain has hit the front at the half way mark.