It's just 49 days until the start of the 2024 Olympic Games. So what better way to get you in the mood than some world-class athletics featuring some of the very best athletes on the planet?

Welcome to our live coverage of the evening session on day one of the European Athletics Championships.

Katarina Johnson-Thompson starts her European Championship heptathlon campaign, finishing seventh in her 100m hurdles heat and 13th overall after the first event.

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The European Athletics Championships take place in Rome from Friday 7 June to Wednesday 12 . June, with GB athletes due to take part every day of the event. Katarina Johnson Thompson, Keely Hodgkinson, Molly Caudery, Dina Asher-Smith and Daryll Neita are the standout names representing Great Britain.

However, there will be no Laura Muir, Josh Kerr, Matthew Hudson-Smith and Zharnel Hughes.

Among the non-GB athletes in action are Lamont Marcell Jacobs, Femke Bol, Karsten Warholm, Jakob Ingebrigtsen and Armand Duplantis.

Multiple tWorld and Commonwealth gold medallist Katarina Johnson-Thompson will be in action in the women's heptathlon, where she will renew her rivalry with Olympic heptathlon champion Nafi Thiam of Belgium.

In the women's 100 metres, both Dina Asher-Smith and Daryll Neita will be competing for GB. Asher-Smith is a four time European gold medalist while Neita will be looking to win her second European gold medal. Neita will also be in action in the Women's 200m event on Tuesday.

In the women's 800m, Keely Hodgkinson will be in action as the reigning European gold medallist will be looking to defend her crown in Rome on the path to Paris. Her defence begins in the morning session on Tuesday 11th June, with the semi-finals of the event taking place at 09:10 BST.

Away from the track, Molly Caudery and Holly Bradshaw will be representing Great Britain in the women's pole vault event.

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Morning session (08:30 - 14:00)

08:35 - Men's Discus Throw (Qualification Group A)

08:40 - Women's 100m Hurdles (Heptathlon event)

09:03 - Women's Shotput (Qualification Group A & Group B)

09:10 - Women's 100m Hurdles (Round 1)

09:40 - Men's 110m Hurdles (Round 1)

09:55 - Men's Discus Throw (Qualification Group B)

10:10 - Women's Triple Jump (Qualification Group A & Group B)

10:35 - Women's High Jump (Heptathlon event)

10:45 - Women's 1500m (Round 1)

11:15 - Women's Discus Throw (Qualification Group A)

11:20 - Men's 800m (Round 1)

11:55 - Men's Long Jump (Qualification Group A & Group B)

12:05 - Women's 3000m Steeplechase (Round 1)

12:35 - Women's Discus Throw (Qualification Group B)

Evening Session (17:30 - 22:00)

17:35 - Women's 20km Race Walk (Final)

17:40 - Women's Shotput (Heptathlon event)

18:55 - Men's Shotput (Qualification Group A & Group B)

19:30 - Women's High Jump (Qualification Group A & Group B)

20:00 - Men's Discuss Throw (Final)

20:10 - Men's 100m (Round 1)

20:33 - Women's Shotput (Final)

20:45 - Women's 200m (Heptathlon event)

21:20 - 4x400m Mixed Relay (Final)

21:40 - Women's 5000m (Final)

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