The athletes are being introduced ahead of the women's triple jump final.

No British representative among the 12, although there is potential for yet another Italian gold in Dariya Derkach, ranked second in Europe.

Morgan Lake is going really well in the high jump final.

Her second height, 1.90m, is surpassed easily. Several of the field failed that height.

Still early days, though.

Yaroslava Mahuchikh, the Ukrainian favourite for this event, also succeeds at 1.90m.

No surprise, Alexander Doom wins his semi-final. He puts in a strong time of 44.87 secs.

Liemarvin Bonevacia of the Netherlands takes second.

It's bad news for Chris O'Donnell of Ireland and Alex Haydock-Wilson of GB. Both men are unable to get into a qualification spot and bow out at this stage.

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Doom takes an early lead...

Also in this one is Ireland's Chris O'Donnell, another hero from that mixed 4x400 gold team.

Now for the third and final semi in the men's 400m.

Alex Haydock-Wilson of GB is up against a powerful field, including world indoor champion Alexander Doom of Belgium.

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GB's Laviai Nielsen after qualifying in fourth for the women's 400m final on Monday: "I approached that race like a final. I had a good practice for this with the Diamond League in Oslo last week. I was a bit frustrated with that because it was such a high level, and I just didn’t get stuck in, so today, I just said ‘you’ve got to get involved and put the pressure on in the first 200m’, so I am glad that I did that.

"It’s a quick turnaround for tomorrow’s final, so I will move on from this and see what my coach says."

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Yes!

Charlie Dobson wins his semi-final with ease, in 44.65 seconds.

Dare we say, this man looks like a real gold medal prospect?

We shall find out in tomorrow's final.

Germany's Jean Paul Bredau takes second, he also qualifies for the final.

We're off in the second semi-final.

Charlie Dobson rockets out of the blocks, can he keep this pace to the finish?

Here's Charlie...

Charles Dobson, part of the 4x400m teams who won gold in Munich two years ago, is aiming for a spot in the individual final here.

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It is like a fire that is going through the Italian team.

The success has been passed like a baton, man to man, woman to woman. It’s quite astonishing.

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Morgan Lake makes her first effort of the final, at 1.86m...

She surpasses it with ease. A settler.

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The crowd goes wild as Italian hopeful Luca Sito streaks away to win the first of the men's 400m semis.

44.75 seconds - it's a national record! Talk about picking your moment.

Jonathan Sacoor of Belgium takes second, he also progresses to Sunday's final.

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European 400m record holder Matthew Hudson-Smith would have been expected to feature in the semi-finals tonight, but he withdrew from the British team last week.

Hudson-Smith improved his own mark in his season opener in Oslo last week but the 29-year-old has opted to skip the Europeans and instead focus on training before the Olympics in Paris.

Imani-Lara Lansiquot's absence and Daryll Neita's decision to focus on the 200m and the 4x100m relay also means Amy Hunt will now contest the women's 100m tonight alongside Dina Asher-Smith as well as the relay.

Reigning 1500m European champion Laura Muir is another big name who chose not to travel to Rome and is not involved tonight.

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Charlie Dobson was part of Great Britain's 4x400m gold medal quartet at the 2022 European Championships, and this weekend he will seek one-lap individual success for the first time.

Just last month the 24-year-old underlined his potential by running a personal-best time of 44.46 seconds, setting him up perfectly for Rome.

If Dobson, from Colchester, does well in his semi-final in the Italian capital tonight and follows it up with a strong showing in the medal race, he will then move on to the British trials with a place in this summer's Paris Games the prize on offer.

So why was the former Loughborough University aeronautical engineering student reluctant to switch to the 400 metres?

"When I first moved to Loughborough I hadn’t dreamed of doing the 400 – I hoped I’d never do the 400, it’s a pretty tough event," he told BBC Look East.

"People convinced me to give it a try – I did in 2020, I think, during the Covid year as there were no major championships - and I ran pretty well.

"The way I run – I’ve got quite a long stride that helps a lot with the efficiency of running the 400.

"I think everyone thinks their event is the toughest but it’s one of them, I think the 400 hurdles would be harder - you’ve got to run a 400 and get over hurdles."

Back to the track for the men's 400m semi now.

From a British perspective, Charlie Dobson goes in semi two and Alex Haydock-Wilson in race three.

It's very early days in the women's high jump.

The major medal contenders - including GB's Morgan Lake and European leader Yaroslava Mahuchikh of Ukraine - have passed on the earliest height of 1.82m.

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It wasn’t convincing [from Lamont Marcell Jacobs]. When you’re the reigning Olympic champion and you run 10.02s. have a little grimace and a shake of the leg across the line, it’s not convincing. That’s not meant with any disrespect whatsoever to what Romell Glave did - which is outstanding, by the way, an individual medal with 10.06s.

Marcell Jacobs has got a lot of work to do but you can never count him out. He does get it right when it matters but the men’s 100m isn’t really on fire at the moment.

It wasn’t convincing in any shape or form, and I think he was just mainly relieved to get the gold medal in his own back yard with the expectant fans.

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Men's 5,000m silver medallist George Mills speaking to BBC 5 Live: "I think most athletes who are competitive go into every race trying to win anyway, to be honest. But in terms of approaching the 5,000m with the likes of Jakob [Ingebrigtsen] in it, you know the level and the consistency he’s able to compete with over the last six years or seven years.

"It’s obviously a big challenge but we’re getting closer, and I was there with 100m to go, but there was a big gap put in on the last 100m and I know what I need to do and we’re working towards that for the future."

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Great Britain's men's 5,000m silver medallist George Mills speaking to BBC 5 Live: "I’d say [I'm] pretty content with how last night went. Obviously, it’s early in the season so we have a lot more work to do. We’ve got many more months of racing ahead. There’s not a lot to celebrate at all as far as I’m concerned. A step in the right direction and straight back to training today.

Timing of the championships with Olympics coming up – how do you approach this championship in meaningful way as a step towards something bigger in same year?

"We were fortunate enough to come into the season with standards ready in the 1,500m and the 5,000m in the Olympics, so me and my coach were able to plan the schedule and target certain races for what we wanted from them.

"The aim for the Europeans was to really try and medal in the 5,000m to support my missions of doubling up at the Olympics over the 1,500m and the 5k."