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There was more good news for Ireland this morning 4x400m mixed relay hero Thomas Barr continued his impressive European Championships by reaching the 400m hurdles semi-finals in Rome.

Barr, who won bronze in the hurdles event at the 2018 championships, was the fastest of the competitors in the first round on Sunday morning as he won his heat in a season's best of 49.31 seconds.

Barr's outstanding third leg, when he ran a split time of 44.90 seconds as he teamed up with Chris O'Donnell, Rhasidat Adeleke and Sharlene Mawdsley, helped the Irish clinch a sensational triumph in the 4x400m mixed relay on Friday night which was Ireland's first European Championship gold since 1998.

Morgan Lake will aim to get in and around the medal contenders in the high jump final, which will get under way shortly before 7.30pm UK time.

Lake jumped 1.89m to secure her final place on Friday as one of the top 12 qualifiers.

European leader Yaroslava Mahuchikh of Ukraine sailed into the final, jumping the automatic qualification height of 1.92m.

There are seven more medal events to come later on Sunday, starting with the women's high jump - the contenders are being introduced in the Olympic Stadium now.

We'll then have the finals of the women's triple jump, men's hammer, women's steeplechase, men's 800m and women's 1,500m.

The action culminates in the women's 100m final at 21:53 BST - with GB's Dina Asher-Smith and Amy Hunt aiming to qualify from their semi-finals from 20:13.

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A disappointing showing from Victoria Ohuruogu, who seems to be going backwards on the final stretch.

She ends up sixth in her semi and is eliminated.

Lieke Klaver wins the semi with Sharlene Mawdsley in second. This means we will have two Irish women in the 400m final on Monday night.

Here we go in the third semi-final.

Quick start by Klaver, Mawdsley and Ohuruogu need to react here...

The third and final semi features Victoria Ohuruogu of Great Britain, and Ireland's Sharlene Mawdsley who ran the final leg of their relay triumph.

Also worth keeping an eye on Dutch contender Lieke Klaver.

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

On some/seeded athletes getting byes into semi-finals:

I think it’s not rocket science. If you’ve got a race in your legs from yesterday, you are going to be more tired in these semi-finals. I’m sure European Athletics have got great reasoning behind this but I find it bizarre that some athletes are allowed to miss a race.

The irony is it is the better athletes that are given the bye so the lesser known athletes are the ones that come to this race even more tired.

Natalia Kaczmarek casually turns on the afterburners in teh final 100m of her semi-final to win the race and qualify for the final.

Following a tight finish for second, Andrea Miklos of Romania snatches the other automatic place.

Sophie Becker finishes fourth, and unfortunately is out of contention.

Katharine Merry
BBC commentator and presenter on Radio 5 Live

It’s always good when you get the medals coming in. A couple of fourth places, lots in the top ten but when George Mills dropped his 5,000m silver medal last night, you thought right, here we go. Now we can get up and running a couple of days into the Championships.

That’s what its all about. It’s so weird to have a major championship in early June but of course the European Championships is staying far away from those Olympic Games.

Last night I really did feel the ball is getting rolling... with Glave and Mills getting us off the mark.

The second 400m semi is about to begin.

The current European number one, Natalia Kaczmarek of Poland, is the one to watch.

Ireland's Sophie Becker also goes in this semi-final.

After a very sparsely attended opening night, the crowds flooded in last night for Italian stars like Mattia Furlani and Lamont Marcell Jacobs.

It's already getting busy tonight, which is good to see.

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A perfect start for the British and Irish athletes,

Rhasidat Adeleke of Ireland wins the semi in 50.54 seconds, with Laviai Nielsen putting in a personal best to finish second.

Both women qualify automatically for the final, which takes place tomorrow evening.

We're off!

Strong start by Adeleke, who takes an early lead.

Nielsen looking good too.

Shall we have an event?

We open tonight with the women's 400m semi-finals. GB's Laviai Nielsen is the one to watch in the first race, while Italy's Giancarla Trevisan will get the support of the majority of the crowd.

Also racing is Ireland's Rhasidat Adeleke, who was part of that sensational mixed 4x400m relay team that won gold on Friday.

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It is a much more overcast evening in Rome, after two days of non-stop sunshine and plus-30 degree heat.

The temperatures have dipped into the 20s, there is rain forecast tonight - and we could even see some thunder and lightning.

Certainly one to keep an eye on.

Watch as Great Britain's George Mills wins European silver in the 5,000m behind Norway's world champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen on Saturday evening.

Watch as Great Britain's Romell Glave wins bronze in the 100m last night, while Italy's Olympic champion Lamont Marcell Jacobs defends his European title.

Harry Poole
BBC Sport

Great Britain's George Mills won European 5,000m silver and Romell Glave clinched bronze in the 100m, as Olympic champion Lamont Marcell Jacobs successfully defended his sprint title on a golden night for hosts Italy in Rome.

Mills, 25, clocked 13 minutes 21.38 seconds to finish runner-up to Norwegian star Jakob Ingebrigtsen, who proved too strong in the closing stages.

Mills' impressive run for silver - his first major international medal - followed three fourth-placed finishes for British team-mates, as 100m hurdler Cindy Sember, long jumper Jacob Fincham-Dukes and shot putter Scott Lincoln each fell narrowly short of a podium place.

Glave then ran 10.06secs to make the men's 100m podium as the British team won its first two medals on day two of the European Athletics Championships.

Home favourite Jacobs' 100m triumph in 10.02 delivered table-topping Italy's third gold medal of the night - and fifth in the opening two days as a stunning start for the hosts continued.

Jacobs handled the expectation in front of his home crowd to deliver a golden finale for the hosts as he builds towards an attempt at defending his Olympic title in Paris, following an injury-disrupted period since his surprise triumph in Tokyo in 2021.

Let's take a look back now at yesterday's action - there was plenty of it...