Image source, Getty Images

There was also success this morning for Alastair Chalmers, the Guernsey-born 400m hurdler safely navigating his sway through the heats.

Chalmers notched 49.71 seconds to finish third in his heat, and navigate his way into tomorrow evening's semi-final.

"I'm healthy. I'm running well, winning races and I'm beating some guys who have been there and done it," the 24-year-old told BBC Radio Guernsey before these championships.

"I'm in great shape and just going to take it one round at a time.

"Last year was a shame getting injured early on, I just couldn't get back to my full potential.

"But this year it's just been amazing."

Anna Purchase will experience her maiden European final after progressing through qualification in the women’s hammer.

Purchase, who failed to record a distance at the last European Championships in 2022, threw 68.91m with her very first attempt. She couldn’t better it with a 64.56m and a 66.44m thereafter but that first effort would be enough.

Purchase had to wait over two hours for that confirmation after being drawn in qualification group A, with compatriot Charlotte Payne among those in group B.

Payne's best distance of 68.47m was an agonising 19 centimetres short of the top 12 who advanced to the final.

Purchase, who ranked tenth overall, said: “It was OK. It was a bit of a weird event – there was not a lot of energy because we woke up really early. No one was throwing far at all but I’m glad I got the first one out as the second two weren’t quite it.”

Image source, Getty Images

Hosts Italy are still streets ahead of the rest of the competing nations.

But it's a much healthier looking medal table for GB & NI, that team half marathon gold moving them up into fourth place.

Image source, BBC Sport

Image source, Getty Images

Calli Hauger-Thackery won individual half-marathon bronze and led Great Britain to team gold on the third morning of the European Athletics Championships in Rome.

Hauger-Thackery, 31, finished in one hour eight minutes 58 seconds, with Norway's Karoline Bjerkeli Grovdal winning gold and Romania's Joan Chelimo Melly silver.

Abbie Donnelly was sixth, Clara Evans ninth and Lauren McNeil 17th as GB clinched team gold - with a combined time of 3:29:01 from their first three finishers.

"You work so hard that naturally as an athlete you want more but I am so happy to win the individual bronze and be part of an amazing gold medal-winning team," said Hauger-Thackery.

"It shows a lot about where British women's running is at the moment - I'm very proud of us all.

"Doing this half marathon two months out from the Olympic marathon is great preparation for me. I'll head back out to St Moritz to get that final preparation in before the big one in Paris."

Let's catch up on the morning action - including the first British gold medal of the championships...

As we speak, another Brit has been added to the roster for tonight.

Alex Haydock-Wilson will now race in the semi-finals of the men’s 400m after an injury to a qualified athlete from Saturday’s heats. With the Briton the next best in the field, he was invited to compete tonight.

Image source, PA Media

The opening event this evening is the women's 400m semi-finals - Laviai Nielsen goes in the first race, with Victoria Ohuruogu in the third semi.

Morgan Lake will look to pick up Britain's first field medal of the championships in the first final of this evening's session - the women's high jump - before Jake Norris aims for the podium in the men's hammer throw.

Later on, Lizzie Bird goes in the women's 3000m steeplechase final, Elliot Giles aims for a medal in the men's 800m, and there are three British athletes in the women's 1500m final - Georgia Bell, Jemma Reekie and Katie Snowden.

There is also British interest in the men's 400m semi-final where Charlie Dobson competes in the second race, while in the men's 200m semis we have Jona Efoloko and Jeriel Quainoo going for GB & NI.

The showpiece event tonight is the women's 100m - Amy Hunt goes in semi-final 1 at 20.13 BST, followed by Dina Asher-Smith in semi 2. Both women will aim to reach the final, which is the last event of Sunday's schedule.

As ever, we would love to hear from you when it comes to anything athletics related this evening.

Send us your thoughts on the events, the competitors and anything else which springs to mind using the details above.

Don't forget to leave your name on text messages.

19:05 - Women's 400m Semi-Finals

19:28 - Women's High Jump Final

19:38 - Men's 400m Semi-Finals

20:04 - Women's Triple Jump Final

20:10 - Men's Hammer Throw Final

20:13 - Women's 100m Semi-Finals

20:39 - Men's 200m Semi-Finals

21:04 - Women's 3000m Steeplechase Final

21:27 - Men's 800m Final

21:40 - Women's 1,500m Final

21:53 - Women's 100m Final

It's day three of the 2024 European Athletics Championships, and there's another seven gold medals on offer this evening.

There's plenty of British interest, so hopefully you're as excited as we are. You can watch the stream via BBC iPlayer, Red Button and at the top of this page from 19.00 BST.

Let's dive into it.