Elliot Giles came though a qualifying round with more bumps and shoves than a strike-day London bus.

A bronze medallist two years ago in Amsterdam, he is in good form having come five hundredths of a second off his personal best at the Anniversary Games a few weeks back.

French world champion Pierre Ambroise-Bosse and reigning European champion Adam Kszczot are also involved in this one though. It'll be tight for one of the three automatic spot with Spain's Alvaro de Arriba also a threat.

Meanwhile, the women's 4x4 relay team qualified for the final after finishing second behind Italy.

Zoey Clark, Finette Agyapong, Mary Abichi and Emily Diamond run for a medal in the final on Saturday.

Britain's 4x400m men's relay team qualified comfortably for the final, winning their heat with the best time from any European team this year.

Nice job, lads!

David King speaking to BBC Sport after failing to make the 110m hurdles final:

"It's hard to be disappointed with it but I am. I felt like I held my own in the race which is really positive.

"It was a little messy with the guy next to me, hitting arms a bit. But I felt really good there and to post my fastest time of the year at the Euros is great.

"I just need to keep progressing. Something I've managed to do over the years is I I've got faster each season but this year has been a bit of a blip. It's coming together now though.

"I'm disappointed not to make the final but I'm encouraged with the run."

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Commentator on BBC TV

Apart from Kramer, that's an opportunity missed from the two British men.

It wasn't the best executed race from either of the British guys there.

With three through automatically, Guy Learmonth occupies the final fastest loser spot.

A big shock as the fastest man in the continent this year - Saul Ordonez - comes fourth. He may still make the final.

Andreas Kramer, Andreas Bube and the fast-finishing Mateusz Borkowski are definitely in.

Daniel Rowden was down in sixth.

Great Britain's Guy Learmonth comes through the bell in fourth position, team-mate Daniel Rowden just behind. Swede Andreas Kramer leads...

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The fastest man in Europe this year - Spain's Saul Ordonez - goes in this opening semi-final.

Based on 2018 form Great Britain's Guy Learmonth and Daniel Rowden are the next in line to fill the two other automatic spots for Saturday's final.

Things rarely work out that simply in the 800m though.

Learmonth will be looking to get one over the rest of the British team as much as the rest of Europe.

The Scot was skipped over for funding by UK Athletics this season and has not held back on his criticism of the Loughborough set-up.

“I definitely think people put the icing on the cake before they’ve baked the cake,” he told The Herald of some of his domestic rivals., external

Heptathlete Katarina Johnson-Thompson and 400m runner Matt Hudson-Smith seem certainties to win medals - but will Britain win more than just a couple with a possible 13 finalists competing on Friday?

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How many medals will Great Britain win tonight?

Here's how they line up:

• 1822: Women’s high jump final - Morgan Lake
• 1907: Women’s triple jump final - Naomi Ogbeta
• 1920: Heptathlon 800m (final event) - Katarina Johnson-Thompson
• 1925: Women’s javelin final - no Brits
• 1950: Women’s 400m hurdles final - Eilidh Doyle, Meghan Beesley
• 2005: Men’s 400m final - Matthew Hudson-Smith
• 2020: Women’s 800m final - Lynsey Sharp, Shelayna Oskan-Clarke, Adelle Tracey
• 2035: 110m hurdles final - Andrew Pozzi
• 2050: Men’s 1500m final - Chris O’Hare, Jake Wightman, Charlie Grice

Britain's Laura Muir and Laura Weightman both advanced to Sunday's final in the women's 1500m.

Muir won her heat in a time of 4:09.12, while Weightman was second in her heat but recorded a faster time of 4:08.74.

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It is the nonchalance that does it for you.

Mariya Lasitskene makes hurling your whole body over a two-metre high bar look as everyday as loading the family shop into the boot.

The Russian, who won the world title in 2015 and 2017, is the big favourite to take gold.

However Bulgaria's Olympic silver medallst Mirela Demireva ended Lasitskene’s 45-competition winning run earlier this summer at the Rabat Diamond League. Could she do so again?

Great Britain's Morgan Lake won silver at the Commonwealth Games earlier this year - her first senior medal - but will have to go some to replicate that here.

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London 2012 Olympic heptathlon champion on BBC TV

Pozzi doesn't panic under pressure.

He looks strong and he wants to cement himself as a great hurdler, a great outdoor hurdler.

Andrew Pozzi speaking to BBC Sport after qualifying for the 110m hurdles final: "That was a really good run, a bit slow out of the blocks but when I got moving I felt really smooth. I wanted to make sure there were no disasters and I'm safely through to final.

"The championships are where it matters and I'm ready to step it up a level."

France's Pascal Martinot-Lagarde was well clear in 13.32 seconds with Hungary's Balazs Baji second. David King faded to sixth, but clocked a season's best of 13.55 as consolation.

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Great Britain's David King - the 2017 national champion - is up against it in the final heat.

Frenchman Pascal Martinot-Lagarde is the quality in the field, but there are another five who also have a quicker season's best time.

That was better from Andrew Pozzi, slick over the hurdles, solid rhythm between the barriers and a season's best time of 13.28 seconds.

Spain's Orlando Ortega took in 13.21.

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Great Britain's world indoor champion Andy Pozzi goes in the second semi-final. Spain's Orlando Ortega - the Rio 2016 silver medalist - is the fastest man in this heat based on this season's form and all-time best.

Sergey Subenkov is through in 13.25 with Germany's Gregor Traber snapping up the second spot.