A wonderful replay shows the determination etched on Jo Pavey's face as she kicked away from Clemence Calvin on the final bend. Just to remind you, Pavey only gave birth to her second child 10 months ago. Amazing.

Jo Pavey grabs the Union flag and wraps it around her shoulders, savouring the first gold medal of her career. On the finish line, she exchanges words with a competitor. "Where did you finish?" "I won!"

Steve Cram
BBC Sport athletics commentator

"A glorious glorious run from Jo Pavey. Her whole career has been about this moment. She has finally come of age at the age of 40!"

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Whatever you are doing, stop and applaud Jo Pavey. The 40-year-old mother of two wins European gold in the women's 10,000m. She is the oldest female ever to win Euro gold. What a wonderful performance.

Final bend, grits the teeth, here she comes...

Jo Pavey, the 40-year-old, is stretching ahead!

Pavey takes the lead! Calvin goes with her...

Pavey relaxed, Ana Dulce Felix looking beaten. Clemence Calvin looking to shake the free, the front group down to four. Pavey is third, Portugal's Sara Moreira in second. They are three. Calvin, Pavey, Moreira. There's the bell...

Her comes Ana Dulce Felix, the defending champion, stretching the field, with France's Calvin not wanting to give up the lead. Beth Potter has gone, as Calvin puts the gas on with two and a bit to go. Pavey part of a leading group of five.

Brendan Foster
BBC athletics commentator

"The leading group is too big. The two Portuguese athletes look good in there, so do Pavey and Potter, but I wouldn't know who is the fastest sprinter out of this big bunch.

"It is time to start making some decisions and trying to take out some of the contenders."

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Clemence Calvin of France on the front, the legs of one athlete behind her streaming with blood after taking a spike to the knee. Pavey making another move on the outside, determination on her face. Wider still goes Pavey, now closer to the front than she has been for the entire race. Three to go.

Some 18 athletes bunched, running laps as one. With five to go, Jo Pavey and Beth Potter make a mini-move, while France's Sophi Duarte pulls up.

Steve Cram
BBC Sport athletics commentator

"Jo Pavey is moving up the field to keep an eye on things. You can feel the anxiety and tension growing. Something has to give. Someone has to make a move and try and take this race by the scruff of the neck."

Now Beth Potter makes her move on the outside, followed by Jo Pavey. The leading group splits in two, with the front one containing the two Brits. Latvia's Jelena Prokopcuka leads.

Steve Cram
BBC Sport athletics commentator

"It has been a metronomic pace so far with another 3.16 kilometre clocked, it has not worn down the bulk of the field though just yet."

Athletes still bunched, a reasonably slow time - 78, 79, 80-second laps. Pavey towards the back of the leading group, behind fellow Briton Beth Potter. Eight laps to go.

Brendan Foster
BBC athletics commentator

"The race plans can start to evolve now as we go through the halfway point. It is a chance to take stock, have a look around and see where everyone else is and check how you feel.

"It is still a big field with only a few of the runners dropping off the pack. With 12 laps to go no-one is brave enough to make a move yet."

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Halfway through the women's 10,000m, things just starting to be shaken up a little. Still Karolina Jarzynska of Poland on the front, but the pack is starting to be stretched. Every so often, one woman drops off the back, cut adrift. Jo Pavey still in touch.

The first gold medal has been won. I say won, but David Storl has dominated the men's shot put. First effort, 21.41m, plenty good enough. Spain's Borja Vivaa takes silver, with Tomasz Majewski of Poland winning bronze.

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The floodlights beam down, hooters honk in the crowd, Jo Pavey continues to wander through the field, in and out. Karolina Jarzynska of Poland takes the front, the pace quickening. Britain's Beth Potter is tucked in on the inside.