Not a breath to be taken before we bump along to the men's 100m first round. Dwain Chambers, Harry Aikines-Aryeetey and James Daslaolu all to come, but, first up, France's defending champion Christophe Lemaitre.

Colin Jackson
BBC Sport athletics pundit

"I wouldn't take to beating myself up before a race. It's all about individual preparation isn't it? You watch some of the athletes from the old Eastern Bloc and they did that, but it's not for me. I think it's pretty destructive."

Ukraine's Olha Zemlyak, long ponytail flapping behind her, wins it a canter, 51.16 is better than the time of Christine Ohuruogu. They have been the outstanding athletes of these heats. Zemlyak's preparation included slapping herself around the face. Whatever works for you.

The gun has gone for the final heat in the first round of the women's 400m.

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Double Olympic champion Mo Farah caught some flak from some fans for his no-show at the Commonwealth Games. As sick-notes go though, it turns out that he has a pretty convincing one.

The 31-year-old revealed yesterday that he had to be airlifted to hospital with severe stomach pain after collapsing following a training run at his base in the United States.

"They thought something was going on with my heart," Farah said of his doctors.

He will attempt to do the 5,000m and 10,000m double in Zurich.

Still Christine Ohuruogu leads the way - 51.95 is the time of Ukraine's Nataliya Pyhyda, the winner of heat three. While all that is going on, Germany's Robert Harting has qualified for the final of the discuss. Harting, you'll recall, celebrated winning gold at London 2012 by running the hurdles, ripping his shirt off, then having a few beers and sleeping on a train.

Colin Jackson
Four-time European champion and BBC Sport athletics pundit

"Christine took control of the race and there was nothing her competitors could do. She's put down a marker and is looking very strong. That was a comfortable performance."

After two of the four heats, Christine Ohuruogu's time of 51.40 is the best we've seen. The athletes are out on the track for heat three.

Steve Cram
BBC Sport athletics commentator

"If she comes to this kind of championship she will be competing hard. Christine doesn't like it when she comes to these scenarios and doesn't compete. That proves she's ready and the result will give her a huge amount of confidence."

Denise Lewis
BBC Sport athletics expert

"We said we wouldn't know until we saw Christine on the track, but now we know she is ready. She was in control, working comfortably. She looked good."

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Very, very good from Christine Ohuruogu, winning well clear of Libania Grenot in her season's best time of 51.40, the fourth fastest time in Europe. An off-year? Not ready to win a medal? Don't believe any of it.

Ohurougu leading down the straight, impressive...

As she does, a steady start from Ohuruogu, behind the Italian Grenot, but now coming strong round the final bend...

A wave as she's introduced to the crowd, a lane inside the Italian Libania Grenot. "On your marks...set...

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Christine Ohuruogu on BBC Two: "I had a plan coming into the season and that was to make sure I have some relatively good performances during this season. I hope to step up in the Europeans and take everything is in stages so it's about being committed to my plan form the outset."

Christine Ohuruogu, white T-shirt and red leggings, is on the track, preparing in lane six. An injury-hit season, her best of 51.66 is way down on her PB of 49.41. So often, though, she gets it right at the majors.

A surprise of sorts here - Russian Tatyana Veshkurova, silver in 2006, is outside the top three and will have to wait and see. Spain's Indira Terrero won it in 51.62 and is through alongside Romania's Bianca Razor and France's Marie Gayot.

Right then, enough chat. The evening's first track action is getting under way, the first round of the women's 400m. Three heats here, with the first three from each going through to the semis along with the four fastest losers. Christine Ohuruogu in heats two, the same as Italian Libania Grenot. The gun has gone in heat one...

Colin Jackson
Two-time CWG champion and BBC Sport athletics pundit

On the quick turn around between the Commonwealth Games and the European Championships: "For us sprinters and for the jumpers, it's easier to come back after just a 10-day rest. You rest-up, get your massages and go again."

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