Lawrence Okoye wins in his first event representing Great Britain since London 2012, throwing 64.22 metres in the discus at the European Team Championships.

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Watch as Beth Dobbin wins the women's 200m in a season's best 22.78 seconds, her second win at the European Team Championships after success in the 4x100m.

GB took a narrow lead over hosts Poland and Germany after the opening day of the two-day event in Silesia.

GB are on 95 points with Poland on 94.5 and Germany on 93.50, having won four races.

Beth Dobbin, Imani-Lara Lansiquot, Bianca Williams and Desiree Henry won the 4x100m final, while Revee Walcott-Nolan (women's 3000m steeplechase), Lina Nielsen (400m hurdles) and Ellie Baker (800m) also earned full points for the team.

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The European Athletics Team Championships are a biennial competition that sees countries in Europe competing across four leagues. First held in 2009, it replaced the European Cup and the 2021 edition is being held across May and June.

The competition consists of a Super League plus three other leagues - the First, Second and Third League.

There is a system of promotion and relegation where countries move between leagues dependent on their performance. Portugal, for instance, were recently promoted to the Super League.

Up to 7,600 spectators will be allowed into the Silesian Stadium in Poland for the Super League.

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There are eight teams competing in the Super League, reduced from 12 in the previous edition. Great Britain and Northern Ireland will compete against France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Spain and Ukraine.

Great Britain is again well represented across the various disciplines. Hurdler Jessie Knight, who is number one in Europe this year, will be in action.

2020 British champion Imani-Lara Lansiquot will also be competing in the 100m and the 4x100m relay.

Commonwealth and European medallist Jake Wightman, who broke the Scottish men's indoor 1500m record in New York last year, is competing in the 800m and will also captain the British team.

“It’s an honour to be able to captain the British team this weekend," said Wightman.

"We’ve got a great mixture of both young talent and experienced athletes, so I hope that will be the perfect recipe for us to produce the best result possible as a team.”

Lawrence Okoye will be in discus throwing action for the first time in nine years - he competed at London 2012, before trying to make it in the NFL, but returned to discus in 2019.

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The competition is being held all over Europe with each league being held in a different location:

Super League– Chorzow, Poland

First League– Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Second League– Stara Zagora, Bulgaria

Third League– Limassol, Cyprus

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All of the action will also be available on catch-up on the BBC iPlayer.

Sunday, 30 May

11:55-15:25 - BBC Red Button, BBC iPlayer and BBC Sport app

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