Revee Walcott-Nolan tries to up the pace and moves into second as the field stretches out.

The British athlete looks to have run this well.

Revee Walcott-Nolan is sat in the middle of the pack as the pace increases in this women's 1500m heat.

The top three in each of the four heats reaches the final, which will take place later this weekend.

Harry Poole
BBC Sport in Glasgow

The mascot for these championships is Scottee, the Scottish Terrier.

A couple of merchandise stalls I walked past on my way to the press seats had already sold out of Scottee toys. He's proving a very popular pup already.

Rumour is the athlete he is most looking forward to seeing in action tonight is GB's Abigail PAW-lett.

Time to grab my coat, already.

Pawlett, incidentally, will resume her pentathlon this evening after the 21-year-old placed ninth after three events this morning on her major championship debut.

Right, time for a bit of athletics I think.

The first heat in the women's 1500m is about to begin.

Freweyni Hailu is the one to watch having claimed 800m world indoor silver two years ago and come fourth over 1500m at the Tokyo Olympics. She’s unbeaten this year and ran 3:55.28 in Poland to go third on the world all-time list.

Revee Walcott-Nolan of Great Britain is also in this heat.

Noah Lyles - a man almost as fast as he is confident.

This was his outfit when he arrived at the stadium this evening.

Image source, Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Image source, Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Image source, Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Colin Jackson
Two-time world 110m hurdles champion on BBC TV

Out of the blocks is part of the race which Noah Lyles has been working on, he has been using the indoor season so well.

He has got his personal best and come here ranked number one - obviously things have gone really well.

His arm drive has been much more positive this year and that has certainly helped him out of the blocks - he is full of confidence.

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American Noah Lyles speaking to BBC Sport after progressing to the semi-final: "The plan is to increase the beginning for the first 20 metres and have fun!

"I am coming into this World Championships with a better rank than I did at Budapest in the 100 metres.

The men's 60m semi-finals will take centre-stage at 19:45 GMT tonight.

Lyles added: "I am going to go home and let the masseuse do his job and not think about it – I’ll come back like it is a new race.

"I am excited for tonight when everyone starts to get in here. When the crowd is excited, I am excited."

This might be the first evening session of the championships, but we have already had a gold medal won.

Canada's Sarah Mitton won the women's shot put, with a throw of 20.22 metres - just three centimetres further than Yemisi Ogunleye of Germany.

USA's Chase Jackson, who defeated Mitton at the World Championships in Budapest last August, took bronze.

“It feels amazing to win my first global title,” said 27-year-old Mitton, who won Commonwealth gold at Birmingham 2022. “I’m really excited by the distances all the women are throwing. It always comes down to small margins.

“Scotland’s definitely my new favourite place outside of Nova Scotia. I’ll be coming back.”

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All the big beasts and British hopes came through the first session of the weekend unscathed.

Triple world champion and irrepressible showman Noah Lyles sailed through his 60m heat in 6.57 seconds, with fellow American and great rival Christian Coleman also through. The semis are at 19:45, with the men's 60m final tonight's showpiece event at 21:45.

Netherlands' Femke Bol, the indoor world record holder in the women's 400m, came through her heat as did GB's Laviai Nielsen. They both go in the semi-finals tonight from 20:50.

Karsten Warholm showed no sign of rustiness in his first run of 2024 as the Norwegian won his 400m heat. The semi-finals are tonight from 21:10.

One of the biggest British medal hopes is Jemma Reekie in the 800m. After winning the British indoor title in a championship record time, North Ayrshire-born Reekie won her heat here. The semis are tomorrow morning.

Belgium's Noor Vidts (pictured), who is aiming retain her World Indoor title in the women's pentathlon, is in second place with the long jump and 800m to come. She trails Saga Vanninen of Finland by 38 points.

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Gold medals will be decided in the men's 60m and shot put, as well as in the women's high jump and pentathlon.

There is British interest in three of these events - Morgan Lake is a medal contender in the women's high jump, while Scott Lincoln has reached the final of the men's shot put.

Abigail Pawlett is currently ninth overall in the pentathlon.

Harry Poole
BBC Sport in Glasgow

It has been almost 10 years since Glasgow hosted the 2014 Commonwealth Games, when star names including Usain Bolt, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and David Rudisha graced the temporary track at Hampden Park.

During Thursday’s news conferences, world 1500m champion Josh Kerr – the Scot among GB’s main medal hopes here – said he hopes the staging of the World Indoor Championships a decade on can prove to be his nation’s London 2012, an occasion future athletes refer to as the moment that inspired them.

The buzz around the city has been building over recent days. Add in to the mix that we are now just five months away from the start of the athletics programme at the Paris Olympics, and we can surely expect big performances as the athletes are backed by what is expected to be a brilliant atmosphere inside Emirates Arena.

The stage is set. Olympic year is well and truly here. Who will make a statement in Glasgow?

As ever, we would love to hear from you with your thoughts on tonight's events, the British medal hopes and ahead of this summer's Olympics.

Who are you backing for success? Let us know using the details above.

BBC Two

As well as our live text coverage, you can of course watch tonight's events on BBC Two. The television coverage has just begun.

Click the play button at the top of this page, or watch on TV or via iPlayer. However you do it, hopefully you'll keep us along as a second screen. We love your company.

19:05: Women’s 1500m heats - British champion Georgia Bell is in heat two

19:40: Women’s high jump final - GB's Morgan Lake bids for a medal

19:45: Men’s 60m semi-finals - Noah Lyles set a personal best and world-leading time of 6.43 seconds to beat Christian Coleman at the American trials and is favourite for gold

20:10: Men’s 1500m heats - Adam Fogg and Callum Elson represent Great Britain

20:20: Men’s shot put final - Olympic champion and world record holder Ryan Crouser of the United States is favourite, while Scott Lincoln represents GB

20:50: Women’s 400m semi-finals - British champion Laviai Nielsen and Dutch world record holder Femke Bol feature

21:10: Men’s 400m semi-finals - Norway’s world record holder Karsten Warholm runs

21:30: Women’s pentathlon 800m (final event)

21:45: Men’s 60m final

Welcome to our coverage of the evening session on day one of the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow.

There are four gold medals on offer tonight, some of the world's best athletes on display and plenty of British interest too.

Stick with us and we'll bring you all the action as it happens.

Evening session: 18:45-22:00 - BBC Two (not available on BBC Two Wales); 21:00-22:00 - BBC Radio 5 Live

Gold medals will be decided in the men's 60m and shot put, and women's high jump and pentathlon.

19.05: Women’s 1500m heats - Britain's Revee Walcott-Nolan is in heat one and British champion Georgia Bell is in heat two

19.41: Women’s high jump final - GB's Morgan Lake bids for a medal

19.45: Men’s 60m semi-finals - Noah Lyles set a personal best and world-leading time of 6.43 seconds to beat Christian Coleman at the American trials and is favourite for gold

20.10: Men’s 1500m heats - Adam Fogg and Callum Elson represent Great Britain

20.20: Men’s shot put final - Olympic champion and world record holder Ryan Crouser of the United States is favourite

20.50: Women’s 400m semi-finals - British champion Laviai Nielsen and Dutch world record holder Femke Bol feature

21.10: Men’s 400m semi-finals - Norway’s world record holder Karsten Warholm runs

21.30: Women’s pentathlon 800m (final event)

21.45: Men’s 60m final

Analysis: 21:55-22:30 - BBC iPlayer, BBC Red Button, BBC Sport website and app